Southbound Jericho Parkway chords by 
Roy Orbison 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There was a man whose
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memories were made up,
Of nothing.
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He pushed the elevator button,
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and go home,
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To nothing.
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Yes his business had prospered but women get lonely sometimes,
now she has the house
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His son in college had dropped out,
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To expand his mind.
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And Sarah, his daughter
had not spoken to him.
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Maybe he'd raised her
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the wrong way.
He wondered.
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He checked his mailbox,
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with fingers a-tremblin'
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No No mail, from anyone.
¡°I'm home¡± he said softly,
as he opened the door
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And gazed at his empty apartment.
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Aching, thinking.
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Southbound jericho parkway
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Is what you call a one-way street.
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street.
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Southbound jericho parkway
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Is what you call a one-way street.
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street.
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At 7.20, Monday after New Year,
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Mis ter Henry Johnson leaned
against the pedal
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Aimed his Lincoln steady and drove himself
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into a wall.
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How could a thing sush as this ever happen.
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All the community said it was shame.
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He was a good man,he was
a clean man yeah,
That's what he was a
good and clean man
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And his landlady said he was an
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exemplary tenant.
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They're always nice and quiet
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when they're all alone
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At his age.
The young man sat,
on a small woven mat.
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While the silken smoke it
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cirlcled over head.
The cigarettes were there to prove
he didn't care
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¡®Bout the contents of the
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telegram he'd just read.
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Father, father, father.
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You always seemed to be so out of reach.
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And the psy chedelyc sign
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read: peace.
Apartment in New York,
a girl closes the door,
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And leans against it with her
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head bowed low.
Thoughts raced through her mind
Of when she was a child.
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Raised warmly by a man
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she didn't know.
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Father, father, father.
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She wished she had phoned
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him yester day
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There were so many thing s she had to
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say
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Henry, the check is in my hands
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Brought by the insurance man
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to cover all my plans
We'll have flowers,
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your broker will be there
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And Sarah, if she cares,
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and our boy with all his hair
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And the sun rose,and the sunset
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As it always has,
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And people yet unknown,
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were busy being born,
And time when past.
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Capo: 2
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