Brooklyn Baby

Chords

Standard

Intro : G  Bm X3   G  Bm  D

D                                  Bm
They say I'm too young to love you
                         G
I don't know what I need
                              
They think I don't understand
    D                  C         D
The Freedomland of the seventies
                                Bm
I think I'm too cool to know ya
                                G
You say I'm like the ice I freeze

I'm churning out novels like
     D           C       Bm
Beat poetry on Amphetamines

     G         Bm
I say... 
     C
I say...


         G                   D
Well, my boyfriend's in the band
         C                       G
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
         C              G
I've got feathers in my hair
       C            Bm
I get down to Beat poetry
        G                D
And my jazz collection's rare
       C              G
I can play almost anything
      C           G
I'm a Brooklyn baby
      C          Bm
I'm a Brooklyn baby

G  Bm
G  Bm  D


D                                  Bm
They say I'm too young to love you
                             G
They say I'm too dumb to see

They judge me like a picture book
       D                C             D
By the colors like they forgot to read
                                  Bm
I think we're like fire and water
                                    G
I think we're like the wind and sea

You're burning up, I'm cooling down
       Em   
You're up, I'm down
       Esus2        Bm
You're blind, I see
           G       Bm
But I'm free
         C
I'm free


         G                   D
Well, my boyfriend's in the band
         C                       G
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
         C              G
I've got feathers in my hair
       C            Bm
I get down to Beat poetry
        G                D
And my jazz collection's rare
       C              G
I can play almost anything
      C           G
I'm a Brooklyn baby
      C          Bm
I'm a Brooklyn baby


G                              Bm
I'm talking about my generation
                               D
Talking about that newer nation

And if you don't like it
        Em   F#m
You can beat it
A         Bm
Beat it, baby
G                              Bm
You never liked the way I said it
                                    D
If you don't get it, then forget it
                                 Em    F#m    A     C
Cause I don't have to fucking explain it

       G                   D
And my boyfriend's in the band
         C                       G
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
         C              G
I've got feathers in my hair
       C                  Bm
I get high on hydroponic weed
        G                D
And my jazz collection's rare
       C                G
I get down to beat poetry
      C           G
I'm a Brooklyn baby
      C          Bm
I'm a Brooklyn baby


G  D   C  G  C  G  C  Bm

        G                   D
Yeah my boyfriend's really cool
          C              G
But he's not as cool as me
          C             G
Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
       C         Bm
I'm a Brooklyn baby


G  D   C  G  C  G  C  Bm

Outro
G  Bm X4