Brooklyn Blues chords by Barry Manilow

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

Key: E minorEm

🎸 Intro:

E MajorE   A7A7   F#7F#7  B7B7   G+G   Cmaj7Cmaj7
E minor 7Em7  E minor 7Em7  B7B7   FF   F7F7  E minor 7Em7  E minor 7Em7
Em7  E7E7   E minor 7Em7  E7E7

🎸 Verse 1:
E minor 7Em7
See I flew in from the West Coast
F7F7         E minor 7Em7 E7E7
 Just the other day
A7A7
 Yes, I flew in from the West Coast
    B7B7     E minor 7Em7 E7E7
And we circled J.F.K
     G+G             Cmaj7Cmaj7
The movie ended and I pulled up the shade
        F7F7           A#Maj7A#maj7
Looked out the window while the Muzak played
  B7B7
But in my head I'm singin'
Cmaj7Cmaj7       D MajorD    Cmaj7Cmaj7 D MajorD   E minor 7Em7 E7E7 E minor 7Em7 E7E7
   Singin' the Brooklyn Blues.  Oh, yeah

🎸 Verse 2:
E minor 7Em7
 When you're growin' up in Brooklyn
F7F7           E minor 7Em7  E7E7
 The Bridge is like a friend
A7A7
 Said when you're growin' up in Brooklyn
   B7B7         E minor 7Em7  E7E7
That Bridge is sure your friend
       G+G              Cmaj7Cmaj7
Because that river, looks a hundred miles wide
       F7F7           A#Maj7A#maj7
When all your dreams are on the other side
  B7B7
And that can start you singin'
Cmaj7Cmaj7      D MajorD    Cmaj7Cmaj7 D MajorD    E minor 7Em7 E7E7
   Singin' the Brooklyn Blues. ooh, oh yeah

🎸 Solo:
E minor 7Em7  F7F7   E minor 7Em7  F7F7

🎸 Verse 3:
     E minor 7Em7
Now I've got myself some money
F7F7         E minor 7Em7  E7E7
 A augmentedA mansion in Bel-aire
A7A7
 Yes, I've spent a lot of money
     B7B7       E minor 7Em7  E7E7
And I've been most everywhere
         G+G
But still there's something
          Cmaj7Cmaj7
Missin' I've got to find
     F7F7         A#Maj7A#maj7
A augmentedA part of me I must've left behind
   B7B7
That makes a guy start feelin'
Cmaj7Cmaj7       D MajorD    Cmaj7Cmaj7 D MajorD   E minor 7Em7
   Feelin' those Brooklyn Blues.  My my

🎸 Solo:
E minor 7Em7  Cmaj7Cmaj7  Gm7Gm7 Bm7Bm7  E MajorE E7E7

A minorAm   Am7Am7   D7D7  C7C7  B7B7  Cmaj7Cmaj7  C7C7

🎸 Verse:
     Fm7Fm7
I've sung love songs to a princess
F#7F#7          Fm7Fm7  F7F7
  More than once or twice
     F#7A#7
I’ve sung rock 'n' roll in Paris
Cm7Cm7     Fm7Fm7 F7F7
Jazz in paradise
       G#G#              C#Maj7C#maj7
But there's a song of mine I couldn't have sung
     F#7F#7           BMaj7Bmaj7
A augmentedA tune I started back when I was young
  C majorC
Now I've come home to finish
C#Maj7C#maj7     D#D#    C#Maj7C#maj7  D#D#
   Finish my Brooklyn Blues
      F7F7
My Brooklyn Blues

🎸 Outro:
Fm7Fm7 F7F7  F7F7  Fm7Fm7  F7F7 F#7A#7

G7G7  C7C7  D#D#   G#7G#7  C#Maj7C#maj7

C#C#  F minorFm  C majorC  F7F7  C7C7  F#7F#7  F minorFm