Cyprus Avenue Chords by Van Morrison
Tempo:
125.4 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
Well, I'm caught one more time
[Eb] up on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
Caught one more time up on [Bb] Cypress [Eb] Avenue.
[Bb]
[F]
And I'm conquered in a car [Eb] seat.
Nothing [Bb] that I can do.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
I may go crazy.
[Eb]
Before [Bb] that man shine on the [Eb] hill.
[Bb]
[Eb]
I may go crazy.
[Bb]
[Eb] Before that man shine [Bb] on the hill.
[F]
But my heart keeps beating [Eb] faster.
[Bb]
[Eb] Yeah, my feet [Bb] keep shaking still.
[F] And [Bb]
all the little girls run [Eb] something
on their way [Bb] back home from [Eb] school.
[Bb]
[Eb] And all the little girls run something on their way
back [Bb] home from [Eb] school.
[Bb]
[F]
And I live [Eb] far away by old Wyland
called the Harlem [Bb] Time of Road.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
And my tongue gets [Eb] tied
[Bb] every
[Eb] time I try to [Bb] speak.
[Eb] My tongue gets tied every [Bb] time I [Eb] try to speak.
[Bb]
[Fm] [F] And my anxiety [Eb] shakes just like a leaf on a [Bb] tree.
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
I think [Bb]
[Eb] I'm a cherry, cherry [Bb] white.
[Eb]
[Bb] I believe I [Eb] go walking by the railroad
with my cherry, cherry [Bb] white.
[Eb]
[Bb] If [F] I pass the Ramblin' Station
[Eb] where the lonesome Indian
[Bb] drivers pass, [Eb] [Bb]
wait [F] a minute.
Lord, there [Bb] come a lady, [Eb]
rainbow, [Bb]
rainbow [Eb] in her [Bb] hair.
Lord, [Eb] there come a lady, rainbow, rainbow [Bb] in her hair.
[Eb] [Bb]
Say, [F] so I hopped in a carriage, [Eb]
just returned from the [Bb] fair.
[Eb] [Bb] Baby, baby, baby, baby, [F] baby, baby.
[Bb] Hey, one [Eb] more time, we're up on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
[Eb] [Bb] Who's left behind?
[Eb]
Yeah, one more time, I'm on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] Whoa, yeah, I'm crumpling a car seat.
[Eb]
Yeah, I'm looking [Bb] straight at you.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] We're up [Bb] on,
[Eb] we're [Bb] up on,
[Eb] we're up on, we're up [Bb] on,
we're up on, we're up on, we're [Eb] up on, we're up on,
we're up on, [Bb] we're up on, we're up on [Eb] the [Bb] Avenue of Trees.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] You came walking [Eb] down [Bb] in [Eb] a winter rain, darling.
[Bb]
You [Eb] came walking down when the [Bb] sun's shining through.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] Nobody, [Bb]
no, [Eb] no, no, no, nobody [Bb] stopped [Eb] me from loving [Bb] you,
baby.
[Eb] [Bb] So young and [Eb] bold, [Bb]
[Eb] 14, [Bb] yeah, no.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, [Bb] baby.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
Well, I'm caught one more time
[Eb] up on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
Caught one more time up on [Bb] Cypress [Eb] Avenue.
[Bb]
[F]
And I'm conquered in a car [Eb] seat.
Nothing [Bb] that I can do.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
I may go crazy.
[Eb]
Before [Bb] that man shine on the [Eb] hill.
[Bb]
[Eb]
I may go crazy.
[Bb]
[Eb] Before that man shine [Bb] on the hill.
[F]
But my heart keeps beating [Eb] faster.
[Bb]
[Eb] Yeah, my feet [Bb] keep shaking still.
[F] And [Bb]
all the little girls run [Eb] something
on their way [Bb] back home from [Eb] school.
[Bb]
[Eb] And all the little girls run something on their way
back [Bb] home from [Eb] school.
