Sweet Caroline Song Lyrics and Chords by Neil Diamond
Sweet Caroline
Written and Recorded by Neil Diamond
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Where it began
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I can't begin to know it
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But then I know it's goin
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Was in the spring
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and spring became a summer
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Who'd have believe you'd c
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ome
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Reaching out
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touching me touching
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line good times never seemed so
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I'd be in
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clined to believe there never
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would
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Look at the night
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and it don't seem so lonely
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We fill it up with only
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And when I hurt
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hurting runs off my shoulder
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touching me touchin
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line to believe there never
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Sweet Caroline?
- The song Sweet Caroline was sang by Neil Diamond.
Who is Neil Diamond?
- Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desirée", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight". Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have featured in the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.
Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. In 2011, he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.In 2019, his 1969 signature song "Sweet Caroline" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
