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Transcribed by Yngve, mangled thereafter by Bry
Found at: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Brookline_%28demo%29/Tabs
F-5/C = x3320x
G/D = x5540x
E7(2) = x7670x
B7 = x2120x
Fmaj7 = 133210
Bm7-5 = x2323x
A13sus4 = x02032
Am F
Not far away in a place by the sea
D7/F# F
Something is watching and waiting for me
E F-5/C G/D E7(2)
Brookliiiiiiiiiiine
Am B7 E Am
Something isn't right in Massachusetts
B7 E E7
Don't stray out of Boston town
Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7
The home of Samuel Adams, the ride of Paul Revere
B7 E F-5/C E
Don't go past the signs that say the freedom trail ends here
Am B7 E Am
First they'll take you in with songs and laughter
B7 E E7
Then they'll fill your head with lies
Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7
Too late you glimpse the secret, the sinister design
B7 E Am B7 E Am
That marries you forever to Brookliiiiiiine
B7 E Am
Brookliiiiine
Am B7 E Am
I was once a man who had a future
B7 E E7
And I'm sure I had a past
Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7
But now I can't remember the place where I came from
B7 E F-5/C E
I'm ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've become
Am B7 E Am
Now I'm rich and smart, my home is charming
B7 E E7
Sense of irony well-honed
Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7
I buy used books and Britas, I snack on nuts and wine
B7 E Am B7 E Am
I have been imprisoned in Brookliiiiiiine
B7 E Am
Brookliiiiine
A Dm7 G7 C
You'll go deeper and deeper to learn how it ticks
Dm7 G7 C
If you know what it is you can fight it
Bm7-5 E Am
Like a Tootsie Roll Pop it takes too many licks
B7 E
And before you get there you will bite it
F-5/C E
Or it may bite you
Am B7 E Am
See the shadow fall across New England
B7 E E7
Stretching out to Oregon
Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7
A talk show host, an author, a president, a king
B7 E F-5/C E
If you haven't noticed, they've infected every-thing
Am B7 E Am
Keep your hometown close, keep Brookline closer
B7 E E7
Hide your heart and watch the skies
Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7
For when the darkness finds you the sun will cease to shine
B7 E Am B7 E Am
In the end, your only friend, Brookliiiiiiine
B7 E Am
Brookliiiiine
F
And it's one if by land, two if by sea
D7/F# F
Three if by guile and duplicity
E F-5/C G/D E7(2)
Brookliiiiiiiiiiiine
Am A13sus4
Brookliiiiine
