What key was Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" recorded in? A? Bb? B? Unfortunately, I'm not very good at picking out keys from records. This is a harder song to sing than I thought it would be! Thanks.

From: Dave Render [rended@rpi.edu]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 1997 7:19 AM
From: Jason Murphy
Date: 2 Jan 2003 00:12:49 -0000
Subject: d/diamond_neil/sweet_caroline.crd

Transcribed by
Jason Murphy

Neil Diamond
sweet caroline

intro
F#
a string 4 6 7 4 6 7 6 4 7 6 4 :]rept d str 6 4 g str 8 6

VRS B/B/ E/E/ B/B F#/F# :]

Hand touchin hand
B/B B7/B7 F#/F# E/E F#

CHOURS B/ E/E/E/ F#/F#
B/ E/E/E/ F# E Eb Db


VRS B/B/ E/E/ B/B F#/F# :]

Hand touchin hand
B/B B7/B7 F#/F# E/E F#

CHOURS B/ E/E/E/ F#/F#
B/ E/E/E/ F# E Eb Db

intro
F#
a string 4 6 7 4 6 7 6 4 7 6 4 :]rept d str 6 4 g str 8 6

CHOURS B/ E/E/E/ F#/F#
B/ E/E/E/ F#/F# :] TILL FADE

it's all my ear's work

It's in the key of A, but I don't remember if Neil uses a capo on the second fret or not. Just go to Google and search Sweet Caroline guitar chords and you should come up with about a zillion pages.

Thanks, Molly and Cathy. I believe it is in A, capo-ed at the second fret, and so the true key is B. Several websites give the chords in A, but I finally found a credible site that confirms a capo on 2.
I kept playing it in A, but the note on the word "strong" was so low--I kept thinking there is no way Neil sings that note on the record. In B, the low note is an F# (rather than an E), which is much easier for me to sing!

I don't know what key it's in but I do know that Neil and I are one of the few people who can sing that word "strong" as deep in bass as he does,without going off key! :D

"Oh,but then I know that it's growin' strong!" :cool: He was may favorite male singer until I found out more about Gordon Lightfoot. :)