Astral Weeks

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*ASTRAL WEEKS*

>1. ASTRAL WEEKS
>2. BESIDE YOU
>3. SWEET THING
>4. CYPRUS AVENUE
>5. THE WAY YOUNG LOVERS DO
>6. MADAME GEORGE
>7. BALLERINA
>8. SLIM SLOW SLIDER
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1...ASTRAL WEEKS... by Van Morrison
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(Original Key: [A])

[G]  [C]

[G] If I ventured in the [C]slipstream,
[G] Between the viaducts of [C]your dream.
[G] Where immobile steel [C]rims crack,
[G] And the ditch in the back [C]roads stop.

[G] Could you [Em]find me?[G] Would you [Em]kiss a-my eyes?
[G] To lay me [Em]down,[G] in silence; [Em]easy,
To be [G]born again,[C] to be [G]born again.[C]

[G] From the far side of the [C]ocean,
[G] If I put the wheels in [C]motion.
[G] And I stand with my arms be-[C]hind me,
[G] And I'm pushin' on the [C]door.

[G] Could you [Em]find me?[G] Would you [Em]kiss a-my eyes?
[G] To lay me [Em]down,[G] in silence; [Em]easy,
To be [G]born again,[C] to be [G]born again.[C]

[G] There you [C]go,[G] standin' with the look of [C]avarice,
[G] Talkin' to Huddie [C]Ledbetter,[G] showin' pictures on the [C]wall.
[G] Whisperin' in the [C]hall,[G] and pointin' a [C]finger at me.
[G] There you go, there you [C]go,[G] standin' in the [C]sun, darlin',
[G] With your arms be-[C]hind you,[G] and your eyes be-[C]fore.
[G] There you [C]go,[G] takin' good [C]care of your boy,
[G] Seein' that he's [C]got clean clothes.
[G] Puttin' on his little [C]red shoes,
[G] I see you know he's [C]got clean clothes.
[G] A-puttin' on his little [C]red shoes,
[G] A-pointin' a finger at [C]me.

[G] And here I [C]am, [G]standing in your [C]sad arrest;
[G] Trying to [C]do my very best.
[G] Lookin' straight at [C]you,[G] comin' through, [C]darlin',
[G] Yeah, yeah, [C]yeah.

[G] If I ventured in the [C]slipstream,
[G] Between the viaducts of [C]your dream.
[G] Where immobile steel [C]rims crack,
[G] And the ditch in the back [C]roads stop.

[G] Could you [Em]find me?[G] Would you [Em]kiss a-my eyes?
[G] To lay me [Em]down,[G] in silence; [Em]easy,

To be [G]born again,[C] to be [G]born again.[C]
To be [G]born again.[C]
In another [G]world, in another [C]world,
In another [G]time; got a home on [C]high.

[G] Ain't nothing but a [C]stranger in this world,
[G] I'm nothing but a [C]stranger in this world.
[G] I got a home on [C]high,[G] in another [C]land,
[G] So far a-[C]way,[G] so far a-[C]way.

[G] Way up in the [C]Heaven, [G]way up in the [C]Heaven.
[G] Way up in the [C]Heaven, [G]way up in the [C]Heaven.
[G] In another [C]time,[G] in another [C]place.
[G] In another [C]time,[G] in another [C]place.
[G] Way up in the [C]Heaven, [G]way up in the [C]Heaven.
[G] We are goin' up to [C]Heaven,[G] we are goin' to [C]Heaven.
[G] In another [C]time,[G] in another [C]place.
[G] In another [C]time,[G] in another [C]place.
[G] In another [C]face...

(Fade)

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2...BESIDE YOU... by Van Morrison
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[Em]  [D]  [Em]  [C]  [Em]  [Am]  [D]

[Em] Little Jimmy's [D]gone,[Em] away out of the [C]backstreets.
[Em] Out of the window,[Am] to the fog and rain.
[D] Right on time, right on time.

