Words &
Music:
Neil Diamond
During the
wonderful 2004 Red Sox run, this song inexplicably became a 7th inning stretch
staple at Fenway Park (probably for the line "...good times never felt so
good..." - a new sentiment for long-suffering Red Sox fans of the time)
and it remains so. It's worth the
trip just to hear 35,000+ people sing
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" during the chorus. In 2007, Neil Diamond revealed that
this song was written about a young Caroline Kennedy.
INTRO OVER E
A D
Where it began? I can't begin to know it.
A
E
But, then, I
know it's going strong.
A
D
Was in the
spring, and spring became a summer.
A
E
Who'd have
believe you'd come along?
A AM7
Hands
touching hands.
E
D
E
Reaching
out, touching me, touching you.
CHORUS:
A
D
E
Sweet Caroline! (Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!) Good times never seemed so good!
A D
E
I've been
inclined to believe there never would.
D Dbm Bm
But now
I'm...
Look at the
night and it don't seem so lonely.
We fill it
up with only two.
And when I
hurt, hurting runs off my shoulder.
How can I hurt
when holding you?
Warm
touching warm.
Reaching
out, touching me, touching you.
CHORUS: [2x - with the E intro riff in
between]