Southbound Jericho Parkway Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]There was [F]a man whose
[C]memories were [G]made up,
Of nothing.
He pushed the [F]elevator [C]button,
and [G]go home,
To [F]nothing.
Yes his business had [C]prospered but women [Bb]get lonely sometimes,
now she has the house
[F]His son in college had dro[C]pped out,
To expand his [Bb]mind.
And [Dm]Sarah, his daughter
had not spoken to him.
[G]Maybe he'd raised her
the [C]wrong [G]way[C].[G]
He wondered.
[F]He checked his mailbox,
with [Bb]fingers a-tremblin'
No No [Eb]mail, from [Dm]anyone.
¡°I'm home¡± he said softly,
as he opened the door
And [G]gazed at his empty [C]apartment.
[G]Ach[C]ing, thi[G]nki[C]ng.[G][C][G][Ab][F][C#][Ab][Eb][C#][Ab]
[Eb][C#][Ab][Eb][C#][Ab][Eb][C#][Ab][Eb][C#]
[Ab][Eb]
[C#]Southbound [Eb]jericho parkway
Is [Db]what you call a [Ab]one-way street.
[Eb]street.
[Db]Southbound [Ab]jericho [Eb]parkway
Is [Db]what you call a [Ab]one-way street.
[Eb]street.
[Db]At 7.20, Monday after New Year,
Mis[Ab]ter Henry Johnson leaned
against the pedal
Aimed his Lincoln steady and [Db]drove himself
into a [Eb]wall.[Ab][Fm][Ab][Fm][F]
[Fm][F]
How could [Fm]a thing sush as [F]this ever [Fm]happen.
[F]All the community said it was shame.
He was a [A]good man,he was
a clean man yeah,
That's what he was a
good and clean man
And his [Db]landlady said he was an
exemplary [Bbm]tenant.
They're [F]always nice and quiet
[Eb]when [Ebm]they're all alone
At [F]his [Fsus4]age.[Eb][Bbsus4][Bb][Ab][Bb]
The young man sat,
on a small woven mat.
While the [Ab]silken smoke [Eb]it
[Bb]cirlcled over head.
The cigarettes were there to prove
he didn't care
¡®Bout the [Ab]contents of the
[Eb]telegram he'd just [Bb]read.
[Ab]Father, [Eb]father, [Bb]father.
You [Ab]always seemed to [Eb]be so out of re[Bb]ach.
[Ab]And the psyc[Eb]hedelyc sign
[Bb]read: peace.
Apartment in New York,
a girl closes the door,
And [Ab]leans against it [Eb]with her
head bowed [Bb]low.
Thoughts raced through her mind
Of when she was a child.
Raised [Ab]warmly by a man
[Eb]she didn't know.[Bb]
[Ab]Father, [Eb]father, [Bb]father.
She [Ab]wished she had [Eb]phoned
him yester[Bb]day
There [Ab]were so many [Eb]things she had to
[Bb]say[Ebm][Gb][Bbm][Gb][Bbm][Gb]
[Bbm]Henry, the [Ab]check is in my hands
[Gb]Brought by the insurance man
to [Bbm]cover all my plans
We'll have flowers,
your [Ab]broker will be there
And [Gb]Sarah, if she cares,
and our [Bbm]boy with all his hair
And the [Gb]sun rose,and the s[Gbm]unset
As it [Db]always [Ab]has,
And [Bbm]people yet unknown,
were [Gb]busy being [Ab]born,
And time when past.