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Chords in this song8
capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherIntro
Verse 1
G* Em*
They say I'm too young to love you
C*
I don't know what I need
They think I don't understand
G* F* G*
The freedom land of the seventies
Em*
I think I'm too cool to know ya
C*
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
I'm churning out novels like
G* F* Em*
Beat poetry on amphetamines
C* Em*
I say
F*
I say
Chorus
Well, my boyfriend's in the band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get down to Beat poetry
And my jazz collection's rare
I can play most anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Instrumental
Verse 2
G* Em*
They say I'm too young to love you
C*
They say I'm too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
G* F* G*
By the colors like they forgot to read
Em*
I think we're like fire and water
C*
I think we're like the wind and sea
You're burning up, I'm cooling down
Am*
You're up, I'm down
Am/B* Am/D* Em*
You're blind, I see
C* Em*
But I'm free
F*
I'm free
Chorus
Well, my boyfriend's in the band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get down to Beat poetry
And my jazz collection's rare
I can play most anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Bridge
C* Em*
I'm talking about my generation
G*
Talking about that newer nation
And if you don't like it
Am* Am/B* Am/D* Am/E*
You can beat it, beat it, baby
C* Em*
You never liked the way I said it
G*
If you don't get it, then forget it
Am* Am/B* Am/D*
'Cause I don't have to fucking explain it
Chorus
And my boyfriend's in the band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get high on hydroponic weed
And my jazz collection's rare
I get down to Beat poetry
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Instrumental
Chorus
Yeah my boyfriend's pretty cool
But he's not as cool as me
'Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Instrumental
Outro
C Em*
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