Neil Diamond, Brooklyn Roads (1968)
^{Key: :[A#] (w: Neil Diamond)}

INTRO: [A#7]

VERSE 1:
[A#7] 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:
[A#7] 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, [A#7] where's it gone

CHORUS 1:
[D#7] Two floors above the [G#m] butcher, [C#7] first door on the [F#] right
[F#maj7] Life filled to the [F#7] brim, as I stood by my [F#6] window
And looked out on [C#] those, Brooklyn [D#] Roads

VERSE 3:
[A#7] 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:
[A#7] 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 [A#7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[D#7] I built me a [G#m] castle, [C#7] with dragons and [F#] kings
[F#maj7] And I'd ride off with [F#7] them, as I stood by my [F#6] window
And looked out on [C#] those, Brooklyn [D#] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [D#7] [G#m] [C#7] [F#] // [C#] [D#]

VERSE 5:
[A#7] 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 [A#7] come of them

CHORUS 3:
[D#7] Does some other [G#m] young boy, [C#7] come home to my [F#] room
[F#maj7] Does he dream what I [F#7] did, as he stands by my [F#6] window
And looks out on [C#] those, Brooklyn [D#] Road, Brooklyn [D#] Roads [D# open]