A                 D
  Where it began,   I can't begin to knowing
A                              E
  but then I know it's growing strong.
A                   D
  Was in the spring   and spring became the summer,
A                                 E
  who'd have believed you'd come along?

[Pre-Chorus]
A              A6              E
Hands, washing hands, reaching out,
            D                 E     
don't touch me, I won't touch you.

[Chorus]
A         D     D A D                            E     E E A E
Sweet Caroline,       good times never seemed so good.
A         D        D A D                       E
I've been inclined       to believe they never would.

[Verse 2]
D   E   D A                   D
But now I   look at the night   and it don't seem so lonely;
A                           E
  we filled it up with only two.
A                    D
  And when I'm hurt,   hurting runs off my shoulders,
A                                 E
  how can I hurt I'm when holding you?

[Pre-Chorus]
A              A6              E
Hands, washing hands, reaching out,
            D                 E       E E A E
don't touch me, I won't touch you.

[End-Chorus]
A         D     D A D                            E     
Sweet Caroline,       good times never seemed so good.
A         D        D A D                       E
I've been inclined       to believe they never would,
E     D E A       D    A    A  A A A A A
sweet Caroline.