[Em] That's why broken Arrow, waved his [G]finger down the road,
So dark and narrow, in the [Em]evening.
[C] Just before the [D]Sunday six-bells chime, six-bells chime.

[Em] And all the dogs are [Bm]barkin',
[Em] Way out on the [C]diamond-studded highway, where you [Em]wander.
[Am] And you roam from your re-[D]treat, and view.

[Em] Way over on the [Bm]railroad,
[Em] Tomorrow all the [C]tipping trucks will unload to-[Em]gether.
[C] Every scrapbook stuck with [D]glue.

And I'll stand be-[Em]side you,
Be-[Bm]si...de [Em]you, [C]chi-[Em]ild.[Am]

[D] To never, never, never wonder why at all,
[G] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[C] To never, never, wonder [G]why at all,
To never, never, to never, never wonder [Am]why,
It's gotta [D]be; [Em]it has to be.

[Em] Way across the [D]country, where the hillside mountain glide,
[Em] The dynamo of your [C]smile,
Caressed the barefoot virgin child, to [Em]wander.
[Am] Past your window, with a [D]lantern lit;
You held it in the doorway, and you [Em]kissed...,
Against the [Bm]pointed Island breeze.
[Em] Said your time was [C]open; go well, [Em]on your merry way.
[C] Past the brazen footsteps of the silence, [D]easy;
You breathe in, you breathe out, you breathe in, you breathe out.
You breathe in, you breathe out, you breathe in, you breathe out.

And you're [Em]high... on your [Bm]high-flyin' cloud.
[Em] Wrapped up in your magic [C]shroud,
As ecstasy sur-[Em]rounds you;[Am] this time it's [D]found you.
You turn around, you turn around, you turn around, you turn around.

And I'm be-[Em]si...de you, be-[Bm]si...de [Em]you.[C]    [Em]        [Am]
Oh [D]darlin', to never, never, wonder why at all.
[G] No, no, no, no, no.
[C] To never, never wonder [G]why at all,
To never, never, never wonder [Am]why; it's gotta [D]be, it [Em]has to be.

[Em] And I'll stand be-si...de you,
Be-[Bm]side [Em]you, [C]chi-[Em]ld.  [Am]

[D] To never, never, never wonder why at all;
I'm be-[Em]si...de you.
Be-[Bm]side [Em]you, be-[Em]side you, be-[Bm]side [Em]you, oh [Em]child.

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3...SWEET THING... by Van Morrison
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(Original Key: [E])

[D]  [Em]  [G]  [A6]

[D] And I will [Em]stroll the merry way, and jump the [G]hedges first.[A6]
[D] And I will [Em]drink the clear, clean water, for to [G]quench my thirst.[A6]

[D] And I shall [Em]watch the ferry-boats, and they'll get [G]high.[A6]
[D] On a [Em]bluer ocean, against to-[G]morrow's sky.[A6]

[D] And I will [Em]never grow so [G]old again,[A6]
[D] And I will [Em]walk and talk in gardens [G]all wet with rain.[A6]

[D] Oh...sweet thing, [G]sweet thing.
[D] My, my, my, my, my [G]sweet thing.

[D] And I shall [Em]drive my chariot [G]down your streets and cry;[A6]
[D] "Hey, it's [Em]me; I'm dyna-[G]mite, and I don't know why".[A6]

[D] And you shall [Em]take me strongly [G]in your arms, again.[A6]
[D] And I will [Em]not remember that I [G]even felt the pain.[A6]

[D] We shall [Em]walk and talk in gardens all [G]misty wet with [A6]rain.
[D] And I will [Em]never, never, never, [G]grow so old again.[A6]

[D] Oh...sweet thing, [G]sweet thing.
[D] My, my, my, my, my [G]sweet thing.

