Celtic New Year tab by Van Morrison

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Celtic New Year
Van Morrison
Magic Time
Tabbed by Olly; Guns N' Roses forever!

I love this album, I reckon it's the best by Van the man, but there are some other great
too.
I haven't put the guitar fills in, but they're pretty easy to figure out. This song is
simple,
just this riff most of the time and some synth chords; easy stuff.
Check out my tab of Doctor Doctor by UFO (ver. 4), it needs rating, and I swear to god
perfect
(though perfection by its very nature is flawed, so there could be some errors in the intro...)


Right, to business. You could use a capo for this song, I think he does, but I don't own
and it's
pretty easy without. The first chord is D#, played open like this:
E MajorE|-3-| ...in four successive semi-quavers, then a one-beat rest.
BB|-4-| It's the same rhythm for all the chords, just listen to the song,
G+G|-3-| real easy.
D MajorD|-5-|
A augmentedA|-6-|
E MajorE|---|
Second chord, you add the 2nd (or the 9th, it doesn't really matter, they're the same),
you have
a shape like this:
E MajorE|---| Non capo users: I recommend barre-ing with your index finger
BB|-5-| (obviously), holding the low D#D# on the A augmentedA string with your ring
G+G|-3-| finger, Pinkie on the 9th (BB string), and middle finger on the G+G
D MajorD|-5-| (D MajorD string).
A augmentedA|-6-|
E MajorE|---|
After that it's a G#G# barre chord, and an A#A# barre chord, which I prefer to play like this:
E MajorE|---| ...simply laying your ring finger across the third fret, 'coz that
BB|-3-| way it's easier to get back to the D#D# chord.
G+G|-3-|
D MajorD|-3-|
A augmentedA|-1-|
E MajorE|---|

 D#D#       D#D# 2      G#G#       A#A#
E MajorE|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-4-4-4-4-4-------6-6-6-6-6-------4-4-4-4-4-------3-3-3-3-3-------|
G+G|-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-3-------5-5-5-5-5-------3-3-3-3-3-------|
D MajorD|-5-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-5-------6-6-6-6-6-------3-3-3-3-3-------|
A augmentedA|-6-6-6-6-6-------6-6-6-6-6-------6-6-6-6-6-------1-1-1-1-1-------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-----------------------|

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