...GOIN' DOWN GENEVA... by Van Morrison
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*from 'Back On Top' (1999)*
Intro:
A D7 A D7
A E7 D7
A E7
Verse 1:
A
Goin' down Geneva,
D7 A
Give me a helping hand.
D7
I'm goin' down Geneva,
A
Give me a helping hand.
E7
It's not easy baby,
D7 A E7
Living on the exile plan.
Verse 2:
A
Down on the bottom,
D7
Down to my new,
A
Pair of shoes.
D7
Down on the bottom,
Down to my new,
A
Pair of shoes.
E7
I'm down by,
The lakeside,
D7
Thinking 'bout,
A E7
My baby blue.
Verse 3:
A
Last night I played,
A gig in Salzburg,
D7
Outside in the,
A
Pouring rain.
D7
Last night I played,
A gig in Salzburg,
Outside in the,
A
Pouring rain.
E7
Flew from there,
To Montreux,
D7
And my heart was,
A E7
Filled with pain.
Verse 4:
A
Look out my window,
D7
Back at the,
A
Way things are.
D7
Look out my,
Window pane,
Back at the,
A
Way things are.
E7
Just wonder how,
D7
How did things ever,
A E7
Get this far?
Verse 5:
A
Vince Taylor,
Used to live here,
D7
Nobody's ever,
A
Heard of him.
D7
Vince Taylor,
Used to live here,
But nobody's,
A
Heard of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
E7
Just who he was,
D7
Just where,
A E7
He fits in.
Verse 6:
A
He was goin' down Geneva,
D7 A
Give him helping hand.
D7
He was goin' down Geneva,
A
Give him helping hand.
E7
It wasn't easy,
D7 A E7
Living on the exile plan.
Verse 7:
A
Vince Taylor,
Used to live here,
D7
Nobody's ever,
A
Heard of him.
D7
Vince Taylor,
Used to live here,
But nobody's,
A
Heard of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
E7
Just who he was,
D7
Just where,
A E7
He fits in.
E7
Just who he was,
D7
Just where,
A A7
He fits in.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)