[D] And I will [Em]raise my hand up in-[G]to the night time sky.[A6]
[D] And count the [Em]stars that's [G]shining in your eye.[A6]

[D] Just to [Em]dig it all and not to [G]wonder; that's just fine.[A6]
[D] And I'll be [Em]satisfied not to [G]read inbetween the lines.[A6]

[D] And I will [Em]walk and talk in gardens [G]all wet with rain.[A6]
[D] And I will [Em]never, ever, ever, [G]ever grow so old again.[A6]

[D] Oh...sweet thing,[G] sweet thing.
[D] Sugar-baby,[G] with your champagne eyes,
And your saint-like [D]smile.  [G]

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4...CYPRUS AVENUE... by Van Morrison
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(Original Key: [A])

[G]  [C]  [G]  [D]

And I'm [G]caught one more time,[C] up on Cyprus [G]Avenue.[C]   [G]
[C] Caught one more time, up on Cyprus [G]Avenue.[C]   [G]
[D] And I'm conquered in a car seat; [C]not a thing that I[G] can do[C].  [G]     [D]

I [G]may go crazy,[C] before that [G]mansion on the hill.[C]   [G]
[C] I may go crazy, before that [G]mansion on the hill.[C]   [G]
[D] But my heart keeps beating faster,[C] and my feet can't keep [G]still.[C]   [G]      [D]

[G] And all the little girls rhyme something,
[C] On the way back [G]home from school.[C]   [G]
[G] All the little girls rhyme something,
[C] On the way back [G]home from school.[C]   [G]
[D] And the leaves fall, one by one, by one, by one;
[C] Call the autumn time a [G]fool.[C]   [G]      [D]

Yeah, baby my [G]tongue gets tied,
[C] Every, every, every [G]time I try to [C]speak.[G]
Yeah baby, my [C]tongue gets tied,
Every, every, every [G]time I try to [C]speak.[G]
[D] And my inside shakes,[C] just like a leaf on a [G]tree.[C]   [G]      [D]

I think I'll go [G]walking by the railroad,
By the rail road with my [C]cherry, cherry [G]wine.[C]   [G]
I believe I'll go [C]walking by the railroad,
With my cherry, cherry [G]wine.[C]   [G]
[D] If I pass the rumbling station,
[C] Where the lonesome engine drivers [G]pine.[C]   [G]      [D]
[D7] And wait a minute...

[G] Yonder comes my lady;[C] rainbow ribbons in her [G]hair.[C]   [G]
[C] Yonder comes my lady; rainbow ribbons in her [G]hair.[C]   [G]
[D] Six white horses and a carriage,[C] just returning from the [G]fair.
Baby, [C]baby, baby, [G]baby, baby, [D]babe.

Alone, I'm [G]caught one more time,
Way [C]up on Cyprus [G]Avenue,[C] yes I am, [G]yeah.
I'm [C]caught one more time, up on Cyprus [G]Avenue,[C] wo-[G]ahh.
[D] And I'm conquered in a car seat,
[C] And I'm looking straight at [G]you. [C]    [G]       [D]

[G] Way up on, way up on, way up on, the avenue of trees.
Keep walking down, in the wind and the rain, darling.
You keep walking down, when the sun shone through the trees.
Nobody, no, no, no, nobody stops me from loving you, baby.
So young and bold; fourteen years old.
Baby, baby, baby... ooh-ee...

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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5...THE WAY YOUNG LOVERS DO... by Van Morrison
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[Am]

We [Am]strolled through fields all wet with rain,
And back along the lane again,
There in the [Dm]sunshine, in the [Am]sweet summertime.
The [E7]way that young... lovers [Am]do.

[Am] I kissed you on the lips once more,
And we said goodbye at your front door,
In the [Dm]nightime, yeah, that's the [Am]right time.
To [E7]feel the way that young... lovers [Am]do.

[C] Then we sat on our [G]own star,
And dreamed of the [C]way that we were,
And the [F]way that we wanted to [E]be.

