Intro: C - Em (4x)
G Em
They say I'm too young to love you
C
I don't know what I need
They think I don't understand
G F G
The Freedomland of the seventies
Em
I think I'm too cool to know ya
C
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
I'm churning out novels like
G F Em
Beat poetry on Amphetamines
C Em
I say
F
I say
C G
Well my boyfriend's in the band
F C
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
F C
I've got feathers in my hair
F Em
I get down to Beat poetry
C G
And my jazz collection's rare
F C
I can play almost anything
F C
I'm a Brooklyn baby
F Em
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C|- Em (x2)
G Em
They say I'm too young to love you
C
They say I'm too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
G F G
By the colors like they forgot to read
Em
I think we're like fire and water
C
I think we're like the wind and sea
You're burning up I'm cooling down
Am
You're up I'm down
Asus2 Em
You're blind I see
C Em
But I'm free
F
I'm free
C G
Well my boyfriend's in the band
F C
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
F C
I've got feathers in my hair
F Em
I get down to Beat poetry
C G
And my jazz collection's rare
F C
I can play almost anything
F C
I'm a Brooklyn baby
F Em
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C Em
I'm talking about my generation
G
Talking about that newer nation
And if you don't like it
Am Bm D Em
You can beat it beat it baby
C Em
You never liked the way I said it
G
If you don't get it then forget it
Am Bm D (C)
Cause I don't have to fucking explain it
C G
And my boyfriend's in the band
F C
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
F C
I've got feathers in my hair
F Em
I get high on hydroponic weed
C G
And my jazz collection's rare
F C
I get down to beat poetry
F C
I'm a Brooklyn baby
F Em
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C|- G - F - C - F - C - F - Em
C G
Yeah my boyfriend's really cool
F C
But he's not as cool as me
F C
Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
F Em
I'm a Brooklyn baby