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


4/4 | D - D - d u d u |
      1   2   3 & 4 &


Intro
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D] | [D]

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

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

Chorus
| [G] Sweet Caro- | [C] line (whoa whoa | whoa)
Good times | [C] never seemed so | [D] good (so good, so | good, so good)
| [G] I've been in- | [C] clined (whoa whoa | whoa)
To be- | [C] lieve they never | [D↓]  would [C↓] but | [Bm7↓] now [Am↓] I |

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

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

Chorus
| [G] Sweet Caro- | [C] line (whoa whoa | whoa)
Good times | [C] never seemed so | [D] good (so good, so | good, so good)
| [G] I've been in- | [C] clined (whoa whoa | whoa)
To be- | [C] lieve they never | [D↓] would [C↓] oh | [Bm7↓] no [Am↓]  no |

Instrumental
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

Chorus
| [G] Sweet Caro- | [C] line (whoa whoa | whoa)
Good times | [C] never seemed so | [D] good (so good, so | good, so good)
| [G] I've been in- | [C] clined (whoa whoa | whoa)
To be- | [C] lieve they never | [D↓] would [C↓] | [Bm7↓] [Am↓] | [G↓]

#Capo on 4th fret to play along with original in key of B.

#Last Updated 02/10/20 JJ
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