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Rave On John Donne

Van Morrison
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 |  (=/  Bass) / / / |  /  (=/  Bass) / |
 The organ adds a constantly repeated run on each beat playing deg deg deg deg etc
 An electric piano plays some licks using the notes of the scale of G major
 (Spoken)
 Rave on, John Donne, rave on thy holy fool
 Down through the weeks of ages
 In the moss pond dark dank pools
 Rave on Donne through the industrial revolution
 Empiricism, the atomic and nuclear age
 Rave on Donne through time and space down through the corridors
 Rave on words on printed page
 Rave on, you left us infinity
 on well pressed pages for to fade
 Drive on with wild abandon
 Up temple, frenzied heels
 Rave on, Walt Whitman, knows Donne in wet grass
 Rave on, fill the senses
 On nature's bright green shady path
 Rave on Omar Khayyam, rave on Cardinal Debran?
 Oh, what sweet wine we drinketh
 The celebration will be held
 We will partake the wine and break the holy bread
 Rave on letter men from out of Ireland
 Rave on, Mr Yeats
 Rave on Donne through thy holy Rosy Cross
 Rave on Donne through theosophy and the golden dawn
 Rave on through the writing of a vision
 Rave on, rave on, rave on, rave on, rave on, rave on
 (Sang)
and  so on
 Rave on, John Donne, rave on thy holy fool
 Donne through the weeks of ages
 In the moss pond dark dank pools
 Rave on, down though the industrial revolution
 Empiricism and atomic and nuclear age
 Rave on, on printed page.
 Sax Solo to end.
 Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart (Van Morrison)
 There are only three chord sequences; The Verse sequences and the Chorus and the Outro sequence.
Inarticulate  speech,  inarticulate  speech of  the heart
Inarticulate  speech,  inarticulate  speech of  the heart
 Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
 Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
 I'm a soul  in wonder Ah  –Ha –Ah I'm a soul  in wonder Ah  –Ha –Ah
 I'm a soul  in wonder Ah  –Ha –Ah I'm a soul  in wonder Ah  –Ha –Ah
 Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
 Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
 I'm just wild about it, I can't live without it
 I'm just wild about it, I can't live without it
 Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
 Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
 I'm a soul in wonder, I'm a soul in wonder
 I'm a soul in wonder, I'm a soul in wonder
 Over )
 I'm a soul in wonder
 I'm a soul in wonder
 I'm a soul in wonder
 September Night (Van Morrison)
 This is an instrumental with the main “tune” being carried by the piano and ethereal voices.
 In the simplest terms it starts with the first sequence which is
 Ebmaj9 (= Gm7 / Eb Bass) for a couple of Bars then
 Dbmaj9 (= Fm7 / Db Bass) for 2 Bars and back to Ebmaj9 to repeat
 There is a second sequence after a minute or so which is:
 Fm9 (=Abmaj7 / F Bass) for a few bars over which the piano hits arpeggios and block Fm
 and Van makes some soulful Ahh noises that could be misconstrued as constipation, before
 back to Ebmaj9.
 This is repeated a few times and it then goes back to the 1st sequence

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Readable chord sheet for Rave On John Donne by Van Morrison

| [Gmaj9] (=[Bm7]/ [G] Bass) /   /  /    |[Am7]   /    [D11] (=[Am7]/[D] Bass)   /    |
The organ adds a constantly repeated run on each beat playing deg deg deg deg etc
An electric piano plays some licks using the notes of the scale of G major
(Spoken)
Rave on, John Donne, rave on thy holy fool
Down through the weeks of ages
In the moss pond dark dank pools

Rave on Donne through the industrial revolution
Empiricism, the atomic and nuclear age
Rave on Donne through time and space down through the corridors
Rave on words on printed page

Rave on, you left us infinity
on well pressed pages for to fade
Drive on with wild abandon
Up temple, frenzied heels

Rave on, Walt Whitman, knows Donne in wet grass
Rave on, fill the senses
On nature's bright green shady path

Rave on Omar Khayyam, rave on Cardinal Debran?
Oh, what sweet wine we drinketh
The celebration will be held
We will partake the wine and break the holy bread

Rave on letter men from out of Ireland
Rave on,  Mr Yeats
Rave on Donne through thy holy Rosy Cross

Rave on Donne through theosophy and the golden dawn
Rave on through the writing of a vision
Rave on, rave on, rave on, rave on, rave on, rave on

(Sang)
[Gmaj9]and so on  [Am7]        [D11]            [Gmaj9]                        [Am7]
Rave on, John Donne, rave on thy holy fool
Donne through the weeks of ages
In the moss pond dark dank pools

Rave on, down though the industrial revolution
Empiricism and atomic and nuclear age
Rave on, on printed page.

Sax Solo to end.

Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart (Van Morrison)
There are only three chord sequences; The Verse sequences and the Chorus and the Outro  sequence.

[G]Inarticulate speech[G/B], in[Bass]articulate spee[C]ch [Am7]of th[D]e [Bass]heart
[G]Inarticulate speech[G/B], in[Bass]articulate spe[C]ech [Am7]of th[D]e [Bass]heart

Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart

I'm a s[G]oul in wonder [Em7]Ah –Ha –Ah  I'm a sou[G]l in wonder [Em7]Ah –Ha –Ah
I'm a [G]soul in wonder [Em7]Ah –Ha –Ah  I'm a so[G]ul in wonder [Em7]Ah –Ha –Ah

Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart

I'm just wild about it, I can't live without it
I'm just wild about it, I can't live without it

Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart
Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart

I'm a soul in wonder,  I'm a soul in wonder
I'm a soul in wonder,  I'm a soul in wonder

Over [G]  [C])
I'm a soul in wonder
I'm a soul in wonder
I'm a soul in wonder

September Night (Van Morrison)
This is an instrumental with the main “tune” being carried by the piano and ethereal voices.
In the simplest terms it starts with the first sequence which is

Ebmaj9 (= Gm7 / Eb Bass) for a couple of Bars then
Dbmaj9 (= Fm7 / Db Bass) for 2 Bars and back to Ebmaj9 to repeat

There is a second sequence after a minute or so which is:
Fm9 (=Abmaj7 / F Bass) for a few bars over which the piano hits arpeggios and block Fm
and Van makes some soulful Ahh  noises that could be misconstrued as constipation, before
back to Ebmaj9.

This is repeated a few times and it then goes back to the 1st sequence

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