Transcribed by Yngve, mangled thereafter by Bry Found at: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Brookline_%28demo%29/Tabs F-5/C = x3320x G/D = x5540x E7(2) = x7670x B7 = x2120x Fmaj7 = 133210 Bm7-5 = x2323x A13sus4 = x02032 Am F Not far away in a place by the sea D7/F# F Something is watching and waiting for me E F-5/C G/D E7(2) Brookliiiiiiiiiiine Am B7 E Am Something isn't right in Massachusetts B7 E E7 Don't stray out of Boston town Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7 The home of Samuel Adams, the ride of Paul Revere B7 E F-5/C E Don't go past the signs that say the freedom trail ends here Am B7 E Am First they'll take you in with songs and laughter B7 E E7 Then they'll fill your head with lies Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7 Too late you glimpse the secret, the sinister design B7 E Am B7 E Am That marries you forever to Brookliiiiiiine B7 E Am Brookliiiiine Am B7 E Am I was once a man who had a future B7 E E7 And I'm sure I had a past Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7 But now I can't remember the place where I came from B7 E F-5/C E I'm ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've become Am B7 E Am Now I'm rich and smart, my home is charming B7 E E7 Sense of irony well-honed Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7 I buy used books and Britas, I snack on nuts and wine B7 E Am B7 E Am I have been imprisoned in Brookliiiiiiine B7 E Am Brookliiiiine A Dm7 G7 C You'll go deeper and deeper to learn how it ticks Dm7 G7 C If you know what it is you can fight it Bm7-5 E Am Like a Tootsie Roll Pop it takes too many licks B7 E And before you get there you will bite it F-5/C E Or it may bite you Am B7 E Am See the shadow fall across New England B7 E E7 Stretching out to Oregon Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7 A talk show host, an author, a president, a king B7 E F-5/C E If you haven't noticed, they've infected every-thing Am B7 E Am Keep your hometown close, keep Brookline closer B7 E E7 Hide your heart and watch the skies Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7 For when the darkness finds you the sun will cease to shine B7 E Am B7 E Am In the end, your only friend, Brookliiiiiiine B7 E Am Brookliiiiine F And it's one if by land, two if by sea D7/F# F Three if by guile and duplicity E F-5/C G/D E7(2) Brookliiiiiiiiiiiine Am A13sus4 Brookliiiiine