...GOIN' DOWN GENEVA... by Van Morrison
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*from 'Back On Top' (1999)*


Intro:

A  D7  A  D7
A  E7  D7, A, E7

Verse 1:

      A           D7                 A
Goin' down Geneva; give me a helping hand.
          D7                             A
I'm goin' down Geneva; give me a helping hand.
         E7          D7                  A    E7
It's not easy, baby, living on the exile plan.

Verse 2:

A                   D7                      A
 Down on the bottom; down to my new pair of shoes.
D7                                          A
 Down on the bottom; down to my new pair of shoes.
    E7                   D7                      A    E7
I'm down by the lakeside, thinking 'bout my baby blue.

Verse 3:

             A                        D7                      A
Last night I played a gig in Salzburg, outside in the pouring rain.
             D7                                               A
Last night I played a gig in Salzburg, outside in the pouring rain.
          E7                D7                            A    E7
Flew from there to Montreux, and my heart was filled with pain.

Verse 4:

     A             D7                      A
Look out my window; back at the way things are.
     D7                                         A
Look out my window pane; back at the way things are.
            E7  D7                            A    E7
Just wonder how, how did things ever get this far?

Verse 5:

      A                         D7                      A
Vince Taylor, used to live here; nobody's ever heard of him.
      D7                                      A
Vince Taylor used to live here; nobody's ever heard of him.
     E7         D7                  A  E7
Just who he was, just where he fits in.

Verse 6:

             A           D7                  A
He was goin' down Geneva; give him a helping hand.
             D7                              A
He was goin' down Geneva; give him a helping hand.
          E7    D7                  A    E7
It wasn't easy, living on the exile plan.

Verse 7:

      A                         D7                      A
Vince Taylor, used to live here; nobody's ever heard of him.
      D7                                      A
Vince Taylor used to live here; nobody's ever heard of him.
     E7         D7                  A   A7
Just who he was, just where he fits in.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   A       D7      E7      A7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02220  xx0212  020100  x02223


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