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Version 1 Version 1[Verse] 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 [Verse] D G D One foot in and one foot back D G D But it don't pay to live like that D G D So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks Bm A G For never to return [Chorus] D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in D G D Are you aware the shape I'm in? D G D My hands they shake, my head it spins D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in [Verse] 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 it's just a waste of time Bm A G Yeah, it's such a waste of time [Verse] 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) D G D I'll see you in the morning time [Chorus] D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in D G D Are you aware the shape I'm in? D G D My hands they shake, my head it spins D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in [Instrumental] G F#m Em D Em D Em F#m G A A [Bridge] D G D Three words that became hard to say Bm A G I and love and you D G D What you were then I am today Bm A G Look at the things I do [Chorus] D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in D G D Are you aware the shape I'm in? D G D My hands they shake, my head it spins D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in x2 [Verse] D G D Dumbed down and numbed by time and age D G D Your dreams that catch the world the cage D G D The highway sets the travelers stage Bm A G All exits look the same [Outro] 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