Chords for Neil Diamond Talks About His Classic First Hit "Solitary Man" Then Plays It

Oh wow, I can't believe those violins.
_ _ _ _ You guys are okay. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ This was the, _ this was my
first recording ever _ and we did it about six years ago in the United States _ and I
was really nervous when we went into the studio, you know, it was my, it was the
first time and _ very excited about it and _ really the thing that I, that I wanted
most _ when I first started was to be able to hear myself singing on the radio.
That was it.
If I, at that time I would have settled for just hearing myself
once on the radio and never ever doing anything else again, just once, to be able
to turn on a radio and realize that it's you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, _ _ _ _ this was the song that I did it
with and _ it was, it was, it was exciting.
It was exciting.
I had been
fantasizing it for a long time and _ _ finally it came to be and we'll do it _ now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Belinda was [Am] mine till [G] the time [Em] that I found her.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] Holding Jim, _
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] loving him. _
_ _ [Em] _ Then you [A] came along, loved [G] me strong.
[Em] That's what I thought _ [G] _ _ _ [E] in you. _
[G] Well, _ that [Am] died too.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Don't know [C] that I will _ [G] until I [D] can find me.
_ _ A girl that [C] is steady, [G] that won't play games [D] behind _ me.
[Dm] I'll be what I [Em] am.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] Solitary man, _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] solitary man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I've had it [Am] to hear her [G] being well.
_ [Em] Love's a small world.
_ [G] _ _ About [E] time I think. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] Paper rain. _
_ _ [Em] And I know [Am] it's been done.
[G] Having one girl [Em] who loves you.
_ _ _ _ Right [E] or wrong.
_ [G] _ _ _ Weak or [Am] strong.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Don't know that [C] I _ _ [G] will until I can [D] find me.
_ _ A girl [C] that is steady, that [G] won't play games [D] behind _ me.
I'll be [Em] what I [A] am. _ _
Solitary [Em] man, _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] solitary man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Don't know [C] that I will _ [G] until I [D] can find me.
_ _ A girl that [C] is steady, that [G] won't play games [D] behind me.
I'll be what [E] I [Em] _
[A] am.
_ _ _ [Em] Solitary man, _
[A] _ _ _ solitary [Em] _ man.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] Solitary man. _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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