Back On Top Chords by Van Morrison
Tempo:
114.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
Bm
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em]
[C]
[Am] [Bm] [C]
[Am] [Bm] [C]
[Am] [Bm] [Am] ♪♪
[G]
[D] [Em] ♪ You can't receive me [C] when I'm over you ♪
[Em] ♪ Saw you standing in the pouring rain ♪
♪ Stuck my nutsies on the [C] window pane ♪
[Am] ♪ Back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
[Bm] [Am] ♪ [Bm] Back on the beat [C] again [D] [Am] ♪
♪ [Bm] Back on the top [G] again ♪
[D] [Em] ♪ You saw me climbing [C] to the top of the hill ♪
[Em] ♪ You saw me meeting with the fools on [C] the hill [Em] ♪
♪ Learned my lesson and I had my [C] fill [D] [Am] ♪
♪ Learned [Bm] it [C] all in vain [D] ♪
[Am] ♪ Went through [Bm] it [C] all again ♪
♪ Now [Am] I'm back [Bm] on the [G] top again ♪
[D] ♪ Always driving, always climbing [C] way beyond my will [D]
♪
♪ Old sensation, isolation at [C] the top of the hill ♪
[D] ♪ Always seeming like I'm moving but [C] I'm really going slow ♪
[D] ♪ What do you do when you get to the top and [C] there's nowhere to go?
[Dm] [C] ♪
[Em] ♪ Just how you get there [C] will be anybody's guess ♪
[Em] ♪ With all the so-called trappings [C] of success [Em]
[C] [Am] ♪
♪ Too [Bm] busy raising [C] canes, [D] [G] I'm back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
♪ [D] I'm [Am] back [Bm] on the top [G] again ♪
[C]
[Em] [C]
♪
[Em] [C]
[Am] [Bm] [C]
[D] [A] [Bm] [C]
[D] [Am] [Bm] [Am] [G]
[D] Always driving, always climbing way [C] beyond my will ♪
♪ [D] Same old sensation, isolation at [C] the top of the hill
[G] [D]
[G] ♪
♪ Always seeming like I'm moving but I'm really going [C] slow ♪
[D] ♪ You'll find out when you get to the top that [C] there's nowhere to go ♪
[G] [Em] ♪ How you get there will be anybody's guess ♪
♪ With all the so-called trappings of success ♪
♪ Let's all just get down to the top of the hill [D] ♪
[Em] ♪ [Bm] Too busy [C] raising canes, [D] [Em] I'm back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
♪ [D] [C] I'm back [Bm] on the top [G] again ♪
[Em]
[C] [Em] ♪ Back
[C] [D] on [Am] [Bm] my feet [C] again, [D] I'm [G] back [Bm] on the [C] street again ♪
[D] [Am] [Bm] ♪ Back on [Am] the top [G] again ♪
[Gm]
[C]
[Am] [Bm] [C]
[Am] [Bm] [C]
[Am] [Bm] [Am] ♪♪
[G]
[D] [Em] ♪ You can't receive me [C] when I'm over you ♪
[Em] ♪ Saw you standing in the pouring rain ♪
♪ Stuck my nutsies on the [C] window pane ♪
[Am] ♪ Back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
[Bm] [Am] ♪ [Bm] Back on the beat [C] again [D] [Am] ♪
♪ [Bm] Back on the top [G] again ♪
[D] [Em] ♪ You saw me climbing [C] to the top of the hill ♪
[Em] ♪ You saw me meeting with the fools on [C] the hill [Em] ♪
♪ Learned my lesson and I had my [C] fill [D] [Am] ♪
♪ Learned [Bm] it [C] all in vain [D] ♪
[Am] ♪ Went through [Bm] it [C] all again ♪
♪ Now [Am] I'm back [Bm] on the [G] top again ♪
[D] ♪ Always driving, always climbing [C] way beyond my will [D]
♪
♪ Old sensation, isolation at [C] the top of the hill ♪
[D] ♪ Always seeming like I'm moving but [C] I'm really going slow ♪
[D] ♪ What do you do when you get to the top and [C] there's nowhere to go?
