In Brooklyn chords by Al Stewart

Chords with lyrics

Verse:1
   D MajorD          F# minorF#m        B minorBm   D MajorD
'Oh I come from Pittsburgh to study astrology,'
    G+G         A7A7         D MajorD
She said as she stood on my instep,
       F# minorF#m         B minorBm       F# minorF#m
'I could show you New York with a walk between
B minorBm             A7A7
Fourth Street and Nine.'
     D MajorD        F# minorF#m      B minorBm   D MajorD
Then out of her coat taking seven harmonicas
    G+G         A7A7      D MajorD
She sat down to play on a doorstep saying
F# minorF#m         B minorBm          F# minorF#m        B minorBm
'Come back to my place I will show you the stars
       A augmentedA   E minorEm  A7A7
and the signs'.

Pre chorus:1
    B minorBm               D MajorD
So I followed her into the black lands
         B minorBm                   D MajorD
Where the window frames peel and flake
        G+G
And the old Jewish face behind the lace
         G+G                     A7A7
Even now trying to get to see what's cooking
            G+G
Just John the Baptist in the park getting laid
              A7A7     D MajorD   A7A7 D MajorD
thinking there's no-one look i  ng.

Chorus:1
       G+G      A7A7           G+G          A7A7
And its eighty degrees and I'm down on my knees
   D MajorD      B minorBm   D MajorD   B minorBm
in Brooklyn.

Verse 2:
    D MajorD          F# minorF#m    B minorBm      D MajorD
Her house was a dusty collection of rusty
    G+G         A7A7         D MajorD
Confusion with landings and tunnels
    F# minorF#m        B minorBm      F# minorF#m       B minorBm
And leaning bookcases and spaces and faces and
A7A7
things
      D MajorD               F# minorF#m   B minorBm
Where twenty-five Puerto Ricans, Manhattan
   D MajorD
Mohicans
     G+G      A7A7   D MajorD
And Jewish-Italian Pawnbrokers
F# minorF#m      B minorBm     F# minorF#m        B minorBm
Lead their theatrical lives in their rooms in the
A augmentedA    E minorEm  A7A7
wings

Pre chorus:2
      B minorBm         D MajorD
While outside in the black lands
    B minorBm            D MajorD
The violent day runs wild
        G+G
And the black and white minstrelsrun through the crazy alleys
         G+G      A7A7
While the cops go booking
    G+G
And ruthless toothless agents sneak around and
       A7A7     D MajorD   A7A7 D MajorD
there's no-one look i  ng

Chorus 1:
       G+G     A7A7            G+G
And it's eighty degrees and I'm down on my
A7A7      D MajorD      B minorBm
knees in Brooklyn.

Bridge:
    Bm6Bm6  G+G             Dmaj7Dmaj7  B minorBm
And oh, I'm back in the city again.
        Bm6Bm6                G+G
You can tell by the smell of the hamburger stand
      F#sus4F#7sus4 A7A7
in the rain....

Verse: 3
    D MajorD       F# minorF#m          B minorBm       D MajorD
She spoke of astrology while muttering apologies
    G+G         A7A7      D MajorD
For coffee that tasted of hot dogs
      F# minorF#m  B minorBm         F# minorF#m B minorBm
I said 'That's OK, mine was cold anyway, and
    A7A7
just grand'
         D MajorD        F# minorF#m        B minorBm  D MajorD
Then she lay on the bed while the radio fed us with
G+G          A7A7        D MajorD
Records and adverts for cat food
     F# minorF#m        B minorBm        F# minorF#m
And I looked at her, holding my thoughts in the
B minorBm        A augmentedA   E minorEm  A7A7
palm of my hand

Pre chorus:3
    B minorBm          D MajorD
And outside in the black lands
    B minorBm              D MajorD
The evening came and went
        G+G
And the bums in the street begging money for one
last drink
           G+G
Are hanging round the liquor stores trying to get
  A7A7
a foot in
        G+G
And the girl from Pittsburgh and I made love on a
G+G               A7A7       D MajorD   A7A7 D MajorD
mattress with the new moon look i  ng.

Chorus:2
          G+G          A7A7         G+G
And in the cool evening breeze I was down on my
A7A7      D MajorD      B minorBm  G+G  D MajorD
knees in Brooklyn.....