Back On Top Tabs & Lyrics by Songs: Ohia

Back On Top

guitar tabs lyrics

Songs: Ohia

...BACK ON TOP... by Van Morrison
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*from 'Back On Top' (1999)*


Intro:

Em C (x3)
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 (x2)

Am7 Bm7 G

Verse 1:

Em
You came to see me,
C
When the moon was new,
Em
Saw you standin',
C
In the pouring rain,
Em
Left my message,
C
On the window pain;

Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Back on the street a-gain,
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Back on the beat a-gain,
Am7 Bm7 G
I'm back on the top a-gain.

Verse 2:

Em
Saw me climbing to,
C
The top of the hill,
Em
You saw me meeting with,
C
The fools on the hill.
Em
Learned my lesson,
C
And I had my fill.

Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Learnt it all in vain,
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Went through it all a-gain,
Am7 Bm7 G
Now I'm back on the top a-gain.

Bridge 1:

D
Always strivin', always climbing,
C
Way be-yond my will.
D
Same old sensation;
C
Isolation at the top of the bill.

D
Always seeming, like I'm moving,
C
But I'm really going slow.
D
What do you do,
When you get to the top
C
And there's nowhere to go?

Verse 4:

Em
Just how I get there,
C
Will be anybody's guess,
Em
With all the so called,
C
Trappings of success.
Em
Left all the deadbeats,
C
On the top of the hill.

Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Too busy raisin' Cain,
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
I'm back on the street a-gain,
Am7 Bm7 G
I'm back on the top a-gain.

Sax Solo:

Em C (x3)
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 (x2)
Am7 Bm7 G

Bridge 2:

D
Always strivin', always climbing,
C
Way be-yond my will.
D
Same old sensation;
C
Isolation at the top of the bill.

D
Always seeming, like I'm moving,
C
But I'm really going slow.
D
What do you do,
When you get to the top
C
And there's nowhere to go?

Verse 5:

Em
Just how I get there,
C
Will be anybody's guess,
Em
With all the so called,
C
Trappings of success.
Em
Left all the deadbeats,
C
On the top of the hill.

Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Too busy raisin' Cain,
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
I'm back on the street a-gain,
Am7 Bm7 G
I'm back on the top a-gain.

Interlude:

Em C (x3)

Coda:

Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Back on the street a-gain,
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Back on the beat a-gain,
Am7 Bm7 G
I'm back on the top a-gain.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Em C Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 G D

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
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