Neil Diamond – If You Know What I Mean (Guitar)

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I'm amazed that this great Diamond song hasn't been previously tabbed before here. This is my interpretation and may not reflect the actual recording. Eb x65343 [Intro] C C/B Am F G G7 [Verse]
C                   G7                  C
When the night returns just like a friend

F                 G7                C
When the evening comes to set me free

F           G7
When the quiet hours that wait

Am     Em   F   C    F
Beyond the day make

         Dm7        G     G6  G7
Peaceful sounds in me
[Verse]
C                   G7            C
Took a drag from my last cigarette

F                   G7             C
Took a drink from a glass of old wine

F            G7
I closed my eyes and I could

Am   Em  F   C
Make it real and

F       Dm7          G7
Feel it one more time
[Pre-chorus]
Am
Can you hear it Babe?  (Riff 1)

G7
Can you hear it Babe?  (Riff 2)

      F                    C
From another time    From another place

        G               G7       G
Do you remember it Babe?
[Chorus]
C                                      Dm7
  And the radio played like a carnival tune

                                  C
As we lay in our bed in the other room

                                        F
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream
In a penny arcade
G                    C           Eb    Dm                    C
  If you know what I mean.................If you know what I mean Babe...
C F C [Verse]
C              G7               C        C/G
Here's to the songs we used to sing

F                   G7              C       C/G
and here's to the times we used to know

F               G7
It's hard to hold them

        Am   Em F C    F
In our arms again but

F           Dm7    G7
Hard to let them go.
[Pre-chorus]
Am
Do you hear it Babe?  (Riff 1)

G7
Do you hear it Babe?  (Riff 2)

        F                      C
It was another time    It was another place

         G               G7       G  G7 G G7 G
Do you remember it Babe?
[Chorus]
C                                      Dm7
  And the radio played like a carnival tune

                                  C
As we lay in our bed in the other room

                                        F
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream
In a penny arcade
G                    C
  If you know what I mean
[Outro]
F                      C
    If you know what I mean

F                      C
    If you know what I mean

F                      C    Eb  Dm C
    If you know what I mean Babe
Riff 1 (Am)
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B|----------------|----------------|
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D|----------------|----------------|
A|--------3--2--3-|-0--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Riff 2 (G7)
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G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--------2--0--2-|----------------|
E|----------------|-3--------------|