Neil Diamond, Brooklyn Roads (1968)
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INTRO: [F7]

VERSE 1:
[F7] 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:
[F7] 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, [F7] where's it gone

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

VERSE 3:
[F7] 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:
[F7] 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 [F7] somewhere else

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [A#7] [D#m] [G#7] [C#] // [G#] [A#]

VERSE 5:
[F7] 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 [F7] come of them

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