High Summer
- Van Morrison
Key: C C ·
Orig: C ·
Capo:
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Time: 4/4 ·
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C Am
By the mansion on the hillside,
F G C F C
Red sports car comes 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 C/B Am
Thank god the dark nights, 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 C F C
Even before the angels 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 (2x)
Bridge 1
C Dm
High summer's got him lonesome,
G Am F
Even when he makes the rounds, (makes the rounds).
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 Am
Checked in to the tiny village 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 G C F C
And everything 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 C F C
Even before the angels 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 (2x)
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 C
High summer's got him low down, low down.
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