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

Verse 2:

A
 Down on the bottom,
D7
 Down to my new,
        A
Pair of shoes.
D7
 Down on the bottom,
Down to my new,
        A
Pair of shoes.
    E7
I'm down by,
The lakeside,
D7
 Thinking 'bout,
        A     E7
My baby blue.

Verse 3:

             A
Last night I played,
A gig in Salzburg,
D7
 Outside in the,
        A
Pouring rain.
             D7
Last night I played,
A gig in Salzburg,
Outside in the,
        A
Pouring rain.
          E7
Flew from there,
To Montreux,
D7
 And my heart was,
            A     E7
Filled with pain.

Verse 4:

     A
Look out my window,
D7
 Back at the,
           A
Way things are.
     D7
Look out my,
Window pane, 
Back at the,
           A
Way things are.
            E7
Just wonder how,
D7
 How did things ever,
         A    E7
Get this far?

Verse 5:

      A
Vince Taylor,
Used to live here,
D7
 Nobody's ever,
         A
Heard of him.
      D7
Vince Taylor,
Used to live here,
But nobody's,
         A
Heard of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
     E7
Just who he was,
D7
 Just where,
        A   E7
He fits in.

Verse 6:

             A
He was goin' down Geneva,
D7                A
 Give him helping hand.
             D7
He was goin' down Geneva,
                 A
Give him helping hand.
          E7
It wasn't easy,
D7                   A    E7
 Living on the exile plan.

Verse 7:

      A
Vince Taylor,
Used to live here,
D7
 Nobody's ever,
         A
Heard of him.
      D7
Vince Taylor,
Used to live here,
But nobody's,
         A
Heard of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
     E7
Just who he was,
D7
 Just where,
        A   E7
He fits in.
     E7
Just who he was,
D7
 Just where,
        A   A7
He fits in.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   A       D7      E7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02220  xx0212  020100


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