Wavelength Album chords by Van Morrison

Chords with lyrics

Wavelength Album
Kingdom Hall
 (Van Morrison) from the Wavelength Album
Intro
(E7E7
Riff (Notes E7E7
Verse 1
A/C#A/C#
So glad to see you
A/C#A/C#
So glad you're here
A/C#A/C#
Come here beside me now
   A/C#A/C#
We can clear inhibition away
A/C#A/C#
All inhibitions
A/C#A/C#
Throw them away
A/C#A/C#
And when we dance like this
A augmentedA
Like we've never been dancin' before

Chorus:
E MajorE
Oh, they were swingin'
         E MajorE
Down at Kingdom Hall
E MajorE
Oh, bells were ringin'
             E MajorE
Down at the Kingdom Hall
E MajorE
A augmentedA choir was singin'
         E MajorE
Down at the Kingdom Hall
A augmentedA)
Hey, liley, liley, liley Hey, liley, liley, low
D MajorD
Do do do do do do, do
D MajorD
Do do do do do do
D MajorD
Do do do do do do, do
D MajorD
E7E7
Do do do do do do  (as Intro)

Verse 2 (As Verse 1)
Good body music
Brings you right here
Free flowin' motion now
When we're shakin' it out on the floor
Good rockin' music
Down in your shoes
And when we dance like this
Like we've never been dancin' before

Repeat Chorus
Repeat Intro
Verse 3 (Solos)
Chorus Again
Intro Again
Chorus Again
Outro
D MajorD (to fade)
Vocal over
Down at the Kingdom Hall
They were havin' a party
They were havin' a ball
Bells were ringing out
And the choir was singin'
Hey, liley, liley, liley
Hey, liley, liley, low
Do do, do do, do do, do do
Sugar was there
Did you see Sugar
Down at the Kingdom Hall.
Checkin’ It Out (Van Morrison)
Intro
 D MajorD
Verse 1
D MajorD
We've got to put our heads together
D MajorD
I'm sure that we can work it out
D MajorD
I'm weighin' up the situation.
Chorus
     C majorC
And checkin' it out, takin' it further
     C majorC
Takin' it further, checkin' it out
Verse 2 (as Verse 1)
This is a workin' situation
I'm tellin' you without a doubt
We've gotta pull it all in tight, baby.
Chorus
Checkin' it out, takin' it further
Takin' it further, checkin' it out .
Bridge
Bm7Bm7
And all the obstacles along the way
D11D11)
Sometimes may feel so tremendous.
Bm7Bm7
There are guides and spirits all along the way
A augmentedA
Who will befriend us.
Verse 3
Let's talk it out across the table
Make sure that we leave nothin' out
Get into it like a meditation.
Chorus
Start checkin' it out, takin' it further
Takin' it further, checkin' it out.
Organ Solo over Verse 4 plus Chorus
Bridge

And all the obstacles along the way
Sometimes may feel so tremendous
There are guides and spirits all along the way
Who will befriend us

Verse 5
Let's talk it out across the table
Make sure that we leave nothin' out
Get into it like a meditation.
Chorus
Start checkin' it out, takin' it further
Takin' it further, checkin' it out.
Outro (over Chorus progression and Brass Riffs)

Checkin' it out, now baby
Checkin' it out checkin' it out
You meditate, you meditate
You meditate, and you come back
You come back .
You bring it up now, your lovin’ cup now

Natalia

(Van Morrison)

Intro

Notes dgabad eabcbae dgabad eabcbae

Chords A minorAm

Verse

Am7Am7
I'm walkin' down the street

Am7Am7
I'm on that midnight beat

                     different lick
Am7Am7
I'm on a lonely avenue
Am7Am7
Baby, won't you walk with me
Am7Am7
Baby, won't you talk with me
                  different lick
Am7Am7

Oh that's all I want you to do, now
Am7Am7
Walk with me
Am7Am7
Talk to me
Am7Am7
Call your name out

Chorus:

Am7Am7
Na Na, Na Na, Na Na
Am7Am7
Na Na, Na Na, Na Na
Am7Am7
Na Na, Na Na, Na Na, Natalia

Verse 2
Here on a summer night
I wanna kiss and hold you tight
Just the way we used to do
Walkin' down the same old street
People that we used to meet
Such a long, long time ago, now
Walk with me
Talk to me
And I call out your name

Repeat Chorus Two Times end with G+G G7G7

Middle 8

E minorEm
On a magic night like this
E minorEm
I hunger for your kiss
                dgabad eabcbae dgabad eabcbae
Am7Am7
On a magic night like this

