[Intro]

E7   E   E7   E E7 A

A

[Verse 1]

A                D
 Where it began,   I can't begin to knowin'
A                             E
 But then I know it's growin' strong
A                  D
 Was in the spring,  and spring became a summer
A                                E    E7
 Who'd have believed you'd come along?

[Pre-Chorus]

A     F#m
Hands,   touching hands
E             D                       E   E D E
 Reaching out,  touching me, touching you

[Chorus]

A         D   D A D                           E    E D E
Sweet Caroline,    good times never seemed so good
A        D     D A D                      E
I'd be inclined,    to believe they never would
D   C#m Bm
But now I

[Verse 2]

A                   D
 Look at the night,   and it don't seem so lonely
A                        E
 We fill it up with only two
A                D
 And when I hurt,  hurting runs off my shoulder
A                            E   E7
 How can I hurt when holding you?

[Pre-Chorus]

A    F#m
Warm,   touching warm
E             D                       E   E D E
 Reaching out,  touching me, touching you

[Chorus]

A         D   D A D                           E    E D E
Sweet Caroline,    good times never seemed so good
A        D     D A D                      E
I'd be inclined,    to believe they never would
D   C#m Bm
Oh  no  no

[Instrumental]

E7   E   E7   E E7 A

[Chorus]

A         D   D A D                           E    E D E
Sweet Caroline,    good times never seemed so good
A         D   D A D                     E
Sweet Caroline,    I believe they never could . . . Alternates:

Capo IV

E7  = D7
E   = D
A   = G
D   = C
F#m = E#m (Em)
C#m = B#m (Bm)
Bm  = Am

Open (These chords are not in the original key)

E7  = A7
E   = A
A   = D
D   = C
F#m = Bm
C#m = F#m
Bm  = Em

Open (These chords are not in the original key)

E7  = G7
E   = G
A   = C
D   = F
F#m = Am
C#m = Em
Bm  = Dm

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