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