brooklyn roads Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A]

[Verse 1]
If I close my [A]eyes I can
almost hear my mother
Calling “Neil, go find your brother,
[D]
Daddy’s home and it’s[G]time for
supper [D]hurry [A]on!”
And I see two boys racin’ up two
flights of staircase
Squirmin’ into [D]Papa’s embrace
And his whiskers [G]warm on
their [D]face.
Where’s it gone? [A]Oh, where

[Verse 2]
it’s gone?
[D]
Two floors above the [Gm]butcher,
[C]first door on the rig[F]ht.
Life filled to the brim as I
stood by my window
And looked out on [C]those
Brook[D]lyn roads.
[G]

[Verse 3]
[A]
I can still recall smells of
cockin’ in the hallways
Rubbers dryin’ in the [D]doorways
And report cards [G]I was always
[D]afraid to [A]show.
Mama’d come to school as I’d sit
there softly cryin’
Teacher’d say: He’s just
[D]not tryin’!
Got a good head, [G]if he’d apply it.
But [D]you know yourself it’s always
[A]somewhere [D]else.”

[Verse 4]
I’d build me [Gm]a castle[C]
with dragons and [F]kings
And I’d ride off with them
as I stood by my window
And looked out on [C]those Brooklyn road
[D]s.

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][Gm][C][F][Bb][C][D]
[G][A]

[Verse 5]
Thought of [A]goin’ back but all
I’d see are stranger’s faces
And all the scars that love erases
[D]But as my mind walks thr[G]ough
those [D]places
I’m wonder[A]in’ what’s become
[D]of them…

[Verse 6]
Does some other [Gm]young [C]boy
come home to [F]my room?
Does he dream what I did as
he stands by my window
And looks out on [C]those Brooklyn [D]roads

[Outro 1]
[D][G][D]