Song Sung Blue Chords & Tabs
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...."
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/neil_diamond/song_sung_blue_tab.html ]
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"
(tabbed by jpcatch112)