Van Morrison – Back On Top (Guitar)

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-----------------................ *from 'Back on Top' (1999)* Intro: Em C (x3) Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 (x2) Am7 Bm7 G Verse 1:
Em                           C
 You came to see me when the moon was new.

Em                       C
 Saw you standin' in the pouring rain.

Em                      C
 Left my message on the window pain;

Am7          Bm7      Cmaj7
 Back on the street a-gain,

Am7          Bm7    Cmaj7
 Back on the beat a-gain,

       Am7         Bm7    G
I'm... back on the top, a-gain.
Verse 2:
Em                      C
 Saw me climbing to the top of the hill,

Em                           C
 You saw me meeting with the fools on the hill.

Em                        C
 Learned my lesson, and I had my fill.

Am7        Bm7    Cmaj7
 Learnt it all in vain,

Am7              Bm7   Cmaj7
 Went through it all a-gain.

        Am7         Bm7    G
Now I'm back on the top, a-gain.
Bridge 1:
D                                        C
 Always strivin', always climbing way be-yond my will.

D                                     C
 Same old sensation; isolation at the top of the bill.

D                                        C
 Always seeming like I'm moving, but I'm really going slow.

D                                                    C
 What do you do, when you get to the top and there's nowhere to go?
Verse 4:
Em                            C
 Just how I get there will be anybody's guess,

Em                                C
 With all the so called trappings of success.

Em                             C
 Left all the deadbeats on the top of the hill.

Am7       Bm7     Cmaj7
 Too busy raisin' Cain,

    Am7         Bm7      Cmaj7
I'm back on the street a-gain.

       Am7         Bm7    G
I'm... back on the top, a-gain.
Solo: Em C (x3) Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 (x2) Am7 Bm7 G Bridge 2:
D                                        C
 Always strivin', always climbing way be-yond my will.

D                                     C
 Same old sensation; isolation at the top of the bill.

D                                        C
 Always seeming like I'm moving, but I'm really going slow.

D                                                    C
 What do you do, when you get to the top and there's nowhere to go?
Verse 5:
Em                            C
 Just how I get there will be anybody's guess,

Em                                C
 With all the so called trappings of success.

Em                             C
 Left all the deadbeats on the top of the hill.

Am7       Bm7     Cmaj7
 Too busy raisin' Cain,

    Am7         Bm7      Cmaj7
I'm back on the street a-gain.

       Am7         Bm7    G
I'm... back on the top, a-gain.
Interlude: Em C (x3) Coda:
Am7          Bm7      Cmaj7
 Back on the street a-gain,

Am7          Bm7    Cmaj7
 Back on the beat a-gain.

       Am7         Bm7    G
I'm... back on the top, a-gain.
CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Em C Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 G D EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022000 x32010 x02013 x24232 x32000 320003 xx0232 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])