Sullivan Street

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Sullivan Street by Counting Crows
from August and Everything After
Words: Adam Duritz
Music: Adam Duritz & David Bryson
This is a very simple song to play involving a few easy chords with
alternating bass strings played. The effectiveness comes from the haunting,
soulful vocals.
These are the two main chords that make up the song (actually, the main riff)
e|--2--2--2-------2-------|
B|--3--3--3-------3-------|
G|--2--2--2-------0-------|
D|--0-----0-------0-------|
A|--------0---0---x-------|
E|----------------3-------|
Strum those in rhythm, and it should sound right.
Those are the chords for all of the verse parts.
For the bridge, just arpeggiate them.
The verse is just a repetition on those chords for 8 bars I think.
[Intro]
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
[Verse]
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Took the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Across the water and home through the town
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Past the shadows that fall down wherever we meet
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Pretty soon now, I won't come around //// (strong strum)
[Chorus]
G A Em
I'm almost drowning in her sea
G D
She's nearly fallen to her knees
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Took the way home .....(Ba, Ba, Baaaa)
[Verse]
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Took the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Where all the bodies hang on the air
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
If she remembers she hides it whenever we meet
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Either way now I don't really care
'Cause I'm gone from there
[Chorus]
G A Em
I'm almost drowning in her sea
G D
(arpeggio*)
She's nearly crawling on her knees
Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
D Gmaj7
She's down on her knees
D Gmaj7
She's down on her knees
(strum)
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Took the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Where I'm just another rider burned to the ground
Come tumbling down
[Chorus]
G A Em
I'm almost drowning in her sea
A Em
She's near me, crawling on her knees
G D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
It's almost everything I need.
[Outro]
D Gmaj7
I'm down on my knees
D Gmaj7
I'm down on my knees
I'm down on....
D Gmaj7
down on my knees.
D
I'm down on my knees.
*Arpeggio:
D pluck 4&1 together, then 1,2,3,1,2,3
Gmaj7 pluck 6&1 together, same pattern

Sullivan Street chords and lyrics

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Sullivan Street   by Counting Crows
                  from August and Everything After
                  Words:  Adam Duritz
                  Music:  Adam Duritz & David Bryson
This is a very simple song to play involving a few easy chords with
alternating bass strings played.  The effectiveness comes from the haunting,
soulful vocals.
These are the two main chords that make up the song (actually, the main riff)
Strum those in rhythm, and it should sound right.
Those are the chords for all of the verse parts.
For the bridge, just arpeggiate them.
The verse is just a repetition on those chords for 8 bars I think.
[Intro]
D   Gmaj7   D   Gmaj7   D   Gmaj7   D   Gmaj7
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
'Cause I'm gone from there
[Chorus]
      Gmaj7    D    Gmaj7
(strum)
Come tumbling down
[Chorus]
[Outro]
I'm down on....
*Arpeggio:
D  pluck 4&1 together, then 1,2,3,1,2,3
Gmaj7  pluck 6&1 together, same pattern

Sullivan Street Chords by Counting Crows

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