{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1752411,"song":"In Brooklyn","artist":"Al Stewart","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11378742-in-brooklyn-chords-by-al-stewart/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1752411?type=chord","rating":3.79391,"votes":4,"content":"Verse:1\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n'Oh I come from Pittsburgh to study astrology,'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nShe said as she stood on my instep,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n'I could show you New York with a walk between[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nFourth Street and Nine.'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen out of her coat taking seven harmonicas[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe sat down to play on a doorstep saying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n'Come back to my place I will show you the stars[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nand the signs'.[/tab]\r\n\r\nPre chorus:1 \r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSo I followed her into the black lands[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the window frames peel and flake[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd the old Jewish face behind the lace[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nEven now trying to get to see what's cooking[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nJust John the Baptist in the park getting laid[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthinking there's no-one look i ng.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:1\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd its eighty degrees and I'm down on my knees[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nin Brooklyn.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer house was a dusty collection of rusty[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nConfusion with landings and tunnels[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd leaning bookcases and spaces and faces and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nthings[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhere twenty-five Puerto Ricans, Manhattan[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMohicans[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Jewish-Italian Pawnbrokers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nLead their theatrical lives in their rooms in the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nwings[/tab]\r\n\r\nPre chorus:2\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile outside in the black lands[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe violent day runs wild[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd the black and white minstrelsrun through the crazy alleys[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWhile the cops go booking[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd ruthless toothless agents sneak around and[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthere's no-one look i ng[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd it's eighty degrees and I'm down on my[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nknees in Brooklyn.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nAnd oh, I'm back in the city again.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nYou can tell by the smell of the hamburger stand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#7sus4[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nin the rain....[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse: 3\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe spoke of astrology while muttering apologies[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor coffee that tasted of hot dogs[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nI said 'That's OK, mine was cold anyway, and[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\njust grand'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThen she lay on the bed while the radio fed us with[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nRecords and adverts for cat food[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nAnd I looked at her, holding my thoughts in the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\npalm of my hand[/tab]\r\n\r\nPre chorus:3\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd outside in the black lands[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe evening came and went[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the bums in the street begging money for one[/tab]\r\nlast drink\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAre hanging round the liquor stores trying to get[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\na foot in[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the girl from Pittsburgh and I made love on a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmattress with the new moon look i ng.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:2\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd in the cool evening breeze I was down on my[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nknees in Brooklyn.....[/tab]","plain_text":"Verse:1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre chorus:1 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:1\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre chorus:2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\nBridge:\n\n\n\n\nVerse: 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre chorus:3\n\n\n\nlast drink\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:2","chords":["D","F#m","Bm","G","A7","A","Em","Bm6","Dmaj7","F#7sus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}