Chords for How To Play Neil Diamond Solitary Man (intro only)
Tempo:
72.9 bpm
Chords used:
Em
E
G
F#
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] Solitary Man is in the key of E minor and we're mostly going to strum this song
but there are a couple of places where we do want to pick individual notes to get the best possible
sense of the sound of the record, starting with the intro.
[G] Now I'm going to go through this and break it down.
If it gives you any problems at all, by all means just
strum an E minor chord for four bars.
Here I'll give you a strum pattern when we get into
the main verse and we do strum.
But if you want to have a go at
what's going on, or closer to what's going on, on the record, we're going to do this.
You want to start with
the first string third fret, second string fifth fret.
Now because I'm going to strum later
I've got the pick here and I'm going to use the middle and ring fingers to pick individual
notes.
So the thumb will play the down picks and one of the fingers
will pick the [D] up picks.
So here we want to pick two [Em] and
one.
Then one at the third fret and then one open.
Now on the record it does sound to me as though he's picking both those notes
but I prefer to pull it off, it's just a matter of personal taste.
So pinch, two and one, and then one
three to open, I'm pulling off there.
Then play two again
still at the fifth fret and you've reached back to the first string
at the second fret.
Play that twice and the second time pull it off [Bm] again.
[Em] So we've got pinch, pull off
[F#] two, one, [Em] pull off.
Now the middle finger comes to the third string
at the fourth fret.
Pinch three and one, [E] two
either with finger or with the pick should still be at the fifth fret.
One
open again and now come down the third string.
You want
to pick the string open [G] and hammer it to the second fret.
[A] [B] Then play the second string, [Em] first string, both open.
That's bar two.
One, two
and three and four and
into a full E minor [E] shape of bar three.
Play six
[Em] three, one, four
two, three, two.
Same rhythm.
One
two and three and four
and.
[G] Find any combination of pick and fingers that works for you.
[E] And bar four finally is six
[Em] three, one at the third fret, four
one open, three, two
and [E] again one, [Em]
two and three and four
and.
So here are those four bars of intro slowly.
You'll need to practice these
carefully.
They're a little bit tricky to play.
[F#] [E] [Em]
[N]
but there are a couple of places where we do want to pick individual notes to get the best possible
sense of the sound of the record, starting with the intro.
[G] Now I'm going to go through this and break it down.
If it gives you any problems at all, by all means just
strum an E minor chord for four bars.
Here I'll give you a strum pattern when we get into
the main verse and we do strum.
But if you want to have a go at
what's going on, or closer to what's going on, on the record, we're going to do this.
You want to start with
the first string third fret, second string fifth fret.
Now because I'm going to strum later
I've got the pick here and I'm going to use the middle and ring fingers to pick individual
notes.
So the thumb will play the down picks and one of the fingers
will pick the [D] up picks.
So here we want to pick two [Em] and
one.
Then one at the third fret and then one open.
Now on the record it does sound to me as though he's picking both those notes
but I prefer to pull it off, it's just a matter of personal taste.
So pinch, two and one, and then one
three to open, I'm pulling off there.
Then play two again
still at the fifth fret and you've reached back to the first string
at the second fret.
Play that twice and the second time pull it off [Bm] again.
[Em] So we've got pinch, pull off
[F#] two, one, [Em] pull off.
Now the middle finger comes to the third string
at the fourth fret.
Pinch three and one, [E] two
either with finger or with the pick should still be at the fifth fret.
One
open again and now come down the third string.
You want
to pick the string open [G] and hammer it to the second fret.
[A] [B] Then play the second string, [Em] first string, both open.
That's bar two.
One, two
and three and four and
into a full E minor [E] shape of bar three.
Play six
[Em] three, one, four
two, three, two.
Same rhythm.
One
two and three and four
and.
[G] Find any combination of pick and fingers that works for you.
[E] And bar four finally is six
[Em] three, one at the third fret, four
one open, three, two
and [E] again one, [Em]
two and three and four
and.
So here are those four bars of intro slowly.
You'll need to practice these
carefully.
They're a little bit tricky to play.
[F#] [E] [Em]
[N]
Key:
Em
E
G
F#
D
Em
E
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Solitary Man is in the key of E minor and we're mostly going to strum this song
but there are a couple of places where we do want to pick individual notes to get the best possible
sense of the sound of the record, starting with the intro. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Now I'm going to go through this and break it down.
If it gives you any problems at all, by all means just
strum an E minor chord for four bars.
Here I'll give you a strum pattern when we get into
the main verse and we do strum.
But if you want to have a go at
what's going on, or closer to what's going on, on the record, we're going to do this.
You want to start with
the first string third fret, second string fifth fret.
Now because I'm going to strum later
I've got the pick here and I'm going to use the middle and ring fingers to pick individual
notes.
So the thumb will play the down picks and one of the fingers
will pick the [D] up picks.
So here we want to pick two [Em] and
one.
_ Then one at the third fret and then one open.
Now on the record it does sound to me as though he's picking both those notes
but I prefer to pull it off, it's just a matter of personal taste.
So pinch, two and one, and then one
three to open, I'm pulling off there.
Then play two again
still at the fifth fret and you've reached back to the first string
at the second fret.
Play that twice and the second time pull it off [Bm] again.
[Em] _ So we've got pinch, pull off
[F#] two, one, [Em] pull off.
Now the middle finger comes to the third string
at the fourth fret.
Pinch three and one, [E] _ two
either with finger or with the pick should still be at the fifth fret.
One
open again and now come down the third string.
You want
to pick the string open [G] and hammer it to the second fret.
[A] [B] Then play the second string, [Em] first string, both open.
That's bar two.
One, two
and three and four and
_ into a full E minor [E] shape of bar three.
Play six
[Em] three, one, four
two, three, two.
Same rhythm.
One
two and three and four
and.
[G] Find any combination of pick and fingers that works for you.
[E] And bar four finally is six
_ [Em] three, one at the third fret, four
one open, three, two
and [E] again one, [Em]
two and three and four
and.
So here are those four bars of intro slowly.
You'll need to practice these
carefully.
They're a little bit tricky to play.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
but there are a couple of places where we do want to pick individual notes to get the best possible
sense of the sound of the record, starting with the intro. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Now I'm going to go through this and break it down.
If it gives you any problems at all, by all means just
strum an E minor chord for four bars.
Here I'll give you a strum pattern when we get into
the main verse and we do strum.
But if you want to have a go at
what's going on, or closer to what's going on, on the record, we're going to do this.
You want to start with
the first string third fret, second string fifth fret.
Now because I'm going to strum later
I've got the pick here and I'm going to use the middle and ring fingers to pick individual
notes.
So the thumb will play the down picks and one of the fingers
will pick the [D] up picks.
So here we want to pick two [Em] and
one.
_ Then one at the third fret and then one open.
Now on the record it does sound to me as though he's picking both those notes
but I prefer to pull it off, it's just a matter of personal taste.
So pinch, two and one, and then one
three to open, I'm pulling off there.
Then play two again
still at the fifth fret and you've reached back to the first string
at the second fret.
Play that twice and the second time pull it off [Bm] again.
[Em] _ So we've got pinch, pull off
[F#] two, one, [Em] pull off.
Now the middle finger comes to the third string
at the fourth fret.
Pinch three and one, [E] _ two
either with finger or with the pick should still be at the fifth fret.
One
open again and now come down the third string.
You want
to pick the string open [G] and hammer it to the second fret.
[A] [B] Then play the second string, [Em] first string, both open.
That's bar two.
One, two
and three and four and
_ into a full E minor [E] shape of bar three.
Play six
[Em] three, one, four
two, three, two.
Same rhythm.
One
two and three and four
and.
[G] Find any combination of pick and fingers that works for you.
[E] And bar four finally is six
_ [Em] three, one at the third fret, four
one open, three, two
and [E] again one, [Em]
two and three and four
and.
So here are those four bars of intro slowly.
You'll need to practice these
carefully.
They're a little bit tricky to play.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _