D                G         D
Load the car and write the note
D                 G         D
Grab your bag and grab your coat 
D                  G       D
Tell the ones that need to know
Bm     A      G
We are headed north


D               G        D
One foot in and one foot back
D                    G        D
But it don't play to live like that
D                       G          D
So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks
Bm         A  G
For never to return


D                    G       D
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
D                 G      D
Are you aware the shape Im in?
D                      G       D
My hands they shake my head it spins
D                    G       D
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in


D               G          D
When at first i learned to speak
D             G        D
I used all my words to fight
D                    G       D
With him and her and you and me
            Bm       A      G
Aw but its just a waste of time
        Bm          A    G
Yea its such a waste of time


D                    G         D
That women she's got eyes that shine
D              G                D
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes 
D-                   G            D
She asked to dance I said it's fine - aw it's fine -
Bm                            G             D
I'll see you in the morning time


D                    G       D
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
D                 G      D
Are you aware the shape Im in?
D                      G       D
My hands they shake my head it spins
D                    G       D
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

Interlude: G  Gbm  Em  D  Em  D  Em  Gbm G  A A

D                       G       D
Three words that became hard to say
Bm      A       G
I and love and you
D                    G   D
What you are then I am today
Bm           A        G
Look at the things I do


D                    G       D
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
D                 G     D
Are you aware the shape Im in?
D                      G        D
My hands they shake my head it spins
D                    G        D
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in


D                       G        D
Dumb down and numbed by time and age
D                          G         D
Your dreams they catch the world the cage
D                    G          D
The highway sets the travelers stage
Bm         A        G 
All exits look the same


D                       G       D
Three words that became hard to say
Bm      A       G
I and love and you
Bm      A       G
I and love and you
Bm      A       G
I and love and you