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

INTRO: [G#7]

VERSE 1:
[G#7] If I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother
Callin', "Neil, go find your brother, [C#] Daddy's home
and it's [F#] time for supper, [C#] hurry on"

VERSE 2:
[G#7] And I see two boys, racin' up two flights of staircase
Squirmin' into Papa's embrace, [C#] and his whiskers [F#] warm on their face
[C#] where's it gone, oh, [G#7] where's it gone

CHORUS 1:
[C#7] Two floors above the [F#m] butcher, [B7] first door on the [E] right
[Emaj7] Life filled to the [E7] brim, as I stood by my [E6] window
And looked out on [B] those, Brooklyn [C#] Roads

VERSE 3:
[G#7] I can still recall, the smell of cookin' in the hallways
Rubbers drying in the doorways, [C#] and report cards
[F#] I was always a-[C#]-fraid to show

VERSE 4:
[G#7] Mama'd come to school, and as I'd sit there softly crying
Teacher'd say, "He's just not trying, [C#] he's got a good [F#] head if he'd apply it"
But you [C#] know yourself, it's always [G#7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[C#7] I built me a [F#m] castle, [B7] with dragons and [E] kings
[Emaj7] And I'd ride off with [E7] them, as I stood by my [E6] window
And looked out on [B] those, Brooklyn [C#] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [C#7] [F#m] [B7] [E] // [B] [C#]

VERSE 5:
[G#7] Thought of going back, but all I'd see are strangers faces
And all the scars that love erases, [C#] but as my mind [F#] walks thru those places
I'm [C#] wonderin', what's [G#7] come of them

CHORUS 3:
[C#7] Does some other [F#m] young boy, [B7] come home to my [E] room
[Emaj7] Does he dream what I [E7] did, as he stands by my [E6] window
And looks out on [B] those, Brooklyn [C#] Road, Brooklyn [C#] Roads [C# open]