[Bb]
[F]
And I live [Eb] far away by old Wyland
called the Harlem [Bb] Time of Road.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
And my tongue gets [Eb] tied
[Bb] every
[Eb] time I try to [Bb] speak.
[Eb] My tongue gets tied every [Bb] time I [Eb] try to speak.
[Bb]
[Fm] [F] And my anxiety [Eb] shakes just like a leaf on a [Bb] tree.
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
I think [Bb]
[Eb] I'm a cherry, cherry [Bb] white.
[Eb]
[Bb] I believe I [Eb] go walking by the railroad
with my cherry, cherry [Bb] white.
[Eb]
[Bb] If [F] I pass the Ramblin' Station
[Eb] where the lonesome Indian
[Bb] drivers pass, [Eb] [Bb]
wait [F] a minute.
Lord, there [Bb] come a lady, [Eb]
rainbow, [Bb]
rainbow [Eb] in her [Bb] hair.
Lord, [Eb] there come a lady, rainbow, rainbow [Bb] in her hair.
[Eb] [Bb]
Say, [F] so I hopped in a carriage, [Eb]
just returned from the [Bb] fair.
[Eb] [Bb] Baby, baby, baby, baby, [F] baby, baby.
[Bb] Hey, one [Eb] more time, we're up on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
[Eb] [Bb] Who's left behind?
[Eb]
Yeah, one more time, I'm on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] Whoa, yeah, I'm crumpling a car seat.
[Eb]
Yeah, I'm looking [Bb] straight at you.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] We're up [Bb] on,
[Eb] we're [Bb] up on,
[Eb] we're up on, we're up [Bb] on,
we're up on, we're up on, we're [Eb] up on, we're up on,
we're up on, [Bb] we're up on, we're up on [Eb] the [Bb] Avenue of Trees.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] You came walking [Eb] down [Bb] in [Eb] a winter rain, darling.
[Bb]
You [Eb] came walking down when the [Bb] sun's shining through.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] Nobody, [Bb]
no, [Eb] no, no, no, nobody [Bb] stopped [Eb] me from loving [Bb] you,
baby.
[Eb] [Bb] So young and [Eb] bold, [Bb]
[Eb] 14, [Bb] yeah, no.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, [Bb] baby.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Fm
Bb
Eb
F
Fm
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb]
Well, I'm caught one more time _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ up on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Caught one more time _ _ up _ on [Bb] Cypress _ [Eb] Avenue.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
And I'm conquered in a car [Eb] seat. _
_ _ _ _ Nothing [Bb] that I can do.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
I may go crazy.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ Before [Bb] that man shine on the [Eb] hill.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
I may go crazy. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Before that man shine [Bb] on the hill.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
But my heart keeps beating [Eb] _ faster.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Yeah, my feet [Bb] keep shaking still.
_ [F] And _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
all the little girls run [Eb] _ something
_ on their way [Bb] _ back home from [Eb] _ school.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ And all the little girls run _ _ something on their way
back [Bb] home from [Eb] school.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
And I live [Eb] far away by old Wyland
called the Harlem [Bb] Time of Road.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
And my tongue gets [Eb] _ tied _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] every _ _
[Eb] time I try to [Bb] speak. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ My tongue gets _ _ tied _ every _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ time I [Eb] try to speak.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] And my _ anxiety [Eb] _ _ shakes just like a leaf on a [Bb] _ tree.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
I think [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ I'm a cherry, cherry [Bb] white.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ I believe I [Eb] go walking by the railroad _ _
with _ my cherry, cherry [Bb] white.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ If [F] I pass the Ramblin' Station _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ where the lonesome Indian
[Bb] drivers pass, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ wait [F] a minute.
Lord, there [Bb] come a lady, _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ rainbow, _ _ [Bb] _
rainbow _ [Eb] _ _ in her [Bb] hair.
_ _ _ Lord, [Eb] there come a lady, _ _ _ _ _ _ rainbow, rainbow [Bb] in her hair.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ Say, [F] so I hopped in a carriage, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
just returned from the [Bb] fair. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Baby, baby, baby, baby, [F] baby, baby.
