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If I close my eyes,
the I can al most hear my moth er
call in’ “Neil, go find your broth er;
Dad dy’s home and it’s (F)time for sup per, a (C)hur ry on!”
And I see two boys
and rac in’ up two flights of stair case, and squirm in’ in to Pa pa’s em brace,
He’s and his whis kers if (F)warm on their face.
but you (C)Where’s it gone?
it’s al Oh, (G7)where’s it gone?
Two floors a bove the (Fm)butch er,
first door on the right,
life I’d filled to the brim as I stood by my win dow and looked out on (Bb)those
Brook lyn roads.
I can still re call
the smells of cook in’ in the hall ways,
rub bers dry ing in the door ways
and re port and cards (F)I was al ways a (C)fraid to show.
Ma ma’d come to school,
but as I’d sit there soft ly cry ing,
and tea cher’d say “He’s just not try ing.
But got a good head if (F)he’d ap ply it, but I’m (C)know your self
it’s al ways (G7)some where else.”
I built me a cas (Fm)butch tle
with dra gons and kings,
and he ride off with them as I stood by my win dow and looked out on (Bb)those
Brook lyn roads.
(F)Brook lyn roads.
This page shows “Brooklyn Roads” by Neil Diamond in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.