Repeat Chorus

Walk with me
Talk with me
Walk with me
Talk with me
Natalia, Natalia, Natalia
Natalia, Natalia, Natalia
Venice USA (Van Morrison)
Reggae Beat
Intro
|G+G / / / |G+G / / / |A augmentedA / / / | A augmentedA / / / |D MajorD / / / |D MajorD / / / | G+G / / / |G+G / / / |
Verse 1
     A augmentedA
Found myself, found myself, oh, in a restaurant in Venice
G+G
Found myself, oh, in a restaurant in Venice
Verse 2
I was talkin' to my baby, in a restaurant down in Venice,
when I found myself down in Venice.
Bridge
        G+G
 and I'm cryin', but my tears, but my tears are filled with joy.
       G+G
And I'm walkin' in Venice and I'm cryin'
Chorus
G+G
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
A augmentedA
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
D MajorD
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
G+G
I like it!
Accordian Solo over Verse 3

Verse 4
As I'm leaving Venice, as I'm leaving Venice
As I'm leaving Venice, all the streets are wet with rain
And in my memory and in my memory
And in my memory, I remember it well.
Verse 5

And I take a stroll, oh, see the ships come sailing in
In the harbor, in the harbour down in Venice

Bridge
And I'm cryin', but my tears, but my tears are filled with joy
And I'm walkin' in Venice and I'm cryin'.

Chorus
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah

Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah

Pre Outro
(Over |D MajorD / / / |D MajorD / / / | G+G / / / | G+G / / / |)

Walkin' in Venice and I'm cryin'
Oh, as I'm walkin' in Venice, walkin' in Venice
And I'm cryin', well, I'm walk, walk, walk, walk
Walk, walk walk, walk, walkin' in Venice

Yeah, yeah, yeah, well, I walk and I walk
And I walk and I walk, well, I'm walkin' in Venice
I walk and I walk and I walk and I feel you
And I see you as I'm walkin' down in Venice
Now sing a song, goes like this.
Chorus

Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah

Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Dum, derra, dum, dum, diddy, diddy, dah, dah
Outro
(Over |D MajorD / / / |D MajorD / / / | G+G / / / | G+G / / / |)
I’m Walkin’ in Venice etc
Fade
Lifetimes (Van Morrison)
The Verse is sparsely harmonized carried mainly by the bass and licks rather than chords
This is my best take on it
Intro DbDb / Eb MajorEb Bass
Arpeggio (Notes rising AbAb
Verse 1
Eb MajorEb Bass
You sit in silence, and the river answers
Eb MajorEb
And I have loved you many, many years
Eb MajorEb Bass
I saw you standing by the wond’rous river
Eb MajorEb
And I have come today, to calm your fears
Chorus
Eb MajorEb
Those lifetimes, so many lifetimes, with you.

Verse 2
The boatman singin’ far across the water
What is this feelin’ in my heart and soul
The night time angel spreads her wings around me
I feel the sadness, and the river flows.
Chorus
Those lifetimes, so many lifetimes, with you.
Bridge
C majorC
Listen to the music inside,
C majorC
that is all that you have to do
C majorC
Listen to the music inside,
Eb MajorEb
can’t you hear what it says to you.

Verse 3
And I shall get to know you
In these lifetimes
In awe and wonder
On down through the years
The night time angel spreads her wings around me
I feel the silence
And my doubts are cleared

Chorus
Those lifetimes, so many lifetimes, with you.
Bridge

Listen to the music inside
That is all that you have to do
Listen to the music inside
Can’t you hear what it says to you
Bridge
Listen to the music inside
That is all that you have to do
Listen to the music inside
Can’t you hear what it says to you

Outro (over Bridge)

Listen Listen etc etc

Wavelength (Van Morrison)
Intro Synth Noises implying static. Later synth plays fast repeated run (dcag)
Free time
Chords
C majorC to FF repeated throughout
This is a song about your wavelength
And my wavelength, baby
You turn me on
When you get me on your wavelength
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
With your wavelength
Oh, with your wavelength
With your wavelength
With your wavelength
Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama, oh mama oh mama, oh mama
Chorus
FF
Wavelength, Wavelength You never let me down...no,
FF
You never let me down...no


Verse 1
 FF
When I'm down you always comfort me
FF
When I'm lonely you see about me
FF
You are ev'ry where you're supposed to be
  G+G
And I can get your station, when I need rejuvenation.
Chorus
Wavelength, Wavelength, You never let me down...no, You never let me down...no
Verse 2
Guitar Solo carries on over the second half of the chorus
from you never let me down . FF
Bridge
FF
I heard the voice of America, callin' on my wavelength
FF
Tellin' me to tune in on my radio
FF
I heard the voice of America, callin' on my wavelength
     G+G
Singin' "Come back, baby, come back
G+G
Come back, baby, come back"
Chorus
C majorC
Do do do dou-dit do do dou dit do do do do do
FF
Do do do dou dit do do dou dit do do do do do
4 times then FF
Verse 3

