Kevin Devine - Brooklyn Boy Chords & Tabs

 

Brooklyn Boy Chords & Tabs

Kevin Devine Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Tab

Brooklyn Boy Tab

   
Note: When playing each chord, strum the bass note (the lowest string) once before 
the entire chord

Intro: C, C/B, C, C/B

    C      C/B Am       G      F             
A Brooklyn boy born and raised chopping lines 
G               F    C    F  C
hey hey it’s my birthday
   C    C/B        Am      G        F                 
A toy I torched to tar pit flames a lock jaw night 
G              F      C    F   G
hey hey its my birthday
         Am                     F       C
Dead-end friends will make your stomach shake
           C/B      Am
While your hissing’ head
Em                F                G
Barrels down that blackened lane
          Dm            Am                 F  C  C/B
Alone at last to figure how you got this way
          Am     Em      F        G      C
Alone at last to figure how you got this way

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kevin_devine/brooklyn_boy_tab.html ]
   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        C/B      Am    G           F            G
Charcoal clouds spot and spray they kill the sun hey hey 
         F        C     F      C
hear its back break
          C   C/B   Am         G   F                G      
So I can never tell night from day right from wrong hey hey  
           F     C       F          G
you’re my headache
         Am                F       C      C/B        Am
A silver tongue amass your hungry hate while haggard heart
Em                  F              G
Whispers through it cracking cage
           Dm                Am                  F     C    C/B
Still can change you have to know you still can change
         Am       Em    F       G        C
I know I know but now I want to be this way
     C/B   Am     Em       F     G      C
This was a choice this was never a mistake
C/B      Am    Em    F    G  C
This was never a mistake    (repeat until end)




| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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