Brookline Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

AmNot far away in a Fplace by the sea

D7/F♯Something is watching and Fwaiting for me

E F-5/C G/D E7(2)

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AmSomething isn't B7right in EMassaAmchusetts

 Don't stray out of B7Boston Etown E7

 The Dm7home of Samuel G7Adams, the Cride of Paul ReF7Mvere

B7 E F-5/C E

Don't go past the signs that say the freedom trail ends here

AmFirst they'll take you B7in with Esongs and Amlaughter

 Then they'll fill your B7head with Elies E7

 Too Dm7late you glimpse the G7secret, the Csinister deF7Msign

 That B7marries you forEever to BrookAmliiB7iiiEiiAmne

 BrookB7liiEiiAmine

AmI was once a B7man who Ehad a Amfuture

 And I'm sure I B7had a Epast E7

 But Dm7now I can't G7remember the Cplace where I came F7Mfrom

B7 E F-5/C E

I'm ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've become

AmNow I'm rich and B7smart, my Ehome is Amcharming

 Sense of iroB7ny well-EhonedE7

 I Dm7buy used books and G7Britas, I Csnack on nuts and F7Mwine

B7I have been imEprisoned in BrookAmliiB7iiiEiiAmne

 BrookB7liiEiiAmine

AYou'll go Dm7deeper and G7deeper to Clearn how it ticks

 If you Dm7know what it G7is you can Cfight it

Bm7-5 E Am

Like a Tootsie Roll Pop it takes too many licks

 And beB7fore you get there you will Ebite it

F-5/C E

Or it may bite you

AmSee the shadow B7fall aEcross New AmEngland

 Stretching out to B7OreEgon E7

 A Dm7talk show host, an G7author, a Cpresident, a F7Mking

B7 E F-5/C E

If you haven't noticed, they've infected every-thing

AmKeep your hometown B7close, keep EBrookline Amcloser

 Hide your heart and B7watch the EskiesE7

 For Dm7when the darkness G7finds you the Csun will cease to F7Mshine

B7In the end, your Eonly friend, BrookAmliiB7iiiEiiAmne

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 And it's one if by land, Ftwo if by sea

D7/F♯Three if by guile and Fduplicity

E F-5/C G/D E7(2)

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