Jesse Malin - 'Brooklyn'
'The Fine Art of Self Destruction' 2002
Really nice song. The verses are all the same, just E to A. And I've only written
out the chorus once, again it's always the same. Chord spacing looks a bit out in
this format but it's pretty much a bar each at the intro/verse/bridge and half a
bar for the chorus/link. Enjoy!
Capo 2nd fret.
Intro:
| E5 | A5 | E5 | A5 ||
Verse:
E5 A5
The last car on the line
E5 A5
I guess you're back doing time
E5 A5
The ghost of Christmas past
E5 A5
Left Walt Whitman in the trash
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Chorus:
Asus2 E G#m6/D# Aadd9
You started out with nothing but lonely days
Asus2 E G#m6/D# Aadd9
You used to like the sad songs of doom and gloom
Asus2 E G#m6/D# Aadd9
You started with nothing but throwaways
Asus2 E G#m6/D# Aadd9
You couldn't live with me so you moved to Brooklyn
Link:
|E G#m6/D# | Aadd9 B | E G#m6/D# | Aadd9 ||
Verse:
Artificial desserts
Some have cars some have kids
Hit the pathmark after work
Some never been past the bridge
Chorus.
Link 2:
| E G#m6/D# | Aadd9 B | E G#m6/D# | Aadd9 B ||
Bridge:
| C#m | E | C#m | E |
Woah - oh Woah - oh
C#m E B* | |
I sometimes lie awake until sunrise
C#m E Asus2 | ||
Wondering how we become what we despise
Instrumental:
||: E5 | A5 | E5 | A5 :||
Verse:
No more couches to surf
Only beaches in your dreams
No more trannies near work
It's still a drag walking in Queens
It's all blood money in the bank
Somehow some people find the nerve
Like the soldiers they thank down in DC
If I could only find the words
Chorus
Outro: x3
||: E G#m6/D# | Aadd9 B :|| E ||
Chords used (relative to capo):
E5: 0-2-2-X-0-0
A5: X-0-2-2-X-0
Asus2: X-0-2-2-0-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
G#m6/D#: X-6-6-4-0-0
Aadd9: 5-7-7-6-0-0
B: 7-9-9-8-0-0
B*: X-2-4-4-0-0
