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Neil Diamond-Sweet Caroline - BPM - 109

[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
 
[Pre-Chorus]
[A] Hands, [A6 - x02222] touching hands
[E] Reaching out, [D] touching me, touching [E] you
 
[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
 
[Pre-Chorus]
[A] Warm, [A6] touching warm
[E] Reaching out, [D] touching me, touching [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

E---------------------------------
B--3-5-7---3-5-7-5-3---7-5-3----
G--4-6-7---4-6-7-6-4---7-6-4----

E--2-4-5---2-4-5--4--9---7--
B--3-5-7---3-5-7--5--10--9--
G--2-4-7---2-4-7--4--9---9-

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Bee Gees-Staying Alive - BPM - 109

 [LICK]
  Em(7) - try to ring top 3 open strings as well to make riff as full as possible
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|---0------------|---0------------|0---------------|
B|---0------------|---0------------|2---------------|
G|---0------------|---0------------|2---------------|
D|---5------------|---x--------5-7-|2---------------|
A|5h7---5--------5|---5----5-7-----|0---------------|
E|----------7-5h7-|5h7--5h7--------|----------------|
 
[Intro]
[Em] [Em] [A] [A]
[Em]
 
[Verse 1 - SING OCTAVE DOWN - ALMOST TALK]
Well, you can  [Em] tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a  [D] woman's man, no  [Em] time to talk
[Em] Music loud and women warm
I've been  [D] kicked around since  [Em] I was born
 
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it's  [A] all right, that's okay
[A] You may look the other way
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] (HARD FALSETTO)stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     (head voice) [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Oh, when you  [Em] walk
 
[Verse 2]
Well, now  [Em] I get low and I get high
And if I  [D] can't get either, I  [Em] really try
Got the  [Em] wings of heaven on my shoes
I'm a  [D] dancin' man, and I  [Em] just can't lose
 
[Pre-Chorus]
You know, it's  [A] all right, it's okay
I'll  [A] live to see another day
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Oooooh [Em]   
 
[Middle 8] - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah [Em]    
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
   [A]  I'm stayin'  [Em] alive
 
[Verse 3]
Well, you  [Em] can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a  [D] woman's man, no  [Em] time to talk
[Em] Music loud and women warm
I've been  [D] kicked around since  [Em] I was born
 
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it's  [A] all right, that's okay
[A] You may look the other way
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Yeah    [Em]   
 
[Outro = Middle 8 - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)]
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me 
Somebody help me,  [Em] yeah
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea [Em] h 
I'm stayin' a [Em] li-i-i-i-ive

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