High Summer Chords by Van Morrison

[Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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by the mansion on [Cm] the hillside.
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This [Bb] postcard comes driving [Eb] down the [Ab] road.
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Pulls up [Cm] into the driveway.
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[Bb] And the story [Eb] doesn't fold.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb]
She's standing [Cm] by the road again.
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[Bb] Where the roses [Eb] are in bloom.
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Looking at the little auntie [Cm] ghost line.
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In [Bb] her little head she [Eb] hung this tune.
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Thank God the dark nights are [Cm] drawing in again.
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This [Bb] hot summer's [Eb] got me down.
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Cut away till the end of [Cm] August.
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I'll [Bb] get off this merry [Eb]-go-round.
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And they [Cm] shut him out of paradise.
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[Bb] Call him Lucifer [Eb] and frown.
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She took pride in what [Cm] God made him.
Even [Ab] before the angels [Bb] shot him [Eb] down to the ground.
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He's a [Cm] light out of the darkness.
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[Bb] And he was a [Eb] starry crown.
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If you see him [Cm] nothing to shake him.
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This [Bb] hot summer's got [Eb] him low down.
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Hot summer's [Fm] got him low down.
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Even when he [Cm] makes a round.
Makes a round.
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There's been no two ways [Fm] about it.
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Hot summer's got [Eb] him low down.
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Checked into the [Cm] tiny village by the lakeside.
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[Bb] Settle down just [Eb] starting you.
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Far away from the [Cm] politicians.
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[Bb] And the many [Eb] chosen few.
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Far away from the [Cm] jealousy factor.
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And everything [Bb] that was tearing [Eb] him apart.
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Far away from the organ grinder.
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And [Bb] everyone that's split [Eb] their part.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
And they [Cm] shut him out of paradise.
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[Bb] Call him Lucifer [Eb] and frown.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb]
She took pride in what [Cm] God made him.
_ [Ab] Even before the [Bb] angels shot him [Eb] down to the ground.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
He's a light out [Cm] of the darkness.
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[Bb] And he was a [Eb] starry crown.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
If you see him [Cm] nothing to shake him.
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[Bb] This hot summer's [Eb] got him low down.
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[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
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Hot summer's got him [Cm] low down.
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Hot [Bb] summer's got him [Eb] low down.
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Hot [Cm] summer on the rebound.
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Hot [Bb] summer's [Eb] got him low down.
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Hot summer [Bb] on the [Cm] rebound.
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[Bb] Hot summer's got [Eb] him low down.
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_ [Eb] Low down.
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