"Solitary Man"
                                 (Neil Diamond)
                                  Neil Diamond
                          No. 55, 1966 and no. 16, 1970

Note: The intro riff is a little difficult to transcribe, but this should
give you
      a good idea of how it goes. The horns were much easier.

Intro [acoustic guitar]:

        (Em)
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        3---3---0h2-2p0-|--------------0-|------3---0---0-|------3---0---0-|
        ----------------|0---0-0-----0---|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|--------0h2-----|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verses 1 & 2:

        Em       Am       G        Em       G        Am       G        Am
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        Em       Am       G        Em       G        Am       G        Am
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        / / / /

Chorus:

        G        C        G        D                 C        G        D
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        / / / /

        horns arr. for guitar:

        Em               D                Em               D
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------2---0-|----------------|----------2---0-|----------------|
        0---0---3-------|----------------|0---0---3-------|----------------|

        Em
        / / / /  / / / /

[Verse 2]

[Repeat chorus]

Instrumental [horns arr. for guitar]:

        Em                                Am
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        --------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        0---------------|3---------------|1-------0-1-0---|----------------|
        ----------------|4-------2-4-2---|2---------------|2-------0---2---|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|2---4-----------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

        Em                                Am
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        --------3-------|2---------------|----------------|0-------0-------|
        0---------------|----------------|1---1-----------|----1-------1---|
        ----------------|--------2-4-2---|2---2---2-4-2---|2---------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[Repeat chorus w/out last 2 bars]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

        Em               D                Em               D
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------2---0-|----------------|----------2---0-|----------------|
        0---0---3-------|----------------|0---0---3-------|----------------|

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