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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:08:46 -0500
From: "Alex Northrup" 
Subject: d/diamond_neil/im_a_believer.tab

                                "I'm A Believer"
                                 (Neil Diamond)
                                  Neil Diamond
                               Just For You, 1967

Intro:

        organ arr. for guitar:

           v   v   v   v    v
        --|4---4---5---5---|4-
        5-|5---5---5---5---|5-
        --|----------------|--
        --|----------------|--
        --|----------------|--
        --|----------------|--

        acoustic guitar:

        v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        ----0-----0----0-|----0-----0----0-|
        0h2---0h2---0h2--|0h2---0h2---0h2--|
        -----------------|-----------------|

        E
        / / / /  / / / /

Verses 1 & 2:

        E        B7       E                          B7       E
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        A        E        A        E        A        E        B7         [N.C.]
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Chorus ['riff 1' indicates organ riff from intro, and 'riff 2' indicates 
guitar
        riff from intro]

        E   A    E   A    E   A    E   A    E   A    E   A    E   A    E   A
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
        [riff 1]          [riff 1]          [riff 1]          [riff 1]

        E        A        E        D        B7[N.C.]
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
                                            [riff 2]

[Verse 2]

[Repeat chorus]

Piano solo arr. for guitar [actually played one octave lower]:

        E                B7               E
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        2---2-----0-----|------------0-1-|2---2-0-----0-1-|2---2-0-----0-1-|
        --------------2-|--2---2---2-----|--------2-2-----|--------2-2-----|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

                         B7               E
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        2---2-----0-----|------------0-1-|2---2-0-----0-1-|2-2-0-2---------|
        --------------2-|--2---2---2-----|--------2-2-----|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse 3 [partial]:

        A        E        A        E        A        E        B7         
[N.C.]
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

[Repeat chorus]

Coda [repeat and fade]:

        E   A    E   A
        / / / /  / / / /
        [riff 1]

Questions? Comments? E-mail springalo430@hotmail.com [formerly 
diamhed@aol.com]