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

INTRO: [D#7]

VERSE 1:
[D#7] 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:
[D#7] 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, [D#7] where's it gone

CHORUS 1:
[G#7] Two floors above the [C#m] butcher, [F#7] first door on the [B] right
[Bmaj7] Life filled to the [B7] brim, as I stood by my [B6] window
And looked out on [F#] those, Brooklyn [G#] Roads

VERSE 3:
[D#7] 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:
[D#7] 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 [D#7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[G#7] I built me a [C#m] castle, [F#7] with dragons and [B] kings
[Bmaj7] And I'd ride off with [B7] them, as I stood by my [B6] window
And looked out on [F#] those, Brooklyn [G#] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [G#7] [C#m] [F#7] [B] // [F#] [G#]

VERSE 5:
[D#7] 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 [D#7] come of them

CHORUS 3:
[G#7] Does some other [C#m] young boy, [F#7] come home to my [B] room
[Bmaj7] Does he dream what I [B7] did, as he stands by my [B6] window
And looks out on [F#] those, Brooklyn [G#] Road, Brooklyn [G#] Roads [G# open]