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πΈ Intro:
C# Fm C#
Fm
Ta-da-da-da-da-da-da
C#
Pa-da-da-da-da-da-da
Fm
Ta-da-da-da-da-da-da
C# Fm
πΈ Verse 1:
Ab
They say I'm too young to love you
Fm
I don't know what I need
C#
They think I don't understand
Ab F#
The freedom land of the seventies
Ab
I think I'm too cool to know ya
Fm
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
C#
I'm churning out novels like
Ab F#
Beat poetry on amphetamines
πΈ Pre-Chorus 1:
Fm C#
I say
Fm F#
I say
πΈ Chorus:
C# Ab
Well, my boyfriend's in a band
F# C#
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
F# C#
I've got feathers in my hair
F# Fm
I get down to Beat poetry
C# Ab
And my jazz collection's rare
F# C#
I can play most anything
F# C#
I'm a Brooklyn baby
F# Fm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
πΈ Post-Chorus:
C#
Ta-da-da-da-da-da-da
Fm
Pa-da-da-da-da-da-da
C#
Ta-da-da-da-da-da-da
Fm
πΈ Verse 2:
Ab
They say I'm too young to love you
Fm
They say I'm too dumb to see
C#
They judge me like a picture book
Ab F#
By the colors, like they forgot to read
Ab
I think we're like fire and water
Fm
I think we're like the wind and sea
C#
You're burning up
I'm cooling down
Bbm
You're up
I'm down
Bbm/C Bbm/Eb
You're blind
I see
πΈ Pre-Chorus 2:
Fm C#
But I'm free
Fm F#
I'm free
πΈ Chorus:
C# Ab
Well, my boyfriend's in a band
F# C#
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
F# C#
I've got feathers in my hair
F# Fm
I get down to Beat poetry
C# Ab
And my jazz collection's rare
F# C#
I can play most anything
F# C#
I'm a Brooklyn baby
F# Fm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
πΈ Bridge:
C#
I'm talking about my generation
Fm
Talking about that newer nation
Ab
And if you don't like it
Bbm Bbm/C
You can beat it
Bbm/Eb Bbm/F
Beat it, baby
C#
You never liked the way I said it
Fm
If you don't get it, then forget it
Ab Bbm Bbm/C Bbm/Eb Bbm/F
'Cause I don't have to fucking explain it
πΈ Chorus:
C# Ab
And my boyfriend's in a band
F# C#
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
F# C#
I've got feathers in my hair
F# Fm
I get high on hydroponic weed
C# Ab
And my jazz collection's rare
F# C#
I get down to Beat poetry
F# C#
I'm a Brooklyn baby
F# Fm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
πΈ Post-Chorus:
C# Ab
Pa-da-pa-pa, pa-de-da
F# C#
Te-de-de, da-da-ah
F#
Ooh, oh
C#
Woah-ah
F# Fm
πΈ Break:
C# Ab
Yeah, my boyfriend's pretty cool
F# C#
But he's not as cool as me
F# C#
'Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
F# Fm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
πΈ Outro:
C#
Pa-da-da-da-da-da-da
Ab
Da-da-da-da-da, baby
C#
Ah-ta-da-da-da-da
Ab
Da-da-da-da, baby
C#
Pa-da-da-da-da-da
Ab
Pa-pa-da-pa-da, yeah
C# Fm
Yeah, yeah
C# Fm C# Fm
C# Fm C# Fm
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Brooklyn Baby (Tabs)
- Brooklyn Baby (Chords)
- Brooklyn Baby (Ver2) (Chords)
- Brooklyn Baby (Ver2) (Intro)
Song History
Published: October 26, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025