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    Here are some ideas for arranging a solo guitar intro for "Sweet Caroline."


    Sweet Caroline

    Neil Diamond

     

    Capo 4

     

    Chord Guide

             213

    D7:   xx0212

    		       3    4

    G:    3x0003

    		        32 1

    C:    x32010

    		          132

    D:    xx0232

           12

    Em:   022000

    		  

    		  

    		  

     

            D   D U   U D U    w/swing feel

    Strum:  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

     

     

    Intro:  / D7 - - - / x7

     

    G (2)                     C (2)  

         Where it began, I can’t begin to know it

    G (2)                                        D (2)

         But then I know it’s going strong

    G (2)                      C (2)

        Was it the spring, and spring became a summer?

    G (2)                                               D (2)

        Who’d have believe you’d come along?

     

    G (2)     Em (2)

    Hands,    touching hands

    D7 (2)                C (2)                               D (2)

         Reaching out,    touching me, touching you

     

    Chorus:

    G               C (3)                                            D (2)

    Sweet Caroline, good times never seemed so good

    G                       C (3)                               D (2 w/walkdown)

    I’ve been inclined, to believe they never would, But now I’m

     

    G (2)                      C (2)                             

        Look at the night, and it don t seem so lonely

    G (2)                               D (2)

         We fill it up with only two

    G (2)                      C (2)                                                       

        And when I hurt, hurting runs off my shoulder                      

    G (2)                                           D (2)

         How can I hurt when holding you?

     

    G (2)    Em (2)

     Warm,  touching warm

    D7 (2)               C (2)                    D (2)    

        Reaching out,   touching me, touching you

     

    Chorus

     

    Repeat Intro

     

    Chorus

     

    End on G


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.