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In Brooklyn chords by
Al Stewart
Al Stewart

N/A
Verse 1
G
D
A

Oh I come from Pittsburgh
Bm

to study astrology
A
G
A
D

She said as she stepped on my instep
Bm

I could show you New York with a walk
F#m
A

between Fourth Street and Nine
D
F#m

Then out of her coat taking
D
Bm
A

seven harmonicas
G
A
D

She sat down to play on a doorstep
Bm

Saying, Come back to my place I will
F#m
A

show you the stars and the signs
B
Bm
D

So I followed her into the black lands
Bm
D

Where the window frames peel and flake
Bm
B

And the old Jewish face
D

behind the lace

Even now trying to get to see
A

what's cooking
G

Just John the Baptist in the park getting
A

laid thinking there's no-one looking
D
A

looking
Bm
G

And its eighty degrees and I'm down
A
D

on my knees in Brooklyn
Bm
D
Verse 2
Bm

D

Her house was a dusty collec
Bm
D

tion of rusty
G
A
D

Confusion with landings and tunnels
Bm

And leaning bookcases and spaces
F#m
A

and faces and things
D
A

Where twenty-five Puerto Puerto Ricans,
D
Bm

Manhattan Mohicans
G
A

And Jewish-Italian Pawnbrokers
D

Pawnbrokers
Bm

Lead their theatrical lives in
F#m
A

their rooms in the wings
B
D

While outside in the black lands
Bm
B
Bm
D

The viol ent day runs wild
Bm

And the black and white minstrels

run through the crazy
D
A

Alleys while the cops go booking
G

And ruthless toothless agents sneak
A

around and there's no-one looking
D
A
Bm

looking
G

And it's eighty degrees and I'm down
A
D
Bm

on my knees in Brooklyn
Verse 3
E
G

And oh, I'm back in the city
D
F#m
Bm

again
E

You can tell by the smell of the
G

hamburger stand in the rain
B
Verse 4
A

D
F#m

She spoke of astrology while
Bm
D

muttering apologies
G
A
D

For coffee that tasted of hot dogs
Bm

I said, That's OK, mine was cold anyway,
F#m
A

and just grand
D
A

Then she lay on the bed
Bm
D

while the radio fed
G
A
D

Us with records and adverts for cat food
Bm

And I looked at her,
G
F#m
A

holding my thoughts in the palm of my hand
B
D

And outside in the black lands
Bm
B
D

The evening came and went
B

And the bums in the street begging
Bm
D

money for one last drink

Are hanging round the liquor stores
A

trying to get a foot in
G

And the girl from Pittsburgh and I made love
A
D
A
Bm

on a mattress with the new moon looking
G

And in the cool evening breeze I was
A

down on my knees in Brooklyn
Outro 1
D
Bm
G
D


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