...HIGH SUMMER... by Van Morrison
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*from 'Back On Top' (1999)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
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Intro:
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Verse 1:
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By the mansion on the hillside,
,
Red sports car comes driving down the road.
And pulls up into the driveway,
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And a story does un-fold.
Verse 2:
She's standing by the rhodo-dendrons,
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Where the roses are in bloom.
Looking out at the At-lantic ocean,
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And in her head she hums this tune.
Verse 3:
Thank god the dark nights, are drawing in a-gain,
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'Cos high summer has got me down.
I'll wait till the end of August,
,
And get off this merry-go-round.
Verse 4:
And they shut him out of paradise,
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Called him Lucifer, and frowned.
She took pride in what God made him,
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Even before the angels shot him down to the ground.
Verse 5:
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.
Solo:
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Bridge 1:
High summer's got him lonesome,
Even when he makes the rounds, (makes the rounds).
There's been no two ways a-bout it;
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High summer's got him low down.
Verse 6:
Checked in to the tiny village by the lakeside,
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Settled down to start a-new.
Far away from the poli-ticians,
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And the many chosen few.
Verse 7:
Far away from the jealousy factor,
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And everything that was tearing him a-part.
Far away from the organ grinder,
,
And everyone that played their part.
Verse 8:
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.
Verse 9:
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.
Solo:
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Coda:
High summer's on the rebound,
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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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