...HIGH SUMMER... by Van Morrison
-----------------................

*from 'Back On Top' (1999)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Eb)


Intro:

Am  F  G, C
F  C

(x2)

Verse 1:

(C)
 By the mansion,
       Am
On the hillside,
F
 Red sports car,
      G
Comes driving,
         C    F, C 
Down the road.
          C/B
And pulls up,
         Am
Into the driveway,
F      G
 And a story,
        C     F, C
Does un-fold.

Verse 2:

C               C/B
 She's standing by,
          Am
The rhodo-dendrons,
F          G
 Where the roses,
       C      F, C
Are in bloom.
Looking out at,
       C/B    Am
The at-lantic ocean,
F           G
 And in her head,
              C    F, C
She hums this tune.

Verse 3:

C
 Thank god the,
Dark nights are,
        C/B  Am
Drawing in a-gain,
F          G
 'Cos high summer,
           C    F, C
Has got me down.
I'll wait till,
    C/B    Am
The end of august,
F        G
 And get off this,
         C      F, C
Merry-go-round.

Verse 4:

C
 And they shut him,
C/B     Am
 Out of paradise,
F           G
 Called him lucifer,
    C        F, C
And frowned.
She took pride in,
C/B       Am
 What god made him,
Even before the,
F
 Angels shot him down,
       C      F, C
To the ground.

Verse 5:

C
 He's a light out,
C/B     Am
 Of the darkness,
F       G
 And he wears,
         C     F, C
A starry crown.
If you see him,
C/B
 Nothing will,
Am
 Shake him,
F          G
 'Cos high summer,
Has got him,
    C    F, C
Low down.

Solo:

Am  F  G, C
F  C

(x2)

Bridge 1:

C
 High summer's,
        Dm
Got him lonesome,
G
 Even when he,
          Am
Makes the rounds,
           F
(Makes the rounds).

F
 There's been no,
           Dm
Two ways a-bout it;
G
 High summer's,
            C    F, C
Got him low down.

Verse 6:

C
 Checked in to,
The tiny village,
Am
 By the lakeside,
F        G
 Settled down,
           C   F, C
To start a-new.
Far away from,
    C/B  Am
The poli-ticians,
F        G
 And the many,
       C   F, C
Chosen few.

Verse 7:

C
 Far away from,
    C/B      Am
The jealousy factor,
F
 And everything,
         G
That was tearing,
      C    F, C
Him a-part.
Far away from,
    C/B   Am
The organ grinder,
F         G
 And everyone,
That played,
      C    F, C
Their part.

Verse 8:

C
 And they,
         C/B
Shut him out,
   Am
Of paradise,
F
 Called him,
G
 Lucifer,
    C        F, C
And frowned.
She took pride,
   C/B
In what,
    Am
God made him,
Even before,
    F
The angels,
         G
Shot him down,
       C      F, C
To the ground.

Verse 9:

C
 He's a light out,
C/B     Am
 Of the darkness,
F       G
 And he wears,
         C      F, C
A starry crown.
If you see him,
C/B
 Nothing will,
Am
 Shake him,
F          G
 'Cos high summer,
Has got him,
    C    F, C
Low down.

Solo:

Am  F  G, C
F  C

(x2)

Coda:

C
 High summer's,
C/B     Am
 On the rebound,
F     G
 High summer's,
            C     F, C
Got him low down.

C
 High summer's,
C/B     Am
 On the rebound,
F     G
 High summer's,
            C     F, C
Got him low down.

C
 High summer's,
C/B     Am
 On the rebound,
F     G
 High summer's,
            C    F
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)