[C] Then we sat on our [G]own star,
And dreamed of the [C]way that,
I was for [F]you and you were for [E]me.

[Am] And then we danced the night away,
And turn into each other and say;
I [Dm]love you, I [Am]love you.
The [E7]way that young... lovers [Am]do.

[C] Then we sat on our [G]own star,
And dreamed of the [C]way that we were,
And the [F]way that we wanted to [E]be.

[C] Then we sat on our [G]own star,
And dreamed of the [C]way that,
I was for [F]you and you were for [E]me.

Lovers [Am]do, lovers do.
Doot doot doot, [Dm]do-be-do,
[Am] Doo bee doo bee, doo bee-dee.

[E7]  [Am]

(Fade)

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6...MADAME GEORGE... by Van Morrison
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[G]  [C]  [D]

Down on [G]Cyprus Avenue,[C]
With a [D]childlike vision, leaping [G]into view.[C]
Clicking, [D]clacking of the [G]high heeled show;
[C] Ford and [D]Fitzroy, Madame [G]George.[C]

[D] Marching with the [G]soldier boy behind;
[C] He's much [D]older now, with [G]hat on, drinking wine.
[C] And that [D]smell of sweet per-[G]fume comes drifting through,
[C] The [D]cool night air like [G]Shalimar.[C]   [D]

And outside they're [G]making all the stops,[C]
The [D]kids out in the street, col-[G]lecting bottle tops.
[C] Gone for [D]cigarettes and [G]matches in the shops;
[C] Happy [D]taken, Madame [G]George.[C]   [D]
[C] That's when you [G]fall, woah, that's when you fall,
Yeah, that's when you fall.

When you [G]fall into a trance,
[C] Sitting [D]on a sofa, [G]playing games of chance.
[C] With your [D]folded arms and [G]history books, you glance;
[C] Into the [D]eyes of Madame [G]George.[C]   [D]

And you [G]think you found the bag;
[C] You're getting [D]weaker and your [G]knees begin to sag.
[C] In the [D]corner, playing [G]dominoes, in drag;
[C] The one and [D]only, Madame [G]George.[C]   [D]

And then from outside, the [G]frosty window raps,
[C] She jumps [D]up and says;
Lord have mercy, I [G]think that it's the cops.
[C] And i-[D]mmediately, drops [G]everything she gots,[C]
[D] Down into the [G]street below.[C]   [D]

And you [G]know you gotta go,
[C] On that [D]train from Dublin, [G]up to Sandy Row.
[C] Throwing [D]pennies at the [G]bridges down below.
[C] And the [D]rain, hail, sleet, and [G]snow.[C]
Say good-[D]bye to Madame [G]George.
[C] Dry your [D]eye for Madame [G]George,
[C] Wonder [D]why for Madame [G]George.[C]   [D]

And as you [G]leave, the room is filled with music;
[C] Laughing, music, [D]dancing music, [G]all around the room.
[C] And all the little [D]boys come around,
Walking a-[G]way from it all,[C]   [D] so [G]cold.[C]   [D]

And as you're a-[G]bout to leave,
[C] She jumps [D]up and says; hey love, you for-[G]got your gloves.
[C] And the [D]love that loves, the love that loves, the love that loves,
To [G]love, the love, that [C]loves to love. [D]

To say goodbye to Madame [G]George,[C] dry your [D]eye for Madame [G]George.
[C] Wonder [D]why for Madame [G]George,[C] dry your [D]eyes for Madame [G]George.

[C] Say good-[D]bye in the wind and the rain, on the [G]back street,
[C] In the backstreet, in the [D]back street.
Say goodbye, say goodbye to Madame [G]George.
[C] In the backstreet, in the [D]back street, in the [G]back street.

[C] Down home, down [D]home, in the [G]back street, gotta go;
[C] Say good-[D]bye, goodbye, good-[G]bye.
[C] Dry your [D]eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your [G]eye.

