Sweet Caroline (Key of C)
Neil Diamond (1969)


4/4 | D - D - d u d u |
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Intro
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] | [G] | [G] |

| [C] ...Where it be- | gan   |
| [F] ...I can't be- | gin to knowin' |
| [C] ...But then I | know it's growing | [G] strong | [G] |   
| [C] ...Was in the | spring |
| [F] ...And spring be- | came the summer |
| [C] ...Who'd have be- | lieved you'd come a- | [G] long | [G] |

Pre-chorus
| [C] Hands | [C]... | [Am] touchin' hands | [Am] |
| [G] Reachin' out | [G] | [F] touchin' me | ...touchin' | [G] you | [G] |

Chorus
| [C] Sweet Caro- | [F] line (whoa whoa | whoa)
Good times | [F] never seemed so | [G] good (so good, so | good, so good)
| [C] I've been in- | [F] clined (whoa whoa | whoa)
To be- | [F] lieve they never | [G↓]  would [F↓] but | [Em↓] now [Dm↓] I |

| [C] ...Look at the | night, |
| [F] ...and it don't | seem so lonely |
| [C] ...We fill it | up with only | [G] two | [G] |
| [C] ...And when I | hurt |
| [F] ...hurting runs | off my shoulder |
| [C] ...How can I | hurt when holding | [G] you? | [G] |

Pre- chorus
| [C] Warm, | [C] | [Am] touching warm | [Am] |   
| [G] Reaching out, | [G] | [F] touching me, | [F]... touching | [G] you | [G] |

Chorus
| [C] Sweet Caro- | [F] line (whoa whoa | whoa)
Good times | [F] never seemed so | [G] good (so good, so | good, so good)
| [C] I've been in- | [F] clined (whoa whoa | whoa)
To be- | [F] lieve they never | [G↓] would [F↓] oh | [Em↓] no [Dm↓] no |

Instrumental
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] | [G] | [G] |

Chorus
| [C] Sweet Caro- | [F] line (whoa whoa | whoa)
Good times | [F] never seemed so | [G] good (so good, so | good, so good)
| [C] I've been in- | [F] clined (whoa whoa | whoa)
To be- | [F] lieve they never | [G↓] [F↓] | [Em↓] [Dm↓] | [C↓]
[G↓]  [G↓] Sweet [F↓] Car- [F↓] o- [G] line

#Original in key of B. Could lower each string by 1 semi-tone to play with original.

#Last Updated 02/10/20 JJ
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