Kentucky Woman chords by Neil Diamond

Chords with lyrics

"Kentucky Woman"
                (Neil Diamond)
                Neil Diamond
                  1967

NOTE: The song is in B, but the acoustic guitar appears to be capoed up 2
   frets and fingered in A. The chords for the capo are in brackets.

Intro [acoustic guitar, 4x, bass enters 3rd time]:

    BB                Bsus2Bsus2 BB   Bsus2Bsus2
    [A augmentedA]              [Asus2Asus2] [A augmentedA] [Asus2Asus2]
    /   /   /   /    /   /   /   /

Verse 1:

    BB     E MajorE             BB         E MajorE F#F#
    [A augmentedA]    [D MajorD]            [A augmentedA]        [D MajorD][E MajorE]
     Kentucky Woman...          own kind...
    BB         E MajorE             BB
    [A augmentedA]        [D MajorD]            [A augmentedA]
     She look...   once...          wrong...
       E MajorE
       [D MajorD]
    And I love...
          F#F#
          [E MajorE]
    God...   love...

Chorus:

         BB   E MajorE
         [A augmentedA]  [D MajorD]
    Kentucky woman,
    BB           E MajorE
    [A augmentedA]          [D MajorD]
     She get...
    BB          E MajorE
    [A augmentedA]         [D MajorD]
     She gonna...
    BB        [1,2,3: E MajorE BB   E MajorE F#F#] [4: to coda]
    [A augmentedA]          [D MajorD][A augmentedA]  [D MajorD][E MajorE]
     Kentucky...

Verse 2:

    Well, she...
    There's something...
    And she...
    God knows...

[Repeat chorus]

Bridge:

    C# minorC#m
    [B minorBm]
     I don't...
     Good lord's...
     Gentle...
     That one...
    BB
    [A augmentedA]
     Sweet...
    E MajorE
    [D MajorD]
     There...
    F#F#
    [E MajorE]
     I'm talkin'...

[Repeat chorus]

[Repeat bridge]

[Repeat chorus]

Coda:

         E MajorE BB
        [D MajorD][A augmentedA]
    Kentucky woman
         E MajorE BB [end cold]
        [D MajorD][A augmentedA]
    Kentucky woman

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