Jesse Malin - 'Brooklyn'
'The Fine Art of Self Destruction' 2002
Really nice song. The verses are all the same, just E to A. And I've only written
out the chorus once, again it's always the same. Chord spacing looks a bit out in
this format but it's pretty much a bar each at the intro/verse/bridge and half a
bar for the chorus/link. Enjoy!
Capo 2nd fret.
Intro:
| E5 | A5 | E5 | A5 ||
Verse:
[E5]The last car on the li[A5]ne
[E5]I guess you're back doing t[A5]ime
[E5]The ghost of Christmas p[A5]ast
[E5]Left Walt Whitman in the [A5]trash
Chorus:
You st[Asus2]arted out with no[E]thing but lonely day[Abm6/Eb]s[Aadd9]
You use[Asus2]d to like the sad[E] songs of doom and[Abm6/Eb] gloom[Aadd9]
You start[Asus2]ed with nothing [E]but throwawa[Abm6/Eb]ys[Aadd9]
You cou[Asus2]ldn't live with [E]me so you moved to [Abm6/Eb]Brooklyn[Aadd9]
|E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 B | E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 ||
Verse:
Artificial desserts
Some have cars some have kids
Hit the pathmark after work
Some never been past the bridge
Chorus.
Link 2:
| E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 B | E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 B ||
Bridge:
| C#m | E | C#m | E |
Woah - oh Woah - oh
C#m E B | |
I sometimes lie awake until sunrise
C#m E Asus2 | ||
Wondering how we become what we despise
Instrumental:
||: E5 | A5 | E5 | A5 :||
Verse:
No more couches to surf
Only beaches in your dreams
No more trannies near work
It's still a drag walking in Queens
It's all blood money in the bank
Somehow some people find the nerve
Like the soldiers they thank down in DC
If I could only find the words
Chorus
Outro: x3
||: E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 B :|| E ||
Chords used (relative to capo):
E5: 0-2-2-X-0-0
A5: X-0-2-2-X-0
Asus2: X-0-2-2-0-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
Abm6/Eb: X-6-6-4-0-0
Aadd9: 5-7-7-6-0-0
B: 7-9-9-8-0-0
B: X-2-4-4-0-0
'The Fine Art of Self Destruction' 2002
Really nice song. The verses are all the same, just E to A. And I've only written
out the chorus once, again it's always the same. Chord spacing looks a bit out in
this format but it's pretty much a bar each at the intro/verse/bridge and half a
bar for the chorus/link. Enjoy!
Capo 2nd fret.
Intro:
| E5 | A5 | E5 | A5 ||
Verse:
[E5]The last car on the li[A5]ne
[E5]I guess you're back doing t[A5]ime
[E5]The ghost of Christmas p[A5]ast
[E5]Left Walt Whitman in the [A5]trash
Chorus:
You st[Asus2]arted out with no[E]thing but lonely day[Abm6/Eb]s[Aadd9]
You use[Asus2]d to like the sad[E] songs of doom and[Abm6/Eb] gloom[Aadd9]
You start[Asus2]ed with nothing [E]but throwawa[Abm6/Eb]ys[Aadd9]
You cou[Asus2]ldn't live with [E]me so you moved to [Abm6/Eb]Brooklyn[Aadd9]
|E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 B | E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 ||
Verse:
Artificial desserts
Some have cars some have kids
Hit the pathmark after work
Some never been past the bridge
Chorus.
Link 2:
| E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 B | E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 B ||
Bridge:
| C#m | E | C#m | E |
Woah - oh Woah - oh
C#m E B | |
I sometimes lie awake until sunrise
C#m E Asus2 | ||
Wondering how we become what we despise
Instrumental:
||: E5 | A5 | E5 | A5 :||
Verse:
No more couches to surf
Only beaches in your dreams
No more trannies near work
It's still a drag walking in Queens
It's all blood money in the bank
Somehow some people find the nerve
Like the soldiers they thank down in DC
If I could only find the words
Chorus
Outro: x3
||: E Abm6/Eb | Aadd9 B :|| E ||
Chords used (relative to capo):
E5: 0-2-2-X-0-0
A5: X-0-2-2-X-0
Asus2: X-0-2-2-0-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
Abm6/Eb: X-6-6-4-0-0
Aadd9: 5-7-7-6-0-0
B: 7-9-9-8-0-0
B: X-2-4-4-0-0
