Brooklyn Boy Chords & Tabs
Note: When playing each chord, strum the bass note (the lowest string) once before
the entire chord
Intro: C, C/B, C, C/B
C C/B Am G F
A Brooklyn boy born and raised chopping lines
G F C F C
hey hey it’s my birthday
C C/B Am G F
A toy I torched to tar pit flames a lock jaw night
G F C F G
hey hey its my birthday
Am F C
Dead-end friends will make your stomach shake
C/B Am
While your hissing’ head
Em F G
Barrels down that blackened lane
Dm Am F C C/B
Alone at last to figure how you got this way
Am Em F G C
Alone at last to figure how you got this way
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kevin_devine/brooklyn_boy_tab.html ]
G F Em Dm F G F C F C
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8--6--5--3--1----5-3--0h3bp1-------5--3--1------5--1|
G|-------------------------------0h2-5---------0h2-5----|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
G F Am Em F G F C F G
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8--6--10--5--1---5-3-1h3bp1-------5--3--1-----5--3--|
G|------------------------------0h2-5---------0h2-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
(From here on, it's actually a piano playing,
but I tried my best to tab it)
F C Am Em F G
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--3--1----5-1------------0--3----------------------|
G|----------------------------------2---0----0---2--0---|
D|----------------3---2-------------------2----3--------|
A|----------------------3-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Dm Am F C Am Em F G C
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0-3---1------------------1------------1-------------|
G|----------2-----------------------2--0----------------|
D|--------------3--2-0-----------2----------------------|
A|---------------------3--------------------------------|
E|------------------------3-----------------------------|
C C/B Am G F G
Charcoal clouds spot and spray they kill the sun hey hey
F C F C
hear its back break
C C/B Am G F G
So I can never tell night from day right from wrong hey hey
F C F G
you’re my headache
Am F C C/B Am
A silver tongue amass your hungry hate while haggard heart
Em F G
Whispers through it cracking cage
Dm Am F C C/B
Still can change you have to know you still can change
Am Em F G C
I know I know but now I want to be this way
C/B Am Em F G C
This was a choice this was never a mistake
C/B Am Em F G C
This was never a mistake (repeat until end)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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