Neil Diamond, Brooklyn Roads (1968)
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INTRO: [C7]

VERSE 1:
[C7] If I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother
Callin', "Neil, go find your brother, [F] Daddy's home
and it's [A#] time for supper, [F] hurry on"

VERSE 2:
[C7] And I see two boys, racin' up two flights of staircase
Squirmin' into Papa's embrace, [F] and his whiskers [A#] warm on their face
[F] where's it gone, oh, [C7] where's it gone

CHORUS 1:
[F7] Two floors above the [A#m] butcher, [D#7] first door on the [G#] right
[G#maj7] Life filled to the [G#7] brim, as I stood by my [G#6] window
And looked out on [D#] those, Brooklyn [F] Roads

VERSE 3:
[C7] I can still recall, the smell of cookin' in the hallways
Rubbers drying in the doorways, [F] and report cards
[A#] I was always a-[F]-fraid to show

VERSE 4:
[C7] Mama'd come to school, and as I'd sit there softly crying
Teacher'd say, "He's just not trying, [F] he's got a good [A#] head if he'd apply it"
But you [F] know yourself, it's always [C7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[F7] I built me a [A#m] castle, [D#7] with dragons and [G#] kings
[G#maj7] And I'd ride off with [G#7] them, as I stood by my [G#6] window
And looked out on [D#] those, Brooklyn [F] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [F7] [A#m] [D#7] [G#] // [D#] [F]

VERSE 5:
[C7] Thought of going back, but all I'd see are strangers faces
And all the scars that love erases, [F] but as my mind [A#] walks thru those places
I'm [F] wonderin', what's [C7] come of them

CHORUS 3:
[F7] Does some other [A#m] young boy, [D#7] come home to my [G#] room
[G#maj7] Does he dream what I [G#7] did, as he stands by my [G#6] window
And looks out on [D#] those, Brooklyn [F] Road, Brooklyn [F] Roads [F open]