Play Me Neil Diamond
As far as I'm concerned, although this song is in the key of D, an
acoustic guitar player MUST play it Capo 2 and in C. The general
picking pattern I use for the verses is (by strings) 5-4-3-4-2-3,
ignoring the 1st and 6th (e and E) strings until the chorus (You are
the sun; I am the moon...). A benefit of this picking pattern is
that the Csus4 and F2 chords are fingered the same, so it makes the
song even easier to play than it looks! I left out little flourishes
in the verses in order not to clutter up the notation even more than
it already is, but I think the average intermediate (and many
novices) will be able to figure these out.
Final note: the C/D and C/E "chords" are just approximations, since
they are shown just to let the performer know that the bass notes
are to be emphasized. I just alternate between these bass notes and
the 2nd string (playing a high C) and I think it sounds nice.
Oh, and let the notes ring out!
Capo 2
Intro: C Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 F F2 F
[C]She was [Csus4]morning and [C]I was [Csus4]nighttime;
[C]I one day [Csus4]woke up to [C]find her ly[C/D]in' [C/E] be[F2]side my bed.
I softly said, "Come [C]take [Csus4]me."[C] [Csus4]
[C]For I've been [Csus4]lonely, i[C]n need of [Csus4]someone
[C]As though I'd [Csus4]done someone [C]wrong some[C/D]where[C/E], but I [F2]don't know where.
I don't know where, come [C]late[Csus4]ly[C] [C/D] [C/E] [F2]
[F]You are the sun; [G]I am the moon.
[F]You are the words; [G]I am the tune; [C]play[Csus4] me.[C] [Csus4]
[C]Song, she [Csus4]sang to me, [C]song she [Csus4]brang to me,
[C]Words that [Csus4]rang in me, [C]rhyme that sprang [C/D]from [C/E] me [F2]warmed the night,
And what was right be[C]came[Csus4] me.[C] [C/D] [C/E] [F2]
[F]You are the sun; [G]I am the moon.
[F]You are the words; [G]I am the tune; [C]play[Csus4] me.[C] [Csus4]
C Csus4 C C2 C F2. . . C Csus4 C Csus4
C Csus4 C C2 C F2. . . F G
And [C]so it [Csus4]was that I[C] came to [Csus4]travel
[C]Upon a [Csus4]road that was [C]thorned and na[C/D]rrow;[C/E] an[F2]other place,
Another grace would s[C]ave m[Csus4]e.[C] [C/D] [C/E] [F2]
[F]You are the sun; [G]I am the moon.
[F]You are the words; [G]I am the tune; [C]play[Csus4] me.[C] [C/D] [C/E] [F2]
[F]You are the sun; [G]I am the moon.
F G C C7 F F (ch)Am7/E(/ch) Dm7 C
You are the words; I am the tune; play me.
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