Neil Diamond, Brooklyn Roads (1968)
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INTRO: [B7]

VERSE 1:
[B7] If I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother
Callin', "Neil, go find your brother, [E] Daddy's home
and it's [A] time for supper, [E] hurry on"

VERSE 2:
[B7] And I see two boys, racin' up two flights of staircase
Squirmin' into Papa's embrace, [E] and his whiskers [A] warm on their face
[E] where's it gone, oh, [B7] where's it gone

CHORUS 1:
[E7] Two floors above the [Am] butcher, [D7] first door on the [G] right
[Gmaj7] Life filled to the [G7] brim, as I stood by my [G6] window
And looked out on [D] those, Brooklyn [E] Roads

VERSE 3:
[B7] I can still recall, the smell of cookin' in the hallways
Rubbers drying in the doorways, [E] and report cards
[A] I was always a-[E]-fraid to show

VERSE 4:
[B7] Mama'd come to school, and as I'd sit there softly crying
Teacher'd say, "He's just not trying, [E] he's got a good [A] head if he'd apply it"
But you [E] know yourself, it's always [B7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[E7] I built me a [Am] castle, [D7] with dragons and [G] kings
[Gmaj7] And I'd ride off with [G7] them, as I stood by my [G6] window
And looked out on [D] those, Brooklyn [E] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [E7] [Am] [D7] [G] // [D] [E]

VERSE 5:
[B7] Thought of going back, but all I'd see are strangers faces
And all the scars that love erases, [E] but as my mind [A] walks thru those places
I'm [E] wonderin', what's [B7] come of them

CHORUS 3:
[E7] Does some other [Am] young boy, [D7] come home to my [G] room
[Gmaj7] Does he dream what I [G7] did, as he stands by my [G6] window
And looks out on [D] those, Brooklyn [E] Road, Brooklyn [E] Roads [E open]