Neil Diamond, Brooklyn Roads (1968)
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INTRO: [E7]

VERSE 1:
[E7] If I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother
Callin', "Neil, go find your brother, [A] Daddy's home
and it's [D] time for supper, [A] hurry on"

VERSE 2:
[E7] And I see two boys, racin' up two flights of staircase
Squirmin' into Papa's embrace, [A] and his whiskers [D] warm on their face
[A] where's it gone, oh, [E7] where's it gone

CHORUS 1:
[A7] Two floors above the [Dm] butcher, [G7] first door on the [C] right
[Cmaj7] Life filled to the [C7] brim, as I stood by my [C6] window
And looked out on [G] those, Brooklyn [A] Roads

VERSE 3:
[E7] I can still recall, the smell of cookin' in the hallways
Rubbers drying in the doorways, [A] and report cards
[D] I was always a-[A]-fraid to show

VERSE 4:
[E7] Mama'd come to school, and as I'd sit there softly crying
Teacher'd say, "He's just not trying, [A] he's got a good [D] head if he'd apply it"
But you [A] know yourself, it's always [E7] somewhere else

CHORUS 2:
[A7] I built me a [Dm] castle, [G7] with dragons and [C] kings
[Cmaj7] And I'd ride off with [C7] them, as I stood by my [C6] window
And looked out on [G] those, Brooklyn [A] Roads

INSTRUMENTAL: [A7] [Dm] [G7] [C] // [G] [A]

VERSE 5:
[E7] Thought of going back, but all I'd see are strangers faces
And all the scars that love erases, [A] but as my mind [D] walks thru those places
I'm [A] wonderin', what's [E7] come of them

CHORUS 3:
[A7] Does some other [Dm] young boy, [G7] come home to my [C] room
[Cmaj7] Does he dream what I [C7] did, as he stands by my [C6] window
And looks out on [G] those, Brooklyn [A] Road, Brooklyn [A] Roads [A open]