{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1718175,"song":"Brooklyn Roads","artist":"Neil Diamond","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1718175-brooklyn-roads-chords-by-neil-diamond/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1718175?type=chord","rating":4.8035,"votes":55,"content":"Brooklyn Roads: Neil Diamond\r\n#58 on BB Hot 100 on UNI Records in 1968.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncallin', Neil, go find your brother, Daddy's home, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand it's time for supper, hurry on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I see two boys racin' up two flights of staircase,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsquirmin' into Papa's embrace and his whiskers warm [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\non their face, where's it gone? Oh, where's it gone?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTwo floors above the butcher, first door on the right.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                  [ch]F7[/ch]         [ch]Bbm7[/ch]\r\nAnd life filled to the brim as I stood by my window[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand looked out on those, Brooklyn Roads.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can still recall the smells of cookin' in the hallways.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRubbers drying in the doorways and report cards I was [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nalways afraid to show.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nMama'd come to school and as I sit there softly crying,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nteacher'd say, he's just not trying, got a good head [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nif he'd apply it.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut you know yourself, it's always somewhere else.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nI built me a castle with dragons and kings and I'd ride [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F7[/ch]                    [ch]Bbm7[/ch]\r\noff with them as I stood by my window and looked out [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\non those Brooklyn roads.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThought of going back but all I'd see are stranger's [/tab]\r\n\r\nfaces and all the scars that love erases.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut as my mind walks through those places I'm wonderin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhat's come of them?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDoes some other young boy come home to my room?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]        [ch]F7[/ch]                     [ch]Bbm7[/ch]\r\nDoes he dream what I did as he stands by my window and [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlooks out on those Brook..lyn roads..Brooklyn roads.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Brooklyn Roads: Neil Diamond\n#58 on BB Hot 100 on UNI Records in 1968.\n\n[Intro]\nA\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nG D G C F Bb C D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nfaces and all the scars that love erases.\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["A","D","G","D7","Gm","C","F","Fmaj7","F7","Bbm7","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}