{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":610480,"song":"High Summer","artist":"Van Morrison","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/610480-high-summer-chords-by-van-morrison/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/610480?type=chord","rating":4.80876,"votes":15,"content":"...HIGH SUMMER... by Van Morrison\r\n-----------------................\r\n\r\n*from 'Back on Top' (1999)*\r\n\r\n\r\n*CAPO 3rd FRET*\r\n\r\n(Original Key: [ch]Eb[/ch])\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]C[/ch])                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n By the mansion on the hillside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Red sports car comes driving down the road.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C/B[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd pulls up into the driveway,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And a story does un-fold.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C/B[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n She's standing by the rhodo-dendrons,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Where the roses are in bloom.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLooking out at the At-lantic ocean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And in her head she hums this tune.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Thank god the dark nights, are drawing in a-gain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n 'Cos high summer has got me down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll wait till the end of August,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And get off this merry-go-round.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And they shut him out of paradise,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Called him Lucifer, and frowned.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe took pride in what God made him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEven before the angels shot him down to the ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n He's a light out of the darkness,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And he wears a starry crown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C/B[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you see him nothing will shake him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n 'Cos high summer has got him low down.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSolo:\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\nBridge 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n High summer's got him lonesome,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Even when he makes the rounds, (makes the rounds).[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n There's been no two ways a-bout it;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n High summer's got him low down.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 6:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Checked in to the tiny village by the lakeside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Settled down to start a-new.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFar away from the poli-ticians,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And the many chosen few.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 7:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Far away from the jealousy factor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And everything that was tearing him a-part.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFar away from the organ grinder,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And everyone that played their part.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 8:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And they shut him out of paradise,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Called him Lucifer, and frowned.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe took pride in what God made him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEven before the angels shot him down to the ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 9:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n He's a light out of the darkness,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And he wears a starry crown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C/B[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you see him nothing will shake him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n 'Cos high summer has got him low down.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSolo:\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\nCoda:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n High summer's on the rebound,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n High summer's got him low down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n High summer's on the rebound,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n High summer's got him low down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n High summer's on the rebound,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n High summer's got him low down, low down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\r\n x02210  133211  320003  x32010  x20010  xx0231\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"...HIGH SUMMER... by Van Morrison\n-----------------................\n\n*from 'Back on Top' (1999)*\n\n\n*CAPO 3rd FRET*\n\n(Original Key: Eb)\n\n\nIntro:\n\nAm  F  G, C, F  C (x2)\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 5:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo:\n\nAm  F  G, C, F  C (x2)\n\nBridge 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 6:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 7:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 8:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 9:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo:\n\nAm  F  G, C, F  C (x2)\n\nCoda:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n   Am      F       G       C       C/B     Dm\n\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\n x02210  133211  320003  x32010  x20010  xx0231\n\n\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["Eb","Am","F","G","C","C/B","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}