• Song:

    Song Sung Blue

  • Artist:

    Neil Diamond

  • Album:

    The Greatest Hits 1966-...

Standard tuning 
listen to song to get rhythm with words 
Verse 1 
      C                 C                  G           G       
e--0------3--3--|--0-------3--3--|-3-----3---3--|-3-----3---3--| 
A-------1---1-1-|-------1----1-1-|-----0----0-0-|-----0----0-0-| 
D---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------| 
G-----2---------|-----2----------|--------------|--------------| 
B--3------------|--3-------------|---2----------|---2----------| 
E---------------|----------------|-3------------|-3------------| 
    "song   sung    blue   everybody knows  one..............."   
 
      G7  (X2)            C   (X2) 
e--3------3--3--|--0------3--3---| 
A-------1---1-1-|-------1---1-1--| 
D---------------|----------------| 
G-----0---------|-----2----------| 
B---------------|--3-------------| 
E--3------------|----------------| 
 "song sung blue, every garden grows one...." 
 
Chorus 
      C7  (X2)            F   (X2)         G  (X2)          C  (X2)           
e--0------0--0--|--1------1--1--|--3------3--3--|--0------3---3--| 
A-------1---1-1-|-------1---1-1-|-------0---0-0-|-------1----1-1-| 
D---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|    G7  
G-----2---------|-----3---------|---------------|-----2----------|  
B--0------------|--3------------|-----2---------|--3-------------| 
E---------------|---------------|--3------------|----------------| 
 
"Funny thing  but you can sing it with a cry in your voice..... 
and before you know it start to feeling good, you simply got no choice" 
 
 
Instrumental for 8 measures (just play verse 1 again, or strum chords 
with same rhythm) C,C,  G,G,    G7 , G7 ,      C,C 
     
Chorus 
 
Verse 2 (like verse 1 but switch 2nd  C  with G--->   C(X2),G(X2),G(X2),C(X2)  
and with these words 
  "song  sung  blue,       weepin like a willow.... 
  song  sung  blue,      sleepin on  my pillow" 
 
Chorus (and fade) 
"Funny thing  but you can sing it with a cry in your voice.... 
and before you know it start to feeling good, you simply got no choice"
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