High Summer chords by
Van Morrison

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Key: Eb major

Intro 1

Verse 1
Bm Bm 
 
By the mansion on the hillside
G G 
 
A A 
 
Red sports car comes driving
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
down the road
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
And pulls up into the driveway
A A 
 
And a story does unfold
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 2
D D 
 
She's standing by
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
the rhododendrons
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Where the roses are in bloom
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Looking out at the Atlantic ocean
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
And in her head she hums this tune

Verse 3
D D 
 
Thank God the dark nights
Bm Bm 
 
are drawing in again
G G 
 
A A 
 
'cause high summer has got
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
me down
Bm Bm 
 
I'll wait till the end of August
G G 
 
A A 
 
And get off this merry-go-round

Verse 4
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
And And And they shut
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
him out of paradise
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Called him Lucifer and frowned
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
She took pride in what God made him
G G 
 
A A 
 
Even before the angels shot him
down to the ground
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 5
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
He's a light out of the darkness
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
And he wears a starry crown
Bm Bm 
 
If you see him, nothing will shake him
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
'cause high summer has got him low down
D D

Interlude 1

Verse 6
Em Em 
 
High summer's got him lonesome
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Even when he makes the rounds
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
There's been no two ways about it
A A 
 
High summer's got him
low down
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 7
D D 
 
Checked in to the tiny
Bm Bm 
 
village by  the lakeside
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Settled down to start a new
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
Far away from the politicians
A A 
 
And the many chosen few
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 8
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Far away from the jealousy factor
G G 
 
A A 
 
And everything that was tearing
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
him apart
Bm Bm 
 
Far away from the organ grinder
G G 
 
A A 
 
And everyone that played
their part
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 9
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And they shut him out of paradise
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Called him Lu cifer and frowned
D D 
 
'Cause he took pride in what
Bm Bm 
 
God made him
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Even before the angels shot him
to the ground
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 10
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
He's a light out of the darkness
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
And he wears a starry crown
Bm Bm 
 
If you see him nothings shaken
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
'cause high summer's got him low down
Bm Bm

Interlude 2

Verse 11
Bm Bm 
 
High summer's on the rebound
G G 
 
A A 
 
High summer's got
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
him low down
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
High summer's on the rebound
A A 
 
High summer's got
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
him down, low down
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
High summer's on the rebound
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
High summer's got him low down
Low down
D D 
 

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