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Foreign Window

Van Morrison
Version1
90

Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
:x :3 :2 :0 :0 :0
:3 :x :2 :0 :0 :3
/ :x :x :0 :4 :3 :2
 I saw you from a foreign  window
 Bearing down the sufferin' road
 You were carryin' your burden
 To the palace of the Lord
  To the palace  of the Lord
 I spied you from a foreign window
  When the lilacs were in bloom
  And the sun shone through your window pane
  To the place you kept your books
  You were reading on your sofa
  You were singin' every prayer
  That the masters had instilled in you
  Since Lord Byron loved despair
  In the palace of the Lord
  In the palace of the Lord
And  if you get it right this time
You  don't  have to  come back again
And  if you get it right this time
 There's no need to explain
I  saw you from a foreign
 Bearing down the sufferin' road
 You were carryin' your burden
 You were singing about Rimbaud
 I was going down to Geneva
 When the Kingdom had been found
 I was giving you protection
 From the loneliness of the crowd
 In the palace of the Lord
 In the palace of the Lord
 They were giving you religion
 Breaking bread and drinking wine
 And you laid out on the green hills
 Just like when you were a child
 I saw you from a foreign window
 You were trying to find your way back home
 You were carrying your defects
 Sleeping on a pallet on the floor
 In the palace of the Lord
 In the palace of the Lord
In  the palace of the Lord
 Enjoy !

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Readable chord sheet for Foreign Window by Van Morrison

[Cmaj7] [E]:x [A]:3 [D]:2 [G]:0 [B]:0 [E]:0

[Em/G] [E]:3 [A]:x [D]:2 [G]:0 [B]:0 [E]:3

[Bm]/[D] [E]:x [A]:x [D]:0 [G]:4 [B]:3 [E]:2

[Bm] I saw you from a foreign[C] window[Cmaj7]
[Bm] Bearing down the sufferin' [C]road  [Cmaj7]
[Bm] You were carryin' your b[C]urden  [Cmaj7]
[Bm] To the palace of the [C]Lord
 To the [D]palace of the L[G]ord   [Em/G]          [G]               [D]

[Bm] I spied you from a foreign window
 When the lilacs were in bloom

 And the sun shone through your window pane
 To the place you kept your books
 You were reading on your sofa
 You were singin' every prayer
 That the masters had instilled in you
 Since Lord Byron loved despair
 In the palace of the Lord
 In the palace of the Lord

[C]And if you get it right this [D]ti[Dsus4]me    [D]
[D]You don[Dsus4]'t have to[D] come back aga[G]in [Em/G]       [G]
[Bm]And[D] if you get it right this time [C]
There's no need to ex[D]plain [D7]

[Bm]I saw you from a foreign
Bearing down the sufferin' road
You were carryin' your burden
You were singing about Rimbaud
I was going down to Geneva
When the Kingdom had been found
I was giving you protection
From the loneliness of the crowd
In the palace of the Lord
In the palace of the Lord

They were giving you religion
Breaking bread and drinking wine
And you laid out on the green hills
Just like when you were a child
I saw you from a foreign window
You were trying to find your way back home
You were carrying your defects
Sleeping on a pallet on the floor
In the palace of the Lord
In the palace of the Lord
[C]In the palace of the [G]Lord

Enjoy !
[B] [B]

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