Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby
Ultraviolence - 2014
Standard tuning w/ Capo 1st
* Single Strum
Intro
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
Verse
[G] * [Em] *
They say I'm too young to love you
[C] *
I don't know what I need
They think I don't understand
[G] * [F] * [G] *
The freedom land of the seventies
[Em] *
I think I'm too cool to know ya
[C] *
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
I'm churning out novels like
[G] * [F] * [Em]*
Beat poetry on amphetamines
[C] * [Em] *
I say
[F] *
I say
Chorus
[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 most anything
[F] [C]
I'm a Brooklyn baby
[F] [Em]
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Instrumental
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
Verse
[G] * [Em] *
They say I'm too young to love you
[C] *
They say I'm too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
[G] * [F] * [G] *
By the colors like they forgot to read
[Em] *
I think we're like fire and water
[C] *
I think we're like the wind and sea
You're burning up, I'm cooling down
[Am] *
You're up, I'm down
[Am/B] * [Am/D] * [Em] *
You're blind, I see
[C] * [Em] *
But I'm free
[F] *
I'm free
Chorus
[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 most anything
[F] [C]
I'm a Brooklyn baby
[F] [Em]
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Bridge
[C] * [Em] *
I'm talking about my generation
[G] *
Talking about that newer nation
And if you don't like it
[Am] * [Am/B] * [Am/D] * [Am/E] *
You can beat it, beat it, baby
[C] * [Em] *
You never liked the way I said it
[G] *
If you don't get it, then forget it
[Am] * [Am/B] * [Am/D] *
Cause I don't have to fucking explain it
Chorus
[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
Instrumental
[C] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [Em]
Chorus
[C] [G]
Yeah my boyfriend's pretty 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
Instrumental
[C] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [Em]
Outro
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
