...GOIN' DOWN GENEVA... by Van Morrison
-----------------------................

*from 'Back On Top' (1999)*


Intro:

A (x02220@1)D7 (xx0212@1)A (x02220@1)D7A  E7 (020130@1)D7A (xx0212@1) E7

Verse 1:

      AGoin' (x02220@1)down Geneva,
D7 (xx0212@1)               A (x02220@1)Give me a helping hand.
          D7I'm (xx0212@1)goin' down Geneva,
                  AGive (x02220@1)me a helping hand.
         E7It's (020130@1)not easy baby,
D7 (xx0212@1)                 A (x02220@1)   E7 (020130@1)Living on the exile plan.

Verse 2:

A (x02220@1)Down on the bottom,
D7 (xx0212@1)Down to my new,
        APair (x02220@1)of shoes.
D7 (xx0212@1)Down on the bottom,
Down to my new,
        APair (x02220@1)of shoes.
    E7I'm (020130@1)down by,
The lakeside,
D7 (xx0212@1)Thinking 'bout,
        A (x02220@1)   E7My (020130@1)baby blue.

Verse 3:

             ALast (x02220@1)night I played,
A gig in Salzburg,
D7 (xx0212@1)Outside in the,
        APouring (x02220@1)rain.
             D7Last (xx0212@1)night I played,
A gig in Salzburg,
Outside in the,
        APouring (x02220@1)rain.
          E7Flew (020130@1)from there,
To Montreux,
D7 (xx0212@1)And my heart was,
            A (x02220@1)   E7Filled (020130@1)with pain.

Verse 4:

     ALook (x02220@1)out my window,
D7 (xx0212@1)Back at the,
           AWay (x02220@1)things are.
     D7Look (xx0212@1)out my,
Window pane, 
Back at the,
           AWay (x02220@1)things are.
            E7Just (020130@1)wonder how,
D7 (xx0212@1)How did things ever,
         A (x02220@1)  E7Get (020130@1)this far?

Verse 5:

      AVince (x02220@1)Taylor,
Used to live here,
D7 (xx0212@1)Nobody's ever,
         AHeard (x02220@1)of him.
      D7Vince (xx0212@1)Taylor,
Used to live here,
But nobody's,
         AHeard (x02220@1)of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
     E7Just (020130@1)who he was,
D7 (xx0212@1)Just where,
        A (x02220@1) E7He (020130@1)fits in.

Verse 6:

             AHe (x02220@1)was goin' down Geneva,
D7 (xx0212@1)              A (x02220@1)Give him helping hand.
             D7He (xx0212@1)was goin' down Geneva,
                 AGive (x02220@1)him helping hand.
          E7It (020130@1)wasn't easy,
D7 (xx0212@1)                 A (x02220@1)  E7 (020130@1)Living on the exile plan.

Verse 7:

      AVince (x02220@1)Taylor,
Used to live here,
D7 (xx0212@1)Nobody's ever,
         AHeard (x02220@1)of him.
      D7Vince (xx0212@1)Taylor,
Used to live here,
But nobody's,
         AHeard (x02220@1)of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
     E7Just (020130@1)who he was,
D7 (xx0212@1)Just where,
        A (x02220@1) E7He (020130@1)fits in.
     E7Just (020130@1)who he was,
D7 (xx0212@1)Just where,
        A (x02220@1) A7He (x02020@1)fits in.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   A (x02220@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)    E7 (020130@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02220  xx0212  020100


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)