[Intro - BPM 129] [Intro - BPM 127 - Capo 2 for original] [E][E][E][E] (can play low E and pluck these to fill out) B 0-2-3---0-2-3-2-0---3-2-0-----
B 3-5-7---3-5-7-5-3---7-5-3-----
B 7-9-10--7-9-10--9--14--12-----
[Verse] [A] Where it began [D] I can't begin to knowin' [A] But then I know it's growin' [E] strong [A] Was in the spring, [D] then spring became a summer [A] Who'd have believed you'd come a [E] long
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D-x5777x][D/C#-x4777x][D/F#-2x0232]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] I'd be inc [D] lined (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) to believe they never [E] would [D] But [C#m] now [Bm] I'm
[Verse 2] [A] Look at the night [D] and it don't seem so lonely [A] We fill it up with only [E] two [A] And when I hurt, [D] hurting runs off my shoulder [A] How can I hurt when holdin' [E] you
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] I'd be inc [D] lined (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) to believe they never [E] would [D] Oh [C#m] no [Bm] no
[Instrumental - Horn intro part] [E][E][E][E]
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) I believe they never [E] could [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good
(fade out) [End] [Additional notes] [Horn Intro full for beginning] (pluck all notes and play low E at all times) B--0-2-3---0-2-3-2-0---3-2-0
Guitar part D-------3-------3----3 A-3-h-5---3-h-5---3h5-- X 2 (last 3h5 is faster) E---------------------
[Verse] [G] I thought love was [D] only true in [G] fairy tales Meant [G] for someone [D] else but not for me [G] [C] Love was out to [G] get me (hammer on G from 333333 to simulate vocals below) [C] That's the way it seemed [G] [C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus - OPEN CHORDS] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in (Drum pattern B S x S) [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Verse] [G] I thought love was [D] more or less a [G] givin' thing [G] Seems the more I gave, [D] the less I got [G] [C] What's the use in [G] tryin'? [C] All you get is pain. [G] [C] When I needed [G] sunshine, I got [D7] rain.
[Chorus] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Vamp G to D] Simple G x x x D x x x - G x D x - G x D x - Repeat (More complex - GxGx xxFx DxDx DxFx Gxxx Dxxx Gxxx DxFx)
[Part of Verse] [C] Love was out to [G] get me [C] That's the way it seemed [G] [C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Chorus - Higher vocal - repeat to fade] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C]
