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Song: Sweet Thing
Artist: Van Morrison
Album: Astral Weeks
E A D G B E
E: [0 2 2 1 0 0]
F#m: [2 4 4 2 2 2]
A: [x 0 2 2 2 0]
Asus2: [x 0 2 2 0 0]
A6: [x 0 2 2 2 2]
B6: [x 0 4 4 4 4]
There is a general progression to the verse which is...
E F#m A Asus2
Then the following where you slide the chord shape back and forth.
A6 / B6 \ A6
[Intro]
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6 (2x)
[Verse 1]
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will stroll the merry way and jump the hedges first
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will drink the clear Clean water for to quench my thirst
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I shall watch the ferry-boats And they'll get high
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
On a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will never grow so old again
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain
[Chorus 1]
E A
Oh.... whoa.... sweet thing, sweet thing
E A
Yeah....ya.... sweet thing, na...nah...
E A A6 / B6 \ A6
Leah...yeah, my, my, my, my sweet thing
[Verse 2]
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I shall drive my chariot down your streets and cry
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
'Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite and I don't know why'
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And you shall take me strongly in your arms again
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will not remember that I even felt the pain.
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
We shall walk and talk in gardens all misty wet, misty wet with rain yeah
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will never, never, never grow so old again.
[Chorus 2]
E A
Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
E A
My, my, my, my, my sweet thing
[Verse 3]
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will raise my hand up into the night time sky
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And count the stars that's shining in your eye
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
Just to dig it all an' not to wonder that's just fine
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I'll be satisfied not to read in between the lines
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain
E F#m A Asus2 A6 / B6 \ A6
And I will never, ever, ever, ever grow so old again.
[Outro]
E A
Oh.... whoa.... sweet thing
E A
Oh.... whoa.... Sugar-baby
E A
Oh.... whoa.... sweet thing
E A
sugar baby.....sugar ba..by, sugar baby
E A
...............with your champagne eyes
E A
........And your saint-like smile....