Intro : G Bm X3 G Bm D
D Bm
They say I'm too young to love you
G
I don't know what I need
They think I don't understand
D C D
The Freedomland of the seventies
Bm
I think I'm too cool to know ya
G
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
I'm churning out novels like
D C Bm
Beat poetry on Amphetamines
G Bm
I say
C
I say
G D
Well my boyfriend's in the band
C G
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
C G
I've got feathers in my hair
C Bm
I get down to Beat poetry
G D
And my jazz collection's rare
C G
I can play almost anything
C G
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C Bm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
G Bm
G Bm D
D Bm
They say I'm too young to love you
G
They say I'm too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
D C D
By the colors like they forgot to read
Bm
I think we're like fire and water
G
I think we're like the wind and sea
You're burning up I'm cooling down
Em
You're up I'm down
Esus2 Bm
You're blind I see
G Bm
But I'm free
C
I'm free
G D
Well my boyfriend's in the band
C G
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
C G
I've got feathers in my hair
C Bm
I get down to Beat poetry
G D
And my jazz collection's rare
C G
I can play almost anything
C G
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C Bm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
G Bm
I'm talking about my generation
D
Talking about that newer nation
And if you don't like it
Em F#m
You can beat it
A Bm
Beat it baby
G Bm
You never liked the way I said it
D
If you don't get it then forget it
Em F#m A C
Cause I don't have to fucking explain it
G D
And my boyfriend's in the band
C G
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
C G
I've got feathers in my hair
C Bm
I get high on hydroponic weed
G D
And my jazz collection's rare
C G
I get down to beat poetry
C G
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C Bm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
G D C G C G C Bm
G D
Yeah my boyfriend's really cool
C G
But he's not as cool as me
C G
Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
C Bm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
G D C G C G C Bm
Outro
G Bm X4