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G
  They say I'm too young to love you
Em
  I don't know what I need
C
  They think I don't understand
      G                 F
The Freedomland of the seventies
G
  I think I'm too cool to know ya
Em
  You say I'm like the ice I freeze
C
  I'm churning out novels like
      G            F        Em
Beat poetry on Amphetamines

     C  Em
I say
     F
I say

          C                  G
Well, my boyfriend's in the band
             F                    C
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
          F              C
I've got feathers in my hair
       F                Em
I get down to Beat poetry
        C                 G
And my jazz collection's rare
        F              C
I can play almost anything
        F         C
I'm a Brooklyn baby
        F         Em
I'm a Brooklyn baby

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G
  They say I'm too young to love you
Em
  They say I'm too dumb to see
C
  They judge me like a picture book
        G                   F
By the colors like they forgot to read
G
  I think we're like fire and water
Em
  I think we're like the wind and sea
C
  You're burning up, I'm cooling down
       Am
You're up, I'm down
         Asus2      Em
You're blind, I see
           C  Em
But I'm free
       F
I'm free

          C                  G
Well, my boyfriend's in the band
             F                    C
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
          F              C
I've got feathers in my hair
       F                Em
I get down to Beat poetry
        C                 G
And my jazz collection's rare
        F              C
I can play almost anything
        F         C
I'm a Brooklyn baby
        F         Em
I'm a Brooklyn baby

C
  I'm talking about my generation
Em
  Talking about that newer nation
G
  And if you don't like it
         Am  Bm   D        Em
You can beat it, beat it, baby
C
  You never liked the way I said it
Em
  If you don't get it, then forget it
G                                    Am  Bm  D
  Cause I don't have to fucking explain  it

        C                  G
And my boyfriend's in the band
             F                    C
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
          F              C
I've got feathers in my hair
       F                  Em
I get high on hydroponic weed
        C                 G
And my jazz collection's rare
       F                C
I get down to beat poetry
        F          C
I'm a Brooklyn baby
        F          Em
I'm a Brooklyn baby

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         C                  G
Yeah my boyfriend's really cool
          F              C
But he's not as cool as me
          F             C
Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
        F         Em
I'm a Brooklyn baby

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