Brooklyn Kid chords by Cross Canadian Ragweed

SimplifiedD · Bm · C · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well, I gotta friend that lives
south of town.
Loves to sit and burn one down.
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Spin some vinyl on his stereo.
D 
Every now and then he speaks of war:
One tour of duty on a foreign shore.
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D 
Fightin' for his way home.
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C 
D 
Yeah. fightin' for his way home.

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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Returnin' home to his native land,
Left New York for Texas man.
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D 
Quieter times were in his cards.
He met a girl, she met a man:
Dropped to his knees and
he took her hand:
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D 
A simple life ain't that hard.
F 
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No, a simple life ain't all that
D 
hard.

Interlude 2

Verse 3
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A new generation on the ground.
Nothin' in the world could
bring him down,
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D 
Flyin' like he had wings.
Several years came and went,
Not one of them was poorly spent,
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D 
A good man's life he was chiselin'.
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Yeah, a good man's life he was chiselin'.
D 

Interlude 3

Verse 4
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Reflecting on the Viet-Cong,
Uncle Uncle John's Band
and a Dylan song,
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Smellin' like it's supper time.
You know, it brought a tear to his eye,
The day that Jerry Garcia died.
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He said he was the genius of his time.
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Yeah, A Friend of the Devil is a Friend

Interlude 4

of Mine.

Verse 5
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Don't try to find it, make the time,
A couple of joints and
Bm 
a bottle of wine.
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D 
You'll be glad that you did.
With the Grateful Dead spinnin' round,
Kick your feet back and be astound,
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D 
By  the life of the Brooklyn kid.