Neil Diamond – Song Sung Blue (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Song Sung Blue Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Time: 4/4, except one bar with 2/4 Tempo: Q=110, Beats on eignths are marked "+". Play with triplet ("swinging") feel. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Repeat Verse+Chorus.

[Intro]      (2x)
   C   +       +       +       +     Am  +       +   G7  +       +
E|-0-----------3------p0-----------|-0-----------1------p0-----------|
B|-----1-------------------3--p1---|-----1-------------------3--p1---|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------2---------------0-------|---------2---------------0-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|

[Verse]
   C       +      +      +            +      +      +    G       +      +      +            +      +      +
E|-0a-----------------------|-3a----------1-p0---------|------3-------------------|--------------------------|
B|-1a----------1------------|-1a-----------------3-p1--|-3a-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|-0a------0------0------0--|-0a------0----------------|-0a------0------0------0--|---------0------0------0--|
D|------2-------------2-----|------2-------------2-----|------0-------------0-----|------0-------------0-----|
A|-3a-----------------------|-3a----------3------------|-------------2------------|-------------2------------|
E|-------------3------------|--------------------------|-3a-----------------------|-3------------------------|
   Song        sung           blue        everybody      knows one
   Song        sung           blue        Weeping like a willow

           +           +            +      +      +    C       +      +      +            +      +      +
E|------------------------|-3a----------1-p0------0--|------3-------------------|--------------------------|
B|-3a---------------------|-0a-----------------3-----|-1a-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|-0a------0---0-------0--|-0a------0----------------|-0a------0------0------0--|---------0------0------0--|
D|------0-----------0-----|------0-------------0-----|------2-------------2-----|------2-------------2-----|
A|-------------2----------|-------------2------------|-3a-----------------------|-3------------------------|
E|-3a---------------------|-3a-----------------------|-------------3------------|-------------3------------|
   Song        sung         blue        Every garden   grows one
   Song        sung         blue        Sleeping on my pillow

[Chorus]
   C7            +       +                  +       +              F             +
E|-0a------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
B|-1a------|-------------1------------|-------------1------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
G|-3a------|-3------------------------|-3------------------------|-2----2----2--p0-------|-------------------|
D|-----2---|-----2----------------2---|-----2----------------2---|------3------------3---|-3----2----0-------|
A|-3a------|-3---------------3--------|-3---------------3--------|-----------0-----------|----------------3--|
E|---------|---------0----------------|---------0----------------|-1---------------------|-1---------0-------|
             Me  and     you,     are   subject     to       the   blues now and then
             Funny       thing,   but   you can     sing it with a cry in your voice

    G       +       +       +              +       +       +     Dm  +       +       +       +
E|------------------------------|-3a-------------------1-------|-1a--0-------0-------------------|
B|--------------0---0---3---3---|-0a---------------------------|-3a------------------------------|
G|------0---0-------------------|-0a-------0-------0-------0---|-2a------------------2-------2---|
D|------0---------------0-------|------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|--------------2---------------|--------------2---------------|-----------------0---------------|
E|-3----------------------------|-3a---------------------------|-1a------------------------------|
 But when you take the blues and make a song       You sing them out again
 And before you know it, start to feeling good     You simply    got no choice

   Am       +       +       +     G   +       +       +       +
E|----------------------0-------|-0a------------------------------|---------------------|
B|----------1-------------------|-0a--3-------3-------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------2-------2---|-0a------------------0-------0---|---------------------|
D|------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------------------|
A|-0----------------------------|-----------------2---------------|-----------0----2----|
E|--------------0---------------|-3a------------------------------|-3----3--------------|
                        Sing them out again

[Outro] ... as Verse, repeat and fade ... Song sung blue ... Song sung blue ... ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | p Pull-off ************************************