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Holiday Inn Blues by Neil Diamond

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Funny, even though the song is called "Holiday Inn Blues", the arranger 
credited on
the 45 is named Howard Johnson. The producer is Chip Taylor, the man behind 
"Wild Thing". You may want to capo up 1 fret and play in A.

                                 "Holiday Inn Blues"
                                   (Neil Diamond)
                                    Neil Diamond
                            Velvet Gloves and Spit,  1968

Intro [bass, 2x, band enters 2nd time]:

        [Bb7]
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----1---0-------|------1-0-0-----|
        ----------3-----|------------3---|
        1-------------1-|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|

Verses 1 & 2:

        Bb7                                                            Eb7
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Bb7
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        Eb7               Bb7               Eb7               F7
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        C7                                  F7         [N.C.]
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        bass fill:

        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----1---0-------|----1-0---0-----|
        ----------3-----|------------3---|
        1-------------1-|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|

[Verse 2]

Organ solo [single version fades in organ later]:

        Bb7               Eb7               Bb7               F7       Eb7
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        bass fill:

        Bb7 [N.C.]
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----1---0-------|--1---0---0-----|
        ----------3-----|------------3---|
        1-------------1-|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|

Verse 3 [partial]:

        Bb7                                                            Eb7
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

                 Bb7               Eb7               F7                C7
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

                                   F7         [N.C.]
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

        bass fill:

        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----1---0-------|--1---0---0-----|
        ----------3-----|------------3---|
        1-------------1-|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|

Coda:

        bass [w/ full band, repeat to fade]:

        Bb7
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----1---0-------|--1---0---0-----|
        ----------3-----|------------3---|
        1-------------1-|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|

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