Like A Cannonball

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Van Morrison
Like A Cannonball ( aka Straight To Your Heart) From Tupelo Honey
(Original Key: E)
But much easier to play with capo 2nd fret
DGD DGD DGD
Intro:
Verse 1:
A G D G D
Well, you know, some-times, it gets so hard.
A G D G D
And everything, don't seem to rhyme.
A G D Bm
I take a walk out in my backyard, and go;
Em A Em A
Do do loo do do, do do loo do do,
G A D G D
Waiting for the sun to shine.
Verse 2:
A G D G D
Well, you know, some-times, it gets so painful.
A G D G D
Just like talking, to your-self.
A G
When everything don't seem to have,
D Bm
No rhyme or reason, we all go;
Em A Em A
Do do loo do do, do do loo do do,
G A D G D
Waiting for the sun to shine.
Chorus
Em A Em A
We move a-long, keep singing our song;
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A Em A
La la ti da, la la ti da,
Em A D
La la, la la la, la ti da.
Bridge
G D G D
Doo loo loo, loo loo loo loo, loo loo loo, loo.
G D G D
Doo loo loo, loo loo loo loo, loo loo loo, loo.
G D Bm
Doo loo loo, loo loo loo loo, loo loo loo, loo.
Em A Em A
Do do loo do do, do do loo do do,
G A D G D
Waiting for the sun to shine.
Verse 3:
A G
Well, you know, every-day,
D G D
We hear it through the grapevine.
A
That's why I'm so tired of hearing it,
G D G D
Through the grapevine any-more.
A G
Because you hear it through the grapevine,
D Bm
It's just a dirty rotten, waste of time, we go;
Em A Em A
Do do loo do do, do do loo do do,
G A D G D
Waiting for the sun to shine.
Chorus
Em A Em A
We move a-long, keep singing our song;
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A Em A
La la ti da, la la ti da,
Em A D
La la, la la la, la ti da.
Chorus
Em A Em A
We move a-long, keep singing our song;
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A Em A
We move a-long, keep singing our song;
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A Em A
We move a-long, keep singing our song;
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A Em A
We move a-long, keep singing our song;
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.
Em A D
Straight to your heart, like a cannonball.

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Van Morrison
Like A Cannonball ( aka Straight To Your Heart)   From Tupelo Honey
(Original Key: E) 
But much easier to play with capo 2nd fret
Intro:   D G D   D G D    D G D 
Verse 1:
Verse 2:
Chorus 
Bridge  
Verse 3:
Chorus
Chorus

Like A Cannonball Chords by Van Morrison

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