Chords
Cracklin' Rosie

The song was inspired by the story of the indigenous people of Australia, where women in the community pooled their money to buy a man for a time to be a communal husband. Neil Diamond, impressed by this story during his tour in Australia, wrote the song as a fanciful take on that narrative.

Key: C

Introduction:

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 C 
Cracklin'  Rosie, get on board
                                              F 
We' re gonna ride till there ain' t no more to go
Taking it slow, Lord don' t you know
 Dm                        G7 
   Have me a time with a poor man' s lady
 C 
Hitchin'  on a twilight train
                                           F 
Ain' t nothing there that I care to take along
Maybe a song, to sing when I want
       Dm                        G7               C 
Don' t need to say please to no man for a happy tune
 C      F        G      C 
Oh, I love my Rosie child
 C           F        G        C 
She got the way to make me happy
 C        F       G      C 
You and me, we go in style
 Dm 
Cracklin'  Rosie you' re a store-bought woman
You make me sing like a guitar hummin' 
                        G 
Our song keeps runnin'  on
Play it now
 C 
Cracklin'  Rosie, make me a smile
                                          F 
Girl if it lasts for an hour, that' s all right
We got all night to set the world right
 Dm                            G7                 C 
  Find us a dream that don' t ask no questions, yeah
 C      F        G      C 
Oh, I love my Rosie child
 C            F       G        C 
She got the way to make me happy
 C        F       G      C 
You and me, we go in style
 Dm 
Cracklin'  Rosie, you' re a store-bought woman
You make me sing like a guitar hummin' 
                        G 
Our song keeps runnin'  on
Play it now