...GOIN' DOWN GENEVA... by Van Morrison
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from 'Back On Top' (1999)
Intro:
[A]A [D7]E7 [A]D7,[D7] A, E7
Verse 1:
Goin' [A]down Geneva,
[D7] Give me a helping [A]hand.
I'm goin' [D7]down Geneva,
Give me a helping [A]hand.
It's not [E7]easy baby,
[D7] Living on the exile [A]plan.[E7]
Verse 2:
[A] Down on the bottom,
[D7] Down to my new pair of [A]shoes.
[D7] Down on the bottom,
Down to my new pair of [A]shoes.
I'm [E7]down by the lakeside,
[D7] Thinking 'bout my baby [A]blue.[E7]
Verse 3:
Last night I [A]played a gig in Salzburg,
[D7] Outside in the pouring [A]rain.
Last night I [D7]played a gig in Salzburg,
Outside in the pouring [A]rain.
Flew from [E7]there to Montreux,
[D7] And my heart was filled with [A]pain.[E7]
Verse 4:
Look [A]out my window,
[D7] Back at the way things [A]are.
Look [D7]out my window pane,
Back at the way things [A]are.
Just wonder [E7]how,
[D7] How did things ever get this [A]far?[E7]
Verse 5:
Vince [A]Taylor, used to live here;
[D7] Nobody's ever heard of [A]him.
Vince [D7]Taylor used to live here,
But nobody's [A]heard of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
Just [E7]who he was,
[D7] Just where he fits [A]in.[E7]
Verse 6:
He was goin' [A]down Geneva,
[D7] Give him helping [A]hand.
He was goin' [D7]down Geneva,
Give him helping [A]hand.
It wasn't [E7]easy,
[D7] Living on the exile [A]plan.[E7]
Verse 7:
Vince [A]Taylor, used to live here;
[D7] Nobody's ever heard of [A]him.
Vince [D7]Taylor used to live here,
But nobody's [A]heard of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
Just [E7]who he was,
[D7] Just where he fits [A]in.[A7]
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[A] [D7] [E7] [A7]
[EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]020100 [EADGBE]x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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from 'Back On Top' (1999)
Intro:
[A]A [D7]E7 [A]D7,[D7] A, E7
Verse 1:
Goin' [A]down Geneva,
[D7] Give me a helping [A]hand.
I'm goin' [D7]down Geneva,
Give me a helping [A]hand.
It's not [E7]easy baby,
[D7] Living on the exile [A]plan.[E7]
Verse 2:
[A] Down on the bottom,
[D7] Down to my new pair of [A]shoes.
[D7] Down on the bottom,
Down to my new pair of [A]shoes.
I'm [E7]down by the lakeside,
[D7] Thinking 'bout my baby [A]blue.[E7]
Verse 3:
Last night I [A]played a gig in Salzburg,
[D7] Outside in the pouring [A]rain.
Last night I [D7]played a gig in Salzburg,
Outside in the pouring [A]rain.
Flew from [E7]there to Montreux,
[D7] And my heart was filled with [A]pain.[E7]
Verse 4:
Look [A]out my window,
[D7] Back at the way things [A]are.
Look [D7]out my window pane,
Back at the way things [A]are.
Just wonder [E7]how,
[D7] How did things ever get this [A]far?[E7]
Verse 5:
Vince [A]Taylor, used to live here;
[D7] Nobody's ever heard of [A]him.
Vince [D7]Taylor used to live here,
But nobody's [A]heard of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
Just [E7]who he was,
[D7] Just where he fits [A]in.[E7]
Verse 6:
He was goin' [A]down Geneva,
[D7] Give him helping [A]hand.
He was goin' [D7]down Geneva,
Give him helping [A]hand.
It wasn't [E7]easy,
[D7] Living on the exile [A]plan.[E7]
Verse 7:
Vince [A]Taylor, used to live here;
[D7] Nobody's ever heard of [A]him.
Vince [D7]Taylor used to live here,
But nobody's [A]heard of him.
(Ain't that a shame?)
Just [E7]who he was,
[D7] Just where he fits [A]in.[A7]
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[A] [D7] [E7] [A7]
[EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]020100 [EADGBE]x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)