Neil Diamond, Brooklyn Roads (1968)
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INTRO: [A7]

VERSE 1:
[A7] If I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother
Callin', "Neil, go find your brother, [D] Daddy's home
and it's [G] time for supper, [D] hurry on"

VERSE 2:
[A7] And I see two boys, racin' up two flights of staircase
Squirmin' into Papa's embrace, [D] and his whiskers [G] warm on their face
[D] where's it gone, oh, [A7] where's it gone

CHORUS 1:
[D7] Two floors above the [Gm] butcher, [C7] first door on the [F] right
[Fmaj7] Life filled to the [F7] brim, as I stood by my [F6] window
And looked out on [C] those, Brooklyn [D] Roads

VERSE 3:
[A7] I can still recall, the smell of cookin' in the hallways
Rubbers drying in the doorways, [D] and report cards
[G] I was always a-[D]-fraid to show

VERSE 4:
[A7] Mama'd come to school, and as I'd sit there softly crying
Teacher'd say, "He's just not trying, [D] he's got a good [G] head if he'd apply it"
But you [D] know yourself, it's always [A7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[D7] I built me a [Gm] castle, [C7] with dragons and [F] kings
[Fmaj7] And I'd ride off with [F7] them, as I stood by my [F6] window
And looked out on [C] those, Brooklyn [D] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [D7] [Gm] [C7] [F] // [C] [D]

VERSE 5:
[A7] Thought of going back, but all I'd see are strangers faces
And all the scars that love erases, [D] but as my mind [G] walks thru those places
I'm [D] wonderin', what's [A7] come of them

CHORUS 3:
[D7] Does some other [Gm] young boy, [C7] come home to my [F] room
[Fmaj7] Does he dream what I [F7] did, as he stands by my [F6] window
And looks out on [C] those, Brooklyn [D] Road, Brooklyn [D] Roads [D open]