Neil Diamond, Brooklyn Roads (1968)
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INTRO: [D7]

VERSE 1:
[D7] If I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother
Callin', "Neil, go find your brother, [G] Daddy's home
and it's [C] time for supper, [G] hurry on"

VERSE 2:
[D7] And I see two boys, racin' up two flights of staircase
Squirmin' into Papa's embrace, [G] and his whiskers [C] warm on their face
[G] where's it gone, oh, [D7] where's it gone

CHORUS 1:
[G7] Two floors above the [Cm] butcher, [F7] first door on the [A#] right
[A#maj7] Life filled to the [A#7] brim, as I stood by my [A#6] window
And looked out on [F] those, Brooklyn [G] Roads

VERSE 3:
[D7] I can still recall, the smell of cookin' in the hallways
Rubbers drying in the doorways, [G] and report cards
[C] I was always a-[G]-fraid to show

VERSE 4:
[D7] Mama'd come to school, and as I'd sit there softly crying
Teacher'd say, "He's just not trying, [G] he's got a good [C] head if he'd apply it"
But you [G] know yourself, it's always [D7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[G7] I built me a [Cm] castle, [F7] with dragons and [A#] kings
[A#maj7] And I'd ride off with [A#7] them, as I stood by my [A#6] window
And looked out on [F] those, Brooklyn [G] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [G7] [Cm] [F7] [A#] // [F] [G]

VERSE 5:
[D7] Thought of going back, but all I'd see are strangers faces
And all the scars that love erases, [G] but as my mind [C] walks thru those places
I'm [G] wonderin', what's [D7] come of them

CHORUS 3:
[G7] Does some other [Cm] young boy, [F7] come home to my [A#] room
[A#maj7] Does he dream what I [A#7] did, as he stands by my [A#6] window
And looks out on [F] those, Brooklyn [G] Road, Brooklyn [G] Roads [G open]