...HIGH SUMMER... by Van Morrison
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*from 'Back On Top' (1999)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro:
Am F G, C
F C
(x2)
Verse 1:
(C) Am
By the mansion on the hillside,
F
Red sports car comes,
G C F, C
Driving down the road.
C/B Am
And pulls up into the driveway,
F G C F, C
And a story does un-fold.
Verse 2:
C C/B Am
She's standing by the rhodo-dendrons,
F G C F, C
Where the roses are in bloom.
C/B Am
Looking out at the At-lantic ocean,
F G C F, C
And in her head she hums this tune.
Verse 3:
C
Thank god the dark nights,
C/B Am
Are drawing in a-gain,
F G C F, C
'Cos high summer has got me down.
C/B Am
I'll wait till the end of August,
F G C F, C
And get off this merry-go-round.
Verse 4:
C C/B Am
And they shut him out of paradise,
F G C F, C
Called him Lucifer and frowned.
C/B Am
She took pride in what God made him,
F
Even before the angels,
C F, C
Shot him down to the ground.
Verse 5:
C C/B Am
He's a light out of the darkness,
F G C F, C
And he wears a starry crown.
C/B Am
If you see him nothing will shake him,
F G C F, C
'Cos high summer has got him low down.
Solo:
Am F G, C
F C
(x2)
Bridge 1:
C Dm
High summer's got him lonesome,
G Am
Even when he makes the rounds,
F
(Makes the rounds).
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/van_morrison/high_summer_crd.html ]
F Dm
There's been no two ways a-bout it;
G C F, C
High summer's got him low down.
Verse 6:
C
Checked in to the tiny village,
Am
By the lakeside,
F G C F, C
Settled down to start a-new.
C/B Am
Far away from the poli-ticians,
F G C F, C
And the many chosen few.
Verse 7:
C C/B Am
Far away from the jealousy factor,
F
And everything,
G C F, C
That was tearing him a-part.
C/B Am
Far away from the organ grinder,
F G C F, C
And everyone that played their part.
Verse 8:
C C/B Am
And they shut him out of paradise,
F G C F, C
Called him Lucifer and frowned.
C/B Am
She took pride in what God made him,
F
Even before the angels,
C F, C
Shot him down to the ground.
Verse 9:
C C/B Am
He's a light out of the darkness,
F G C F, C
And he wears a starry crown.
C/B Am
If you see him nothing will shake him,
F G C F, C
'Cos high summer has got him low down.
Solo:
Am F G, C
F C
(x2)
Coda:
C C/B Am
High summer's on the rebound,
F G C F, C
High summer's got him low down.
C C/B Am
High summer's on the rebound,
F G C F, C
High summer's got him low down.
C C/B Am
High summer's on the rebound,
F G C F
High summer's got him low down,
C
Low down.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am F G C C/B Dm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 133211 320003 x32010 x20010 xx0231
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