Won't you play that song again for me
About my lover, my lover in the grass, yeah, alright
You have told me 'bout my destiny
Singin' "Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back"

Outro
All over
|C majorC / / / | C majorC / / / | FF / / / |FF / / / | repeated

On my wavelength
Wavelength
You never let me down...no
You never let me down...no
When you get me on
When you get me on your wavelength
When you get me
Oh, yeah, Lord
You get me on your wavelength

You got yourself a boy
When you get me on
Get me on your wavelength
Ya radio, ya radio, ya radio
Ya radio, ya radio, ya radio


Santa Fe / Beautiful Obsession (Van Morrison and Jackie DeShannon)
Intro
D MajorD)
D MajorD)
BB)
Verse 1
D MajorD
Train wheels runnin' down an open track
D MajorD
In my mem'ry time to take me back
     G#G#)
Are you goin are you goin'

Chorus
 D MajorD
To Santa Fe.  Do you need it
     E MajorE
Can you feel it in the same old way
  A augmentedA
I can feel it from the mountain top
  A augmentedA
Runnin' down to the foamy brine
A augmentedA
In a rest'rant 'cross a table top
E MajorE
Looking into a glass of wine.

Verse 2
Whispering in the evening breeze
Green leaves and glist'ning eucalyptus trees
Can you hear them
Or get near them

Chorus
Oh, Santa Fe
Do you need it
Can you feel it in the same old way
I can feel it when it all goes down
Look around and it's happening
Look around and see what I have found
And it's more than a song to sing

Verse 3
Guitar Solo

Bridge

Bm7Bm7

(Still guitar) In the night I hear you calling
     E7E7
And I'm thinkin' of you, darlin'

Chorus

Santa Fe
Do you need it
Can you feel it in the same old way
I can feel it when it all goes down
Look around and it's happening
Look around and see what I have found
And it's more than a song to sing
And it's more, more than a song to sing

Outro (Beautiful Obsession)

Chords (Slow 4 similar to Intro

D MajorD)
E MajorE)

Lyrics

It goes out and it comes back…..
Feelin…

When you do it
The more you do it
It becomes a beautiful obsession
Feel it in your heart and in your soul
And in your beer? beard?

Let the cowboy ride!

Hungry for your Love (Van Morrison)
Intro
DbDb
Verse
  Eb MajorEb
I'm hungry for your love, I'm hungry for your love
   AbAb
I'm hungry for your love, But I can wait now

Repeat Intro
Verse 2
I'm on the telephone
And I am all alone
I'm on the telephone
And we're connected
Repeat Intro
Chorus
      AbAb
I got such a lot of love, I wanna give it to you
      AbAb
I got such a lot of love, I wanna give it to you
      AbAb
I got such a lot of love, I wanna give it to you
Repeat Intro
Verse 3
And though we're far apart
You are here in my heart
And though we're far apart
You're part of me now

Repeat Intro
Verse 4
And after all the years
And after all the tears
And after all the tears
There's just the truth now
Chorus
I got such a lot of love, I wanna give it to you
I got such a lot of love, I wanna give it to you
I got such a lot of love, I wanna give it to you
Outro (Over Intro Chords)

Well, I'm hungry for your love
Hungry for your love
Well, I'm hungry, yeah
Well, I'm hungry for your love now

I love you in buckskin, yeah yeah
I love you in buckskin, yeah yeah
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you now.
Ending
  DbDb
I'm hungry for your love

Take it where you find it (Van Morrison)
Intro
[(E MajorE] x 2
A augmentedA
Verse 1
A augmentedA
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea.
A augmentedA

They thought great thoughts about liberty
A augmentedA

Poets wrote down words that did fit
A augmentedA
Writers wrote books, thinkers thought about it
Chorus
 D/ED/E
Take it where you find it, Can't leave it alone
D/ED/E
You will find a purpose, to carry it on
A augmentedA
Mainly when you find it, Your heart will be strong, about it
Repeat Intro

Verse 2
Many's the road I have walked upon
Many's the hour between dusk and dawn
Many's the time
Many's the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Chorus

Take it where you find it, can't leave it alone
You will find a purpose, to carry it on
Mainly when you find it, Your heart will be strong about it

Bridge
 E7E7
Lost dreams and found dreams in America in America in America
A augmentedA
Lost dreams and found dreams in America in America in America

Intro again
Verse

And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream

Chorus
Take it where you find it
Can't leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it

Repeat Chorus
Outro
Over Repeated Chords E MajorE
Short Guitar Solo
Vocal
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin' about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over

I'm gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I'm gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I'm gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I'm gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light

Repeat Chorus Two Times & Fade

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