High Summer
Van MorrisonVersion1
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Chords in this song
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By the mansion on the hillside,
Red sports car comes driving down the road.
And pulls up into the driveway,
And a story does un-fold.
She's standing by the rhodo-dendrons,
Where the roses are in bloom.
Looking out at the At-lantic ocean,
And in her head she hums this tune.
Thank god the dark nights, are drawing in a-gain,
'Cos high summer has got me down.
I'll wait till the end of August,
And get off this merry-go-round.
And they shut him out of paradise,
Called him Lucifer, and frowned.
She took pride in what God made him,
Even before the angels shot him down to the ground.
He's a light out of the darkness,
And he wears a starry crown.
If you see him nothing will shake him,
'Cos high summer has got him low down.
High summer's got him lonesome,
Even when he makes the rounds, (makes the rounds).
There's been no two ways a-bout it;
High summer's got him low down.
Checked in to the tiny village by the lakeside,
Settled down to start a-new.
Far away from the poli-ticians,
And the many chosen few.
Far away from the jealousy factor,
And everything that was tearing him a-part.
Far away from the organ grinder,
And everyone that played their part.
And they shut him out of paradise,
Called him Lucifer, and frowned.
She took pride in what God made him,
Even before the angels shot him down to the ground.
He's a light out of the darkness,
And he wears a starry crown.
If you see him nothing will shake him,
'Cos high summer has got him low down.
High summer's on the rebound,
High summer's got him low down.
High summer's on the rebound,
High summer's got him low down.
High summer's on the rebound,
High summer's got him low down, low down.
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Readable chord sheet for High Summer by Van Morrison
-----------------................ (Original Key: [Eb]) [Am] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C] [C]By the mansion on the [Am]hillside, [F] Red sports car comes [G]driving down the [C]road.[F] [C] And pulls [C/B]up into the [Am]driveway, [F] And a [G]story does un-[C]fold.[F] [C] [C] She's standing [C/B]by the rhodo-[Am]dendrons, [F] Where the [G]roses are in [C]bloom.[F] [C] Looking out at the At-[C/B]lantic [Am]ocean, [F] And in her [G]head she hums this [C]tune.[F] [C] [C] Thank god the dark nights, are drawing [C/B]in a-[Am]gain, [F] 'Cos high [G]summer has got me [C]down.[F] [C] I'll wait till the [C/B]end of [Am]August, [F] And get [G]off this merry-go-[C]round.[F] [C] [C] And they shut him [C/B]out of [Am]paradise, [F] Called him [G]Lucifer, and [C]frowned.[F] [C] She took pride in [C/B]what God [Am]made him, Even before the [F]angels shot him down to the [C]ground.[F] [C] [C] He's a light out [C/B]of the [Am]darkness, [F] And he [G]wears a starry [C]crown.[F] [C] If you see him [C/B]nothing will [Am]shake him, [F] 'Cos high [G]summer has got him low [C]down.[F] [C] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C] [C] High summer's got him [Dm]lonesome, [G] Even when he makes the [Am]rounds, (makes the [F]rounds). [F] There's been no two ways a-[Dm]bout it; [G] High summer's got him low [C]down.[F] [C] [C] Checked in to the tiny village [Am]by the lakeside, [F] Settled [G]down to start a-[C]new.[F] [C] Far away from the [C/B]poli-[Am]ticians, [F] And the [G]many chosen [C]few.[F] [C] [C] Far away from the [C/B]jealousy [Am]factor, [F] And everything that was [G]tearing him a-[C]part.[F] [C] Far away from the [C/B]organ [Am]grinder, [F] And every[G]one that played their [C]part.[F] [C] [C] And they shut him [C/B]out of [Am]paradise, [F] Called him [G]Lucifer, and [C]frowned.[F] [C] She took pride in [C/B]what God [Am]made him, Even before the [F]angels shot him down to the [C]ground.[F] [C] [C] He's a light out [C/B]of the [Am]darkness, [F] And he [G]wears a starry [C]crown.[F] [C] If you see him [C/B]nothing will [Am]shake him, [F] 'Cos high [G]summer has got him low [C]down.[F] [C] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C] [C] High summer's [C/B]on the [Am]rebound, [F] High [G]summer's got him low [C]down.[F] [C] [C] High summer's [C/B]on the [Am]rebound, [F] High [G]summer's got him low [C]down.[F] [C] [C] High summer's [C/B]on the [Am]rebound, [F] High [G]summer's got him low [C]down,[F] low [C]down. CHORD DIAGRAMS: [Am] [F] [G] [C] [C/B] [Dm] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] x02210 133211 320003 x32010 x20010 xx0231