[Dm] [C] ♪
[Em] ♪ Just how you get there [C] will be anybody's guess ♪
[Em] ♪ With all the so-called trappings [C] of success [Em]
[C] [Am] ♪
♪ Too [Bm] busy raising [C] canes, [D] [G] I'm back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
♪ [D] I'm [Am] back [Bm] on the top [G] again ♪
[C]
[Em] [C]
♪
[Em] [C]
[Am] [Bm] [C]
[D] [A] [Bm] [C]
[D] [Am] [Bm] [Am] [G]
[D] Always driving, always climbing way [C] beyond my will ♪
♪ [D] Same old sensation, isolation at [C] the top of the hill
[G] [D]
[G] ♪
♪ Always seeming like I'm moving but I'm really going [C] slow ♪
[D] ♪ You'll find out when you get to the top that [C] there's nowhere to go ♪
[G] [Em] ♪ How you get there will be anybody's guess ♪
♪ With all the so-called trappings of success ♪
♪ Let's all just get down to the top of the hill [D] ♪
[Em] ♪ [Bm] Too busy [C] raising canes, [D] [Em] I'm back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
♪ [D] [C] I'm back [Bm] on the top [G] again ♪
[Em]
[C] [Em] ♪ Back
[C] [D] on [Am] [Bm] my feet [C] again, [D] I'm [G] back [Bm] on the [C] street again ♪
[D] [Am] [Bm] ♪ Back on [Am] the top [G] again ♪
[Gm]
Key:
C
D
Bm
Am
Em
C
D
Bm
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] [Am] ♪♪
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] ♪ You can't receive me [C] when I'm over you ♪
_ [Em] ♪ Saw you standing in the pouring rain ♪
♪ Stuck my nutsies on the [C] window pane ♪
[Am] ♪ Back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
[Bm] _ [Am] ♪ [Bm] Back on the beat [C] again _ [D] _ [Am] ♪
♪ [Bm] Back on the top [G] again ♪ _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] ♪ You saw me climbing [C] to the top of the hill ♪
[Em] ♪ You saw me meeting with the fools on [C] the hill [Em] ♪
♪ Learned my lesson and I had my [C] fill [D] [Am] ♪
♪ Learned [Bm] it [C] all in vain [D] ♪
[Am] ♪ Went through [Bm] it [C] all again ♪
♪ Now [Am] I'm back [Bm] on the [G] top again ♪
_ _ _ [D] _ ♪ Always driving, _ always climbing [C] way beyond my will _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
♪
♪ Old sensation, _ _ isolation at [C] the top of the hill ♪
_ _ _ [D] ♪ Always seeming _ like I'm moving but [C] I'm really going slow ♪
_ _ [D] ♪ What do you do when you get to the top and [C] there's nowhere to go?
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ ♪
[Em] ♪ Just how you get there [C] will be anybody's guess ♪
[Em] ♪ With all the so-called trappings [C] of success _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ ♪
♪ Too [Bm] busy raising [C] canes, _ [D] [G] I'm back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
♪ [D] I'm [Am] back [Bm] on the top [G] again ♪
_ _ [C] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ ♪ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Always driving, _ always climbing way [C] beyond my will ♪
_ _ ♪ [D] Same old sensation, _ isolation at [C] the top of the hill _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] ♪
♪ Always seeming like I'm moving but I'm really going [C] slow ♪
_ _ [D] ♪ You'll find out when you get to the top that [C] there's nowhere to go ♪
[G] _ _ [Em] ♪ How you get there will be anybody's guess ♪
♪ With all the so-called trappings of success ♪
♪ Let's all just get down to the top of the hill [D] ♪
[Em] ♪ [Bm] Too busy [C] raising canes, _ [D] [Em] I'm back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
♪ [D] [C] I'm back [Bm] on the top [G] again _ _ _ ♪
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] ♪ Back
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] on [Am] _ [Bm] my feet [C] again, _ [D] I'm [G] back [Bm] on the [C] street again ♪
[D] _ [Am] _ [Bm] ♪ Back on [Am] the top [G] again ♪ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] [Am] ♪♪
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] ♪ You can't receive me [C] when I'm over you ♪
_ [Em] ♪ Saw you standing in the pouring rain ♪
♪ Stuck my nutsies on the [C] window pane ♪
[Am] ♪ Back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
[Bm] _ [Am] ♪ [Bm] Back on the beat [C] again _ [D] _ [Am] ♪
♪ [Bm] Back on the top [G] again ♪ _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] ♪ You saw me climbing [C] to the top of the hill ♪
[Em] ♪ You saw me meeting with the fools on [C] the hill [Em] ♪
♪ Learned my lesson and I had my [C] fill [D] [Am] ♪
♪ Learned [Bm] it [C] all in vain [D] ♪
[Am] ♪ Went through [Bm] it [C] all again ♪
♪ Now [Am] I'm back [Bm] on the [G] top again ♪
_ _ _ [D] _ ♪ Always driving, _ always climbing [C] way beyond my will _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
♪
♪ Old sensation, _ _ isolation at [C] the top of the hill ♪
_ _ _ [D] ♪ Always seeming _ like I'm moving but [C] I'm really going slow ♪
_ _ [D] ♪ What do you do when you get to the top and [C] there's nowhere to go?
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ ♪
[Em] ♪ Just how you get there [C] will be anybody's guess ♪
[Em] ♪ With all the so-called trappings [C] of success _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ ♪
♪ Too [Bm] busy raising [C] canes, _ [D] [G] I'm back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
♪ [D] I'm [Am] back [Bm] on the top [G] again ♪
_ _ [C] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ ♪ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Always driving, _ always climbing way [C] beyond my will ♪
_ _ ♪ [D] Same old sensation, _ isolation at [C] the top of the hill _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] ♪
♪ Always seeming like I'm moving but I'm really going [C] slow ♪
_ _ [D] ♪ You'll find out when you get to the top that [C] there's nowhere to go ♪
[G] _ _ [Em] ♪ How you get there will be anybody's guess ♪
♪ With all the so-called trappings of success ♪
♪ Let's all just get down to the top of the hill [D] ♪
[Em] ♪ [Bm] Too busy [C] raising canes, _ [D] [Em] I'm back [Bm] on the street [C] again ♪
♪ [D] [C] I'm back [Bm] on the top [G] again _ _ _ ♪
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] ♪ Back
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] on [Am] _ [Bm] my feet [C] again, _ [D] I'm [G] back [Bm] on the [C] street again ♪
[D] _ [Am] _ [Bm] ♪ Back on [Am] the top [G] again ♪ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _