Chords for Neil Diamond - I Am...I Said & Crunchy Granola Suite

[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bb] LA's fine, the sun shines most the time, _
_ _ [Eb] _ and the feeling is laid back. _
_ _ [F] Palm trees grow and rents are low, but you know, I keep thinking about making my [Bb] way back.
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_ _ Well, I'm New York City born and raised. _
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Nowadays I'm lost between [Eb] two shores. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] LA's fine, but it ain't home.
New York's home, but it ain't mine [Bb] no more.
_ _ I am, I said, _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] to no one there, _ _ _ and no one heard it all.
Not even the [Bb] chair.
I _ _ _ am, I cried, _ _ _ _ _ I am, [Eb] said I, _ _ _ and I am lost, and I can't even say why. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ Leaving me lonely, _ still. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of being a king?
_ _ _ [Eb] _ And who became one?
_ _ _ _ [F] Except for the names and a few other changes if you talk about me.
The [Bb] _ story's the same one, _ _ _ but I've got an emptiness [F] deep inside, and I've tried, but [Eb] it won't let me go. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] And I'm not a man who likes to swear, but I never cared for the sound of being alone.
_ [Bb] _ _ I am, I said, _ _ _ _ to no one [Eb] there, _ _ _ and [Eb] no one heard it all.
Not even [Bb] the chair.
I _
_ [F] _ am, I [Bb] cried, _ _ _ _ I am, [Eb] said I, _ _ _ _ and I am lost, and I can't even [Bb] say why.
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_ _ _ _ _ Leaving me lonely, _ [Bb] still.
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[D] _ _ _ You know, it's hard to believe, but it was 35 years ago that I recorded a [G] performance.
I did it at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California.
[D] _ _ _ And they [G] made a record of that performance and shipped it all over the world.
It was [A] to become maybe my most popular record ever.
It [D] was called Hot August Night. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] And the very first song from that show, Alster, was [F] to gain popularity itself.
_ And we'd like very much to do that first song for you [E] here tonight. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ Dee dee dee, _ dee dee dee dee, dee [A] dee dee dee.
I got a song been on my mind.
Dee dee dee dee dee dee.
_ _ And the tune can be sung and the words all rhyme.
[D] Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee [A] dee.
_ _ _ _ Though it don't say much, well, it won't offend.
Did you sing it at school and live?
I'll send you home.
Never knowing what you're growing.
Think you're growing your own weed.
Good Lord! _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Let me hear [G] that, get me near [D] that.
Crunchy granola, [A] sweet.
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Drunk is [G] drinking, stop your drinking.
[D] Crunchy granola, [A] sweet. _ _
Yeah!
_ Sing it out. _
All right. _ _ _ _
Dee dee dee, _ [D] dee dee dee dee, [A]
dee dee dee.
_ _ I knew a man was out of touch.
Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee. _ _ _
And he'd hide in his house and he didn't say much.
[D] Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee [A] dee dee.
_ _ _ _ And like a man with a tiger outside his gate.
Not only couldn't relax, but he couldn't relate.
Now [G] he can.
Family man, [A] try it my friend.
[B] Yeah!
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ Let me hear that, get me [D] near that.
Crunchy granola, sweet.
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Drunk is [G] drinking, stop your drinking.
[D] Crunchy granola, [A] sweet. _ _
Huh!
_ _ Sing it out. _
All right.
Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho.
Dee dee dee, _ dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee.
I knew a man was out of touch. _
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