Behind the Ritual chords by Van Morrison

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Drinking wine in the alley,

drinking wine in the alley

Making time, drinking that wine

Out of my mind in the days gone by

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Verse 2

Making time with Sally, drinking that wine

In the days gone by,

talking all out of my mind

Drinking that wine,

talking all out of my mind

Interlude 1

Verse 3
D 
Spin and turning  (D major) in the alley,
spin and turning in the alley
G 
Like a Whirling Dervish  (G major) in the alley,
D 
drinking that  (D major) wine
A 
G 
Drinking wine,  (A major) making time  (G major) in the

Interlude 2

days gone by

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) Boogie woogie child in the alley
G 
Drinking that wine, making  (G major) time,
D 
talking all out of my mind  (D major) 
A 
G 
Drinking wine  (A major) in the days  (G major) gone by,
D 
 (D major) behind the ritual

Verse 5
D 
Behind the ritual,  (D major) behind the ritual
G 
In the days  (G major) gone by,
D 
drinking that wine  (D major) 
A 
Making time,  (A major) 
G 
D 
drinking  (G major) that wine way back  (D major) in time

Verse 6
D 
Spin and turn and rhyme  (D major) in the alley
G 
Spin and turning,  (G major) making up rhymes,
D 
talking all out of my mind  (D major) 
A 
Talking that jive,  (A major) 
G 
D 
drinking that wine  (G major) in the days  (D major) gone by

Verse 7
D 
Drinking  (D major) wine in the alley,
drinking that wine
G 
D 
Making time,  (G major) talking all out of my mind  (D major) 
A 
Drinking  (A major) that wine making
G 
D 
 (G major) time in the  (D major) al ley

Verse 8

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual

You find the spiritual,

you find the spiritual

Behind the ritual in the days gone by

Verse 9
D 
Drinking wine  (D major) in the alley,
drinking wine in the alley
G 
D 
Making time,  (G major) talking all out of my mind  (D major) 
A 
G 
Drinking that wine  (A major) in the days gone  (G major) by,
D 
days  (D major) gone by
Bm 
 (B minor) Spin and turn

Verse 10
D 
 (D major) talking that jive
Spin and turn talking that jive
G 
all out of our mind (G major) s
D 
Drinking that sweet  (D major) wine
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) Making time,  (A major) 
G 
D 
making time  (G major) in the days gone by  (D major) 

Verse 11

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual

Drinking that wine making time

in the days gone by

Verse 12

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Verse 13

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Behind the ritual,

making time in the days gone by

Verse 14

In the days gone by, in the days gone by

Drink that wine, making time

Getting high in the days gone by,

drinking that wine

Verse 15

Getting high behind the ritual

Drinking that wine in

the days gone by

Verse 16

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual

Behind the ritual, behind that spiritual

In the days gone by drinking

that wine and getting high

Verse 17
D 
So high behind  (D major) the ritual,
so high behind the ritual
G 
D 
So high  (G major) in the days gone  (D major) by
A 
G 
Drinking that wine  (A major) making time,  (G major) 
D 
making  (D major) time