Play Me - Neil Diamond
Version 4 of 4
- Play Me (Chords) (v1)Rating: 4.79 / 5.00
- Play Me (Chords) (v2)Rating: 4.77 / 5.00
- Play Me (Chords) (v3)Rating: 4.67 / 5.00
Capo: Fret 2
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:
She was mornin
g and I was ni
ghttime;
I one day woke
up to find he
r lyin' be
side my bed.
I softly said,
"Come take me
."
For I've been
lonely, in nee
d of someone
As though I'd
done someone w
rong somewhere
, but I don't
know where.
I don't know w
here, come lat
ely
You are the su
n; I am the mo
on.
You are the wo
rds; I am the
tune; play me.
Song, she sang
to me, song s
he brang to me
,
Words that ran
g in me, rhyme
that sprang f
/
rom me war
med the night,
And what was r
ight became me
.
You are the su
n; I am the mo
on.
You are the wo
rds; I am the
tune; play me.
. . .
. . .
And so it was
that I came to
travel
Upon a road th
at was thorned
and narrow;
another place
,
Another grace
would save me.
You are the su
n; I am the mo
on.
You are the wo
rds; I am the
tune; play me.
You are the su
n; I am the mo
on.
You are the wo
rds; I am the
tune; play
me.