In Brooklyn - Al Stewart Chords
Chords: D, F#m, Bm, G, A7, A, Em, Chorus, Bm6, Dmaj7
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Genre: folk, rock, protest
Verse:1
D F#m Bm D
'Oh I come from Pittsburgh to study astrology,'
G A7 D
She said as she stood on my instep,
F#m Bm F#m
'I could show you New York with a walk between
Bm A7
Fourth Street and Nine.'
D F#m Bm D
Then out of her coat taking seven harmonicas
G A7 D
She sat down to play on a doorstep saying
F#m Bm F#m Bm
'Come back to my place I will show you the stars
A Em A7
and the signs'.
Pre chorus:1
Bm D
So I followed her into the black lands
Bm D
Where the window frames peel and flake
G
And the old Jewish face behind the lace
G A7
Even now trying to get to see what's cooking
G
Just John the Baptist in the park getting laid
A7 D A7 D
thinking there's no-one look i ng.
Chorus:1
G A7 G A7
And its eighty degrees and I'm down on my knees
D Bm D Bm
in Brooklyn.
Verse 2:
D F#m Bm D
Her house was a dusty collection of rusty
G A7 D
Confusion with landings and tunnels
F#m Bm F#m Bm
And leaning bookcases and spaces and faces and
A7
things
D F#m Bm
Where twenty-five Puerto Ricans, Manhattan
D
Mohicans
G A7 D
And Jewish-Italian Pawnbrokers
F#m Bm F#m Bm
Lead their theatrical lives in their rooms in the
A Em A7
wings
Pre chorus:2
Bm D
While outside in the black lands
Bm D
The violent day runs wild
G
And the black and white minstrelsrun through the crazy alleys
G A7
While the cops go booking
G
And ruthless toothless agents sneak around and
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