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

INTRO: [C#7]

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

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

CHORUS 1:
[F#7] Two floors above the [Bm] butcher, [E7] first door on the [A] right
[Amaj7] Life filled to the [A7] brim, as I stood by my [A6] window
And looked out on [E] those, Brooklyn [F#] Roads

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

VERSE 4:
[C#7] 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 [B] head if he'd apply it"
But you [F#] know yourself, it's always [C#7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[F#7] I built me a [Bm] castle, [E7] with dragons and [A] kings
[Amaj7] And I'd ride off with [A7] them, as I stood by my [A6] window
And looked out on [E] those, Brooklyn [F#] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [F#7] [Bm] [E7] [A] // [E] [F#]

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

CHORUS 3:
[F#7] Does some other [Bm] young boy, [E7] come home to my [A] room
[Amaj7] Does he dream what I [A7] did, as he stands by my [A6] window
And looks out on [E] those, Brooklyn [F#] Road, Brooklyn [F#] Roads [F# open]