Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
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Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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
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
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