• Song:

    Brookline

  • Artist:

    Jonathan Coulton

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Transcribed by Yngve, mangled thereafter by Bry
Found at: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Brookline_%28demo%29/Tabs
F-5/C = x3320x 
G/D = x5540x 
E7(2) = x7670x 
B7 = x2120x 
Fmaj7 = 133210 
Bm7-5 = x2323x 
A13sus4 = x02032

Am (x02210@1)              FNot (133211@1)far away in a place by the sea
D7/F# (200212@1)                   FSomething (133211@1)is watching and waiting for me
     E F-5/C G/D E7(2)
Brookliiiiiiiiiiine

Am (x02210@1)            B7 (x21202@1)     E (022100@1)  AmSomething (x02210@1)isn't right in Massachusetts
                   B7 (x21202@1)   E (022100@1)  E7Don't (020130@1)stray out of Boston town
    Dm7            G7 (320001@1)       C (x32010@1)            Fmaj7The (1x3210@1)home of Samuel Adams, the ride of Paul Revere
B7 (x21202@1)                                 E (022100@1)     F-5/C      EDon't (022100@1)go past the signs that say the freedom trail ends here

Am (x02210@1)                   B7 (x21202@1)    E (022100@1)       AmFirst (x02210@1)they'll take you in with songs and laughter
                       B7 (x21202@1)      E (022100@1)  E7Then (020130@1)they'll fill your head with lies
    Dm7                  G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)        Fmaj7Too (1x3210@1)late you glimpse the secret, the sinister design
     B7 (x21202@1)           E (022100@1)          Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x21202@1">B7 E (022100@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
That marries you forever to Brookliiiiiiine
     B7 (x21202@1)name="chord_022100@1">E AmBrookliiiiine (x02210@1)
Am (x02210@1)         B7 (x21202@1)    E (022100@1)   AmI (x02210@1)was once a man who had a future
               B7 (x21202@1)  E (022100@1)  E7And (020130@1)I'm sure I had a past
    Dm7         G7 (320001@1)         C (x32010@1)                Fmaj7But (1x3210@1)now I can't remember the place where I came from
B7 (x21202@1)                               E (022100@1)        F-5/C   EI'm (022100@1)ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've  become

Am (x02210@1)             B7 (x21202@1)      E (022100@1)     AmNow (x02210@1)I'm rich and smart, my home is charming
            B7 (x21202@1)    E (022100@1)  E7Sense (020130@1)of irony well-honed
  Dm7                G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1)               Fmaj7I (1x3210@1)buy used books and Britas, I snack on nuts and wine
B7 (x21202@1)          E (022100@1)              Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x21202@1">B7 E (022100@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
I have been imprisoned in Brookliiiiiiine
     B7 (x21202@1)name="chord_022100@1">E AmBrookliiiiine (x02210@1)
A (x02220@1)       Dm7        G7 (320001@1)      CYou'll (x32010@1)go deeper and deeper to learn how it ticks
       Dm7          G7 (320001@1)       CIf (x32010@1)you know what it is you can fight it
       Bm7-5      E (022100@1)          AmLike (x02210@1)a Tootsie Roll Pop it takes too many licks
      B7 (x21202@1)                        EAnd (022100@1)before you get there you will bite it
   F-5/C          EOr (022100@1)it    may bite you

Am (x02210@1)           B7 (x21202@1)  E (022100@1)       AmSee (x02210@1)the shadow fall across New England
                  B7 (x21202@1)name="chord_022100@1">E    E7Stretching (020130@1)out to Oregon
  Dm7                G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1)          Fmaj7A (1x3210@1)talk show host, an author, a president, a king
B7 (x21202@1)                              E (022100@1)    F-5/C EIf (022100@1)you haven't noticed, they've infected every-thing

Am (x02210@1)               B7 (x21202@1)        E (022100@1)       AmKeep (x02210@1)your hometown close, keep Brookline closer
                    B7 (x21202@1)      E (022100@1)  E7Hide (020130@1)your heart and watch the skies
    Dm7               G7 (320001@1)          C (x32010@1)               Fmaj7For (1x3210@1)when the darkness finds you the sun will cease to shine
B7 (x21202@1)             E (022100@1)               Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x21202@1">B7 E (022100@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
In the end, your only friend, Brookliiiiiiine
     B7 (x21202@1)name="chord_022100@1">E AmBrookliiiiine (x02210@1)                         FAnd (133211@1)it's one if by land, two if by sea
D7/F# (200212@1)               FThree (133211@1)if by guile and duplicity
     E F-5/C G/D E7(2)
Brookliiiiiiiiiiiine
     Am A13sus4
Brookliiiiine
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