[C] Say good-[D]bye to Madame [G]George,
[C] And the [D]loves to love, to love, the [G]love.
[C] Say good-[D]bye, goodbye, goodbye, good-[G]bye,
[C] Ooh..[D].  [G] mmm...

[C] Say good-[D]bye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to Madame [G]George.
[C] Dry your [D]eye for Madame [G]George,[C] wonder [D]why for Madame [G]George.
[C] The love's to [D]love, the love's to love, the love's to [G]love.
[C] Say good-[D]bye, good-[G]bye.[C]
[D] Get on the [G]train, get on the [C]train, the [D]train, the [G]train.
[C] This is the [D]train, this is the [G]train.
[C] Woah, say good-[D]bye, good-[G]bye.
[C] Get on the [D]train, get on the [G]train...

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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7...BALLERINA... by Van Morrison
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[G]  [Gsus4]  [G]  [Gsus4]

[G] Spread your wings,[D7] come on fly awhile.
[C] Straight to my arms; oh, little [G]angel child.
You know you're [D7]only,[C] lonely twenty-two [G]storey block.[Gsus4]       [G]

And if [C]somebody, not just anybody,
Wanted to get [G]close to you, for instance, me, baby.
[D7] All you gotta do is ring the bell, step right up,
Step right up, and step right up, balle-[G]rina.
[D7] Grab it, catch it, fly it, sigh it, [G]try it,

Well, I [G]may be wrong,
[D7] But something deep in my heart, tells me I'm right and I don't think so.
[C] You know I saw the writing on the [G]wall.
When you came [D7]up to me,[C] child, you were heading for a [G]fall.[Gsus4]       [G]

But if it [C]gets to you, and you feel like you just [G]can't go on;
[D7] All you gotta do is ring a bell; step right up,
And step right up, and step right up,
Just like a [G]ballerina, stepping lightly.

[G] Alright, well, it's getting late, yes it is, yes it is,
[D7] And this time I forget to slip into your slumber.
[C] The light is on the left side of your [G]head.
[D7] And I'm standing in your doorway,
And I'm [C]mumbling and I can't remember,
The last thing that ran through my [Gsus4]head. [G]

[C] Here come the man and he say; he say the show must go [G]on.
[D7] So all you gotta do is ring the bell, and step right up and step right up,
And step right up, just like a balle-[G]rina, yeah, yeah.

[D7] Crowd will catch you, fly it, sight it,[G] c'mon, die it, yeah.
[D7] Just like a balle-rina, just like a, just like a, just like a balle-[G]rina.
[D7] Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving on little bit [G]higher, baby.
You know, you know, you know, get up baby.
[D7] Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on [G]pushing.
[D7] Stepping lightly just like a balle-[G]rina.
[D7] Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes, working on just like a balle-[G]rina.

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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8...SLIM SLOW SLIDER... by Van Morrison
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Slim Slow [G]Slider; horse you [C]ride, white as [G]snow.[C]   [G]
Slim Slow [C]Slider;[G] horse you [C]ride, is white as [G]snow.
[C] Tell it everywhere you [G]go.[C]   [G]

Saw you [C]walking,[G] down by the [C]Ladbroke Grove, this [G]morning.[C]   [G]
Saw you [C]walking, down by the Ladbroke Grove, this [G]morning.[C]   [G]
[C] Catching pebbles for some [G]sandy beach; you're out of [C]reach.[G]

Saw you [C]early this morning, with your brand new boy, and your [G]Cadillac[C].  [G]
Saw you [C]early this morning, with your brand new boy, and your [G]Cadillac[C].  [G]
[C] You're gone for something, and I know you won't be [G]back.[C]   [G]

[C] I know you're dying, baby, and I know you know it, [G]too.
[C] I know you're dying, and I know you know it, too.
Every time I see you; I just don't know what to [G]do.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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