Van Morrison – Cyprus Avenue (Guitar)
Capo 3
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ARTIST: Van Morrison
SONG: Cyprus Avenue
NOTE: This tab is based on the album version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8jPDdHd9y8
NOTE: On the third line of each verse he dips down briefly to D7 from the D when
he plays live.
[Chords]
G 320003
G7 320001
C/G x32013
D xx0232
D7 xx0212
[Intro]
G C/G G D x2
[Verse 1]
G C/G G C/G G Well, I'm caught one more time, up on Cyprus Avenue C/G G C/G G Caught one more time, up on Cyprus Avenue D C/G And I'm conquered in a car seat G C/G G D Not a thing that I can do
[Verse 2]
G G7 C/G G C/G G I may go crazy, before that mansion on the hill C/G G C/G G I may go crazy, before that mansion on the hill D C/G But my heart keeps beating faster G C/G G D And my feet can't keep still
[Verse 3]
G C/G G C/G G And all the little girls rhyme something, on the way back home from school C/G G C/G G And all the little girls rhyme something, on the way back home from school D C/G And the leaves fall one by one G C/G G D And call the autumn time a fool
[Verse 4]
G C/G G C/G G Yeah, my t-tongue gets tied, every, every, every time I try to speak C/G G C/G G My tongue gets tied, every time I try to speak D D7 C/G And my inside shakes G C/G G D Just like a leaf on a tree
[Verse 5]
G C/G G C/G G I think I'll go on by the river with my cherry, cherry wine C/G G C/G G I believe I'll go walking by the railroad with my cherry, cherry wine D C/G If I pass the rumbling station G C/G G D where the lonesome engine drivers pine, wait a minute,
[Verse 6]
G C/G G C/G G yonder come my lady, rainbow ribbons in her hair C/G G C/G G Yonder come my lady, rainbow ribbons in her hair D D7 C/G Six white horses and a carriage G C/G G D She's returning from the fair, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
[Verse 7]
G C/G G C/G G Well, I'm caught one more time, up on Cyprus Avenue Oh, Yes I am C/G G C/G G Love, Caught one more time, up on Cyprus Avenue D C/G And I'm conquered in a car seat G C/G G D And I'm looking straight at you
[Outro]
G C/G G C/G Way up on, way up on, way up on, way up on G C/G G way up on, way up on, way up on, way up on, way up on, way up on, way up on, way up on C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G The avenue of trees keep walking down C/G G C/G G In the wind and the rain, darling C/G G C/G G You keep walking down when the sun shone through the trees C/G G C/G G Nobody, no, no, no, no, nobody C/G G C/G G Stops me from loving you baby C/G G C/G G C/G G So young and bold, fourteen-year old C/G Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby G C/G Ooo ooo ooo (fade)