Capo 5 
 
F
        F                                 G
        G                                            C
        C         
When I was born into this big wide world my heart had a little hole 
F
        F                           G
        G                                                     C
        C         
All it meant was I never could play very hard and I always had to run kinda slow 
Am
       Am                        F
        F         
Mom and D
        D        ad always looked out for me 
    Am
       Am                                          F
        F         
but I was born to be wild and I ran away when I was seventeen 
 
 
Next Valentines D
        D        ay my sister got a little red heart shaped box of chocolates from our dad 
She was the apple of his eye and you know since I stayed gone, she was the only child he  
really had 
She hugged D
        D        addys neck with a tear and put the box in Mommas hand, said I dont mean to  
be ungrateful, but please do me a favor if you can. 
  
C
        C                                   G
        G         
Give my heart to my brother He needs to come home 
Am
       Am                                 F
        F         
There are a lot of us here, who hate that hes gone 
C
        C                                   G
        G         
Give my heart to my brother He doesnt need to live alone 
Am
       Am                                     F
        F                           G
        G         
With this gift from me maybe he will see that he is loved 
 
One rainy F
        F        riday night I was at a party that got busted up at the G
        G        rainger homestead 
I jumped the fence and ran half way across the field and fell down gasping When they  
finally found me I was almost dead 
Doctors said I didnt have long and to the hospital my sister sped 
Got hit broadside by a drunk and these were the last few words she said 
 
Give my heart to my brother He needs to come home 
There are a lot of us here, who hate that hes gone 
Give my heart to my brother He doesnt need to live alone 
With this gift from me maybe he will see that he is loved 
Ill probably live to be a hundred and never feel the need to roam 
Because her heart inside of me is a beacon toward home 
 
She gave her heart to her brother I needed to come home 
There are a lot of us here who are glad that Im home 
She gave her heart to her brother I didnt need to live alone 
With her gift to me I finally see that I am loved