Brooklyn Boy Kevin Devine
Note: When playing each chord, strum the bass note (the lowest string) once before
the entire chord
Intro: C, C/B, C, C/B
A Br[C]ooklyn [C/B]boy [Am]born and [G]raised [F]chopping lines
[G]hey hey itâ??s m[F]y bir[C]thday[F] [C]
A t[C]oy I [C/B]torched to [Am]tar pit [G]flames a [F]lock jaw night
[G]hey hey its my [F]birthda[C]y[F] [G]
Dead-end [Am]friends will make your [F]stomach [C]shake
While your [C/B]hissingâ?[Am]? head
[Em]Barrels down that [F]blackened lane[G]
Alone at l[Dm]ast to figure [Am]how you got this wa[F]y[C] [C/B]
Alone at l[Am]ast to [Em]figure h[F]ow you go[G]t this [C]way
[G] [F] [Em] [Dm] [F] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C]
e|------------------------------------------------------| B|--8--6--5--3--1----5-3--0h3bp1-------5--3--1------5--1| G|-------------------------------0h2-5---------0h2-5----| D|------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------|
[G] [F] [Am] [Em] [F] [G] [F] [C] [F] [G]
e|------------------------------------------------------| B|--8--6--10--5--1---5-3-1h3bp1-------5--3--1-----5--3--| G|------------------------------0h2-5---------0h2-------| D|------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------|
(From here on, it's actually a piano playing,
but I tried my best to tab it)
[F] [C] [Am] [Em] [F] [G]
e|------------------------------------------------------| B|--5--3--1----5-1------------0--3----------------------| G|----------------------------------2---0----0---2--0---| D|----------------3---2-------------------2----3--------| A|----------------------3-------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------|
[Dm] [Am] [F] [C] [Am] [Em] [F] [G] [C]
e|------------------------------------------------------| B|--0-3---1------------------1------------1-------------| G|----------2-----------------------2--0----------------| D|--------------3--2-0-----------2----------------------| A|---------------------3--------------------------------| E|------------------------3-----------------------------|
[C]Charcoal [C/B]clouds sp[Am]ot and[G] spray they [F]kill the sun [G]hey hey
hear its [F]back brea[C]k[F] [C]
So I can n[C]ever[C/B] tell [Am]night from [G]day [F]right from wrong [G]hey hey
youâ??re my[F] heada[C]che[F] [G]
A silver [Am]tongue amass your [F]hungry h[C]ate whi[C/B]le haggard [Am]heart
[Em]Whispers through it [F]cracking cage[G]
Still can c[Dm]hange you have to [Am]know you still can c[F]hange[C] [C/B]
I know I [Am]know but [Em]now I [F]want to [G]be this w[C]ay
This [C/B]was a [Am]choice [Em]this was [F]never [G]a mista[C]ke
[C/B]This was [Am]never [Em]a mist[F]ake [G] ([C]repeat until end)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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