Neil Diamond Chords and Lyrics
- (Girl) You'll Be A Woman Soon
- I Am I Said
- Mr. Bojangles
- Play Me
- Shilo
- Solitary Man
- Song Sung Blue
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(Girl) You'll Be A Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
Intro:
Gm C F Gm
[Bb A G single notes]
Girl, you'll be a woman soon
Verse 1:
Gm
Love you so much can't count all the ways
I'd die for you girl and all they can say is
F
He's not your kind
Gm
They never get tired of putting me down and
I never know when I come around
F
What I'm gonna find
Eb
Don't let them make up your mind, don't you know
Chorus:
Gm C F Gm
Girl, you'll be a woman soon
Gm C F
Please come take my hand
Gm C F Gm
Girl, you'll be a woman soon
Gm C F
Soon, you'll need a man
Verse 2:
I've been misunderstood for all of my life
But what they're sayin', girl, just cuts like a knife
The boy's no good
I finally found what I've been lookin' for
But if they get a chance they'll end it for sure
Sure they would
Baby I've done all I could, it's up to you
[repeat chorus]
Instrumental break:
Eb D7
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Eb D7sus4 D7
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[repeat chorus]
Coda:
Gm C F
Soon, you'll need a man [repeat to fade]
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I Am I Said - Neil Diamond
First four lines are spoken, next two sung:
G C G
LA's fine, the sun shines, most 'the time
D
And the feeling is laid back
D7 D7 D7 D7
Palm trees grow and rents are low but-I-gotta-feeling-like-I-gotta-start
G
Making my way back
G G7 C
I'm New York City born and raised but nowadays I'm lost between two shores.
D7 D7 G
LA's fine but it ain't home and New York's home but it ain't mine no more.
Chorus:
G
I am I said
C
To noone there
D D7 D-C-G D
And noone heard at all, not even the chair
G
I am I cried
C
I am said I
D D7 D-C-G D
And I am lost and I don't even know why
(tacit) Leaving me lonely still
Verse 2:
Did-you-ever-hear-about-the-frog-who-dreamed-about-being-a-king
And suddenly became one?
Well, except for the names and a few other changes
My story's the same one
But I have an emptiness deep inside so strong it won't let me go
And I'm not a man who likes to swear but I've never cared for the sound
of being alone.
Chorus
Chorus.
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Mr. Bojangles - Neil Diamond
Intro: C* a couple of times.
C*
I knew a man, Bojangles, and he danced for you,
F G*
In worn out shoes,
C*
Silver, a ragged shirt and baggy pants,
F G*
The old soft shoe,
F C E7 Am
He jumped so high, jumped so high...
D7 Dm7 G7
And then he lightly touched down.
Am G* Am G* Am G* C*
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance.....
I use standard chords:
C F or F (barre) D7
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G7
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Play Me - Neil Diamond
Opening is basically a finger picking of a basic [D] chord, picking the
strings
in a legato style. Most of the song (except the chorus) is pretty much played
the same way....
[D]
She was morning and I was night time.
[G]
I one day woke up to find her lyin' beside my bed.
[D]
I softly said, "Come take me."
[D]
For I've been lonely, in need of someone
[G]
As though I'd done someone wrong somewhere, but I don't know where.
[D]
I don't know where, come lately
[G] [A]
You are the sun, I am the moon,
[G/B] [A7] [D]
You are the words, I am the tune, play me.
[D]
Song, she sang to me, song she brang to me,
[G]
Words that rang in me, rhyme that sprang from me warmed the night.
[D]
And what was right became me.
[G] [A]
You are the sun, I am the moon,
[G/B] [A7] [D]
You are the words, I am the tune, play me.
[Instrumental; Finger picking through these chords....number in () is number
of bars for that chord.]
(1) (1) (1) (4) (3) (3) (1) (4) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1)
[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [G] [D] [Asus4] [D] [G] [C] [G/B] [Asus4] [D]
[D]
She was morning and I was night time.
[G]
I one day woke up to find her lyin' beside my bed.
[D]
I softly said, "Come take me."
[D]
So it was that I came to travel,
[G]
Upon a road that was thorned and narrow, another place,
[D]
Another grace would save me.
[G] [A]
You are the sun, I am the moon,
[G/B] [A7] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
You are the words, I am the tune, play me.
[G] [A]
You are the sun, I am the moon,
[G/B] [A7] [D] [D7] [G] [D] [Em] [D]
You are the words, I am the tune, .....play........ me.
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Shilo - Neil Diamond
Intro:
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C ///
C
Young child with dreams
F C
Dream every dream on your own
C F
When children play
F C
Seems like you end up alone
C F
Papa said he longed to be with you
C
If he had the time
C F G
So you turn to the only friend you can find
F G F
There in your mind
CHORUS
/* Finger pick the intro riff as you sing - if you can't, the
C chords holds up the vocal line */
C
Shilo, when I was young
I used to call your name
When no one else would come
Shilo you always came
And we'd play
Verse
C
Doubting the years
F C
Keeping my dreams to myself
C F
`til a young girl with fire
C
Made me trust somebody else
C
Held my hand out
F
I let her take me
C
Blind as a child
F G
All I know is the way that she made me smile
F G F
She made smile
CHORUS
C
Shilo when I was young ..
Solo riff under the orchestra
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C F
Had a dream and it filled me with wonder
C F C G6 (?) C
She had other plans
F G F
Got to go, she said I'd know that you'd understand
G F
I understand
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Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
Em Am G Em G
> >Belinda was mine 'til the time that I found her
Am G
> >Holdin' Jim
Am
> >And lovin' him
Em Am G Em G
> >Then Sue came along, loved me strong, that's what I thought
Am G
> >But me and Sue,
Am
> >That died, too.
> >G C G D
> >Don't know that I will but until I can find me
G C G D
> >A girl who'll stay and won't play games behind me
> >D Em D
> >I'll be what I am
> > Em D
> >A solitary man
> > Em
> >A solitary man
>I've had it here - being where love's a small word
>A part time thing
>A paper ring
>I know it's been done havin' one girl who loves you
>Right or wrong
>Weak or strong
>[chorus]
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Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
[C] [G]
Song sung blue, everybody knows one.
[G7] [C]
Song sung blue, every garden grows one.
[C7] [F]
Me and you are subject to, the blues now and then,
[G]
But when you take the blues and make a song,
[C] [Dm] [G7]
You sing them out again, sing them out again,
[C] [G]
Song sung blue, weepin' like a willow,
[C]
Song sung blue, sleepin' on my pillow.
[C7] [F]
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice,
[G] [C] [G7]
And before you know it start to feelin' good, You simply got no choice.
**** 8 Bar Instrumental (With 2 bars of [C], 4 bars of [G], 2 bars of [C]***
[C7] [F]
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice,
[G] [C] [G7]
And before you know it start to feelin' good, you simply got no choice.
[C] [G]
Song sung blue, weepin' like a willow,
[C]
Song sung blue, sleepin' on my pillow.
[C7] [F]
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice,
[G] [C]
And before you know it start to feelin' good, you simply got no choice...
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