Roy Orbison - Southbound Jericho Parkway Chords

[Intro]
   A        A*        A*    A*  (A)             A
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[Verse 1]
A           G         D             A           A
There was a man whose memories were made up, of nothing.
A             G        D           A           A
He pushed the elevator button, and go home, to nothing.
G                      D                       C                     C
  Yes his business had prospered but women get lonely sometimes, now she has the house
G                        D                          C
  His son in college had dropped out, to expand his mind.
    Em
And Sarah, his daughter had not spoken to him.
A                         D         A       A* Asus2
Maybe he'd raised her the wrong.... way, he wondered.
 
[Verse 2]
G                              C                       F          F
  He checked his mailbox, with fingers a-tremblin', no mail, from anyone.
    Em                          Em                   A                   D     (A)*
I'm home, he said softly, as he opened the door, and gazed at his empty apart...ment.
A*
Aching, thinking.
 
[Instrumental](Beat Change)
   N.C.           Eb    Bb       F              Eb    Bb
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 ( Drum Beat)
 
   F              Eb    Bb       F              F
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[Verse 3]
Eb         Bb      F           Eb              Bb      F
Southbound jericho parkway, is what you call a one-way street.
Eb         Bb      F           Eb              Bb      F
Southbound jericho parkway, is what you call a one-way street.
   Eb                                         Bb
At twenty after seven, monday after New Year, Mr Henry Johnson leaned against the pedal
                             Eb                   E   F*
Aimed his Lincoln steady and drove himself into   a   wall.
 
[Instrumental] (Beat Change)
  Bb*                    (Gm)       (Gm)       (Gm)       (Gm)
e|6--9-------|8-9--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
B|6-----7--9-|----7-9-8br|----------|----------|----------|----------|
G|7----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|8----------|-----------|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|
A|8----------|-----------|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-|
E|6----------|-----------|0h3-3-3-3-|0h3-3-3-3-|0h3-3-3-3-|0h3-3-3-3-|
 
[Verse 4]
(Gm)            (Gm)          (Gm)      (Gm)
 So how, could a thing such as this ever happen.
(Gm)              (Gm)                 (Gm)      B                  B            B
 All the community said it was a shame, he was a good man, he was a clean man... yeah,
B              B              B                 Eb                                Cm* Cm*
That's what he was a good and clean man and his landlady said he was an exemplary tenant.
C*                                         F*               Fm7*
They're always nice and quiet when they're all alone at his age. (Buzzing Sound 2 Bars)
 
[Verse 5](Beat Change)
   C7             C7
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    C7        C         C7          C              Bb              F            C
The young man sat, on a small woven mat, while the silken smoke it circled over head.
    C                        C6              C              Bb              F                  C
The cigarettes were there to prove he didn't care about the contents of the telegram he'd just read.
Bb           F             C            C
Father,      father,       father,
    Bb               F            C              Bb          F          C*
You always seemed to be so out of reach, and the psychedelyc sign read: peace.
 
[Verse 6]
 C                       Bb
Apartment in New York, a girl closes the door,
    F                F7                  C       C                          C
And leans against it with her head bowed low,    thoughts raced through her mind
   Bb                            F7                         C
Of when she was a child,  raised warmly by a man she didn't know.
Bb           F             C            C
Father,      father,       father,
    Bb             F                C          Bb           F                 C       C
She wished she had phoned him yesterday, there were so many things she had to say
 
[Instrumental]
   C7             C              C     Ab       Ab
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                                      (Beat Change)
 
   Cm             Ab             Cm             Ab
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[Outro]
Cm               Bb                    Ab                              Cm                 Cm    Cm    Cm
Henry,       the check is in my hands, brought by the insurance man to cover all my plans
           Cm                  Bb                   Bb         Ab
We'll have flowers,       your broker will be there,       and Sarah, if she cares,
        Cm                    Cm             Ab                   Abm        Abm
And our boy with all his hair        and the sun rose,    and the sunset    (Ooooohhh)
      Eb         Eb         Bb     Bb7      Cm                       Ab         Ab     Ab7
As it al.........ways...... has......,  and people yet unknown, were busy being born.....,
    Bb*       Ab        Ab*
And time when past.