Transcribed by Yngve
A5 F5
Not far away in a place by the sea
D5 F5
Something is watching and waiting for me
E5 F5 G5 E7(2)
Brookliiiiiiiiiiine
A5 B5 E5 A5
Something isn't right in Massachusetts
B5 E5 E5
Don't stray out of Boston town
D5 G5 C5 F5
The home of Samuel Adams, the ride of Paul Revere
B5 E5 F5 E5
Don't go past the signs that say the freedom trail ends here
A5 B5 E5 A5
First they'll take you in with songs and laughter
B5 E5 E5
Then they'll fill your head with lies
D5 G5 C5 F5
Too late you glimpse the secret, the sinister design
B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 A5
That marries you forever to Brookliiiiiiine
B5 E5 A5
Brookliiiiine
A5 B5 E5 A5
I was once a man who had a future
B5 E5 E5
And I'm sure I had a past
D5 G5 C5 F5
But now I can't remember the place where I came from
B5 E5 F5 E5
I'm ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've become
A5 B5 E5 A5
Now I'm rich and smart, my home is charming
B5 E5 E5
Sense of irony well-honed
D5 G5 C5 F5
I buy used books and Britas, I snack on nuts and wine
B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 A5
I have been imprisoned in Brookliiiiiiine
B5 E5 A5
Brookliiiiine
A5 D5 G5 C5
You'll go deeper and deeper to learn how it ticks
D5 G5 C5
If you know what it is you can fight it
Bm7-5 E5 A5
Like a Tootsie Roll Pop it takes too many licks
B5 E5
And before you get there you will bite it
F5 E5
Or it may bite you
A5 B5 E5 A5
See the shadow fall across New England
B5 E5 E5
Stretching out to Oregon
D5 G5 C5 F5
A talk show host, an author, a president, a king
B5 E5 F5 E5
If you haven't noticed, they've infected every-thing
A5 B5 E5 A5
Keep your hometown close, keep Brookline closer
B5 E5 E5
Hide your heart and watch the skies
D5 G5 C5 F5
For when the darkness finds you the sun will cease to shine
B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 A5
In the end, your only friend, Brookliiiiiiine
B5 E5 A5
Brookliiiiine
F5
And it's one if by land, two if by sea
D5 F5
Three if by guile and duplicity
E5 F5 G5 E7(2)
Brookliiiiiiiiiiiine
A5 A134
Brookliiiiine
