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Neil Diamond-Sweet Caroline - sr - 200

[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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Bob Dylan-All along the watchtower

[Verse]
Cm  Bb   Ab    Bb
 
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
 "There must be some kind of way out of here,"  said the joker to the thief,
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
 "There's too much confusion,    I can't get no relief.
Cm       Bb        Ab       Bb    Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
 Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth,
Cm          Bb    Ab       Bb  Cm      Bb          Ab      Bb
  None will level on the line   nobody offered his word."
 
[Instrumental]
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
 
[Verse 2]
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
Cm       Bb        Ab       Bb    Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
Cm        Bb    Ab       Bb   Cm          Bb           Ab      Bb
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
 
[Instrumental]
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
 
[Verse 3]
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
Cm      Bb          Ab     Bb  Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
Outside in the cold distance    a wildcat did growl,
Cm         Bb          Ab    Bb      Cm           Bb         Ab      Bb
Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.
 
[Chords used]
   Ab  Bb  Cm
e|-4---6---8--|
B|-4---6---8--|
G|-5---7---8--|
D|-6---8---10-|
A|-6---8---10-|
E|-4---6---8--|

"There must be some way out of here," 
said the joker to the thief, 
"There's too much confusion, 
I can't get no relief. 

Businessmen, they drink my wine, 
plowmen dig my earth, 
None of them along the line 
know what any of it is worth." 

"No reason to get excited," 
the thief, he kindly spoke, 
"There are many here among us 
who feel that life is but a joke. 

But you and I, we've been through that, 
and this is not our fate, 
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." 

All along the watchtower, 
princes kept the view 
While all the women came and went, 
barefoot servants, too. 
Outside in the distance 
a wildcat did growl, 
Two riders were approaching, 
the wind began to howl. 

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