Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Capo 2
For Solo Acoustic performance I personally don't use the Capo.
Link to a very helpful YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/oPABg9AZbEg
D/A = {X0777X} which is a D chord over an A bass note
A6 = {X02222} is the second chord in each “Pre-Chorus”
Example A A6 = {X02222}
Hands… Touching Hands
[Intro]
Tuck The Guitar Pick Or Use The Pick and Middle Finger
Palm Mute The Open String Bass Note a Steady 1-2-3-4 Thump, Thump, Thump, Thump.
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---4--5-----------2---4--5---4--2-----5---4--2-----|
E|-0------0-----0-----0------0------0-----0------0-----|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---2--4-----------0---2--4---2--0-----4---2--0-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0------0-----0-----0------0------0-----0------0-----|
D/A E A E
e|------------------------------------4--------9-----------------|
B|---------------------------7--------5--------10-------9--------|
G|---------------------------7--------4--------9--------9--------|
D|-4---6--7-----------4---6--7--------6--------11-------9--------|
A|---------------------------0-----------------0--------X--------|
E|-0------0-----0-----0---------------------------------0--------|
D/A A D/A
I’ve Been Inclined: e|---10-------9-------2-----------|
B|---10------10-------3-----------|
G|---11-------9-------2-----------|
D|----0-------X-------0-----------|
A|----0-------0-------0-----------|
E|--------------------------------|
“Bop Bop Bahhhh”
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Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (Chord Chart)
[Intro]
E E E E
E D/A E A E
[Verse]
A D
Where it began, I can’t begin to know when
A E
But then I know it’s growing strong
A D
Was in the Spring, then Spring became the Summer
A E
Who’d have believed you’d come along?
[Pre-Chorus]
A A6
Hands, touching hands
E D E E D E
Reaching out, touching me, touching you
[Chorus]
A D D A D E E D E
Sweet Caroline, good times never seemed so good
A D D A D E
I’ve been inclined, to believe they never would
D C#m Bm
But now I
[Verse]
A D
Look at the night, and it don’t seem so lonely
A E
We fill it up with only two
A D
And when I hurt, hurting runs off my shoulders
A E
How can I hurt when holding you?
[Pre-Chorus]
A A6
Warm, touching warm
E D E E D E
Reaching out, touching me, touching you
[Chorus]
A D D A D E E D E
Sweet Caroline, good times never seemed so good
A D D A D E
I’ve been inclined, to believe they never would
D C#m Bm
Oh no no
[Instrumental]
E E E E
E D/A E A E
[Chorus]
A D D A D E E D E
Sweet Caroline, good times never seemed so good
A D D A D E E D E
Sweet Caroline, I believe they never could
A D D A D
Sweet Caroline
(fade out)
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| X Dead note
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Seaside Jimmy
Sooper Cat
www.SeasideJimmy.comSweet Caroline chords and lyrics
Free chords for Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Capo 2
For Solo Acoustic performance I personally don't use the Capo.
Link to a very helpful YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/oPABg9AZbEg
D/A = {X0777X} which is a D chord over an A bass note
A6 = {X02222} is the second chord in each “Pre-Chorus”
[Intro]
Tuck The Guitar Pick Or Use The Pick and Middle Finger
Palm Mute The Open String Bass Note a Steady 1-2-3-4 Thump, Thump, Thump, Thump.
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Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (Chord Chart)
[Intro]
E E E E
E D/A E A E
[Verse]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
E E E E
E D/A E A E
[Chorus]
(fade out)
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| X Dead note
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Seaside Jimmy
Sooper Cat
www.SeasideJimmy.comSweet Caroline Chords by Neil Diamond
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