Coney Island Chords by Van Morrison

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Coney Island.
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_ _ _ _ [G] Coming back from Dine Patrick, stopping [C] off at St.
John's Point. _
_ _ [G] I all day bird watching and the crack is good.
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_ _ [G] Stopped off at Strangford Lock early in the morning.
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Drove through [G] Shigley, second pictures and on to Kela Lai.
Stopping for [C] Sunday papers at the LaCalle district, _
[G] _ just before Coney Island. _ _
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[D] _ On and on over the hill to Artglass [F] and the Jam Jar.
_ [C] Autumn sunshine, [G] magnificent and all shining through.
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_ [C] Stop off at Artglass [G] for a couple of jars of mussels and some potted herrings in case
we get [C] famished before dinner.
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On and on over [D] the hill and the crack is good.
_ _ [G] _ Heading towards Coney Island.
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_ [G] I look at the side of your face [Gm] [C] as _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ the sunlight comes streaming through the window [C] in the autumn sunshine.
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And all in all, the time going to Coney Island, [C] I'm thinking, _ [F] _ _ [G] wouldn't it be great if it was
like this all the time? _ _ _
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When it's not [Cm] always raining, there'll [Ab] be days [Eb] like this.
When there's no [Cm] one complaining, there'll be days [Eb] like this.
Everything [Ab] falls [Bb] into place like the flick [Dm] of a [Cm] switch.
When my mama [Bb] told me, there'll [Ab] be [Eb] days like this. _ _ _
When you don't [Cm] need to worry, there'll be [Eb] days like this.
When no [Cm] one's in a hurry, there'll be [Eb] days like this.
When [Ab] you don't [Bb] get betrayed by that old [Dm] Judas killer [Cm] suit.
When my [Bb] mama told me, [Ab] there'll be [Eb] days like this. _ _ _
_ When you don't [Cm] need an answer, [Ab] there'll be [Eb] days like this.
When you don't [Cm] need a chance, there'll be [Eb] days like this.
When all the parts of the [Bb] puzzle start to look [Dm] like they [Cm] fit, then [Fm] I must [Bb] remember,
[Ab] there'll be [Eb] days like this. _ _ _
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[Ab] There'll be [Eb] days like this. _ _ _
When everyone [Cm] is up front and [Ab] they're not [Eb] playing tricks.
When you don't have [Cm] no free lotus, how'd they get their [Eb] kicks?
Well, that's [Ab] nobody's business.
[Bb] The way that you want to [Dm] live, [Cm] I just have to [Bb] remember,
there'll be days [Eb] like this. _ _
When no one steps on my [Cm] dreams, there'll be [Eb] days like this.
When people understand what I mean, [Cm] _
[Ab] there'll be days [Eb] like this. _ _