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Neil Diamond - If You Know What I Mean Chords

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If You Know What I Mean Chords

(ver. 1)
Neil Diamond

I'm amazed that this great Diamond song has'nt been previously tabbed before here.

This is my interpretation and may not reflect the actual recording.

(Capo 2)



C                   G7                  C
When the night returns just like a friend.......
F                 G7                C
When the evening comes to set me free............
F           G7
When the quiet hours that wait........

Am     Em   F   C    F
Beyond the day make ..............
         Dm7        G     G6  G7
Peaceful sounds in me ...................


C                   G7             C
Took a drag from my last cigarrette ........
F                   G7                 C
Took a drink from a glass of old red wine.......
F            G7
I closed my eyes and I could ......
Am   Em  F   C
Make it real and
F       Dm7          G7
Feel it one more time  ........

CHORUS:

Am
Can You hear it Babe?.........(Riff1)
G7
Can you hear it Babe?.........(Riff2)
      F                    C
         G               G7       G
Can you remember it Babe?

C                                    Dm7
And the radio played like a carnival tune
                                  C
As we lay in our bed in the other room
                                        F
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream
F
In a penny arcade...................
                     C          D*    Dm       C
If you know what I mean...................If you know what I mean Babe...



C    F     C
..........................................
C             G7               C        C/G
Heres to the songs we used to sing........
F                  G7              C       C/G
and heres to the times we used to know...........
F              G7
Its hard to hold them
        Am   Em F C    F
In our arms again but
F           Dm7    G7
Hard to let them go.
Am
Do You hear it Babe?.........(Riff1)
G7
Do you hear it Babe?.........(Riff2)
      F                    C
It was another Time    It was another place
         G               G7       G  G7 G G7 G
Do you remember it Babe?

Repeat Chorus.


C                                    Dm7
And the radio played like a carnival tune
                                  C
As we lay in our bed in the other room
                                        F
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream
F
In a penny arcade...................
                     C          D*    Dm       C
If you know what I mean...................If you know what I mean


End '''''

F                              C      F
............If you know what I mean
F                  C          F
If you know what I mean Babe.
F                     C    D*  Dm C.
If you know what I mean Babe


RiFF1 (Am)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2--0---2--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff2 (G7)

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2---0---2---------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------3-----------------------------------------------|


D* = C shape and slide up three frets to the fourth fret  and mute E1
            
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