[Bb] Hey, _ _ _ _ one [Eb] more time, we're up on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Who's left behind?
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Yeah, _ _ _ _ one more _ _ time, I'm on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Whoa, yeah, I'm crumpling a car seat.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, I'm looking [Bb] straight at you.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ We're up [Bb] on, _
_ [Eb] _ _ we're [Bb] up on, _
_ [Eb] _ we're up on, we're up [Bb] on,
we're up on, we're up on, we're [Eb] up on, we're up on,
we're up on, [Bb] we're up on, we're up on [Eb] the _ _ _ [Bb] Avenue of Trees.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ You came walking [Eb] down _ [Bb] in _ _ [Eb] a winter rain, darling.
_ [Bb] _ _
You [Eb] came walking down when the [Bb] sun's shining through. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Nobody, _ _ [Bb] _ _
no, [Eb] no, no, no, nobody [Bb] _ stopped _ [Eb] _ _ me from loving [Bb] you,
baby. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ So young and [Eb] bold, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] 14, _ _ [Bb] _ yeah, no.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, [Bb] baby. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb]
Well, I'm caught one more time _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ up on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Caught one more time _ _ up _ on [Bb] Cypress _ [Eb] Avenue.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
And I'm conquered in a car [Eb] seat. _
_ _ _ _ Nothing [Bb] that I can do.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
I may go crazy.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ Before [Bb] that man shine on the [Eb] hill.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
I may go crazy. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Before that man shine [Bb] on the hill.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
But my heart keeps beating [Eb] _ faster.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Yeah, my feet [Bb] keep shaking still.
_ [F] And _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
all the little girls run [Eb] _ something
_ on their way [Bb] _ back home from [Eb] _ school.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ And all the little girls run _ _ something on their way
back [Bb] home from [Eb] school.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
And I live [Eb] far away by old Wyland
called the Harlem [Bb] Time of Road.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
And my tongue gets [Eb] _ tied _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] every _ _
[Eb] time I try to [Bb] speak. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ My tongue gets _ _ tied _ every _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ time I [Eb] try to speak.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] And my _ anxiety [Eb] _ _ shakes just like a leaf on a [Bb] _ tree.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
I think [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ I'm a cherry, cherry [Bb] white.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ I believe I [Eb] go walking by the railroad _ _
with _ my cherry, cherry [Bb] white.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ If [F] I pass the Ramblin' Station _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ where the lonesome Indian
[Bb] drivers pass, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ wait [F] a minute.
Lord, there [Bb] come a lady, _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ rainbow, _ _ [Bb] _
rainbow _ [Eb] _ _ in her [Bb] hair.
_ _ _ Lord, [Eb] there come a lady, _ _ _ _ _ _ rainbow, rainbow [Bb] in her hair.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ Say, [F] so I hopped in a carriage, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
just returned from the [Bb] fair. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Baby, baby, baby, baby, [F] baby, baby.
[Bb] Hey, _ _ _ _ one [Eb] more time, we're up on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Who's left behind?
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Yeah, _ _ _ _ one more _ _ time, I'm on [Bb] Cypress Avenue.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Whoa, yeah, I'm crumpling a car seat.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, I'm looking [Bb] straight at you.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ We're up [Bb] on, _
_ [Eb] _ _ we're [Bb] up on, _
_ [Eb] _ we're up on, we're up [Bb] on,
we're up on, we're up on, we're [Eb] up on, we're up on,
we're up on, [Bb] we're up on, we're up on [Eb] the _ _ _ [Bb] Avenue of Trees.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ You came walking [Eb] down _ [Bb] in _ _ [Eb] a winter rain, darling.
_ [Bb] _ _
You [Eb] came walking down when the [Bb] sun's shining through. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Nobody, _ _ [Bb] _ _
no, [Eb] no, no, no, nobody [Bb] _ stopped _ [Eb] _ _ me from loving [Bb] you,
baby. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ So young and [Eb] bold, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] 14, _ _ [Bb] _ yeah, no.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, [Bb] baby. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _