Play Me - Neil Diamond

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Capo: Fret 2

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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.

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