Got To Go Back Chords by Van Morrison

Tempo:
128.4 bpm
Chords used:

D

Bm

A

G

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Van Morrison - Got to Go Back chords
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[D]
[B] Oh yeah.
[D]
[Bm]
Yeah, yeah.
[D]
[Am] [C#]
[D]
[Bm]
[A] [D]
When I was a young boy, back in [Bm] Orange Field,
[A] Used [D]
to [A] look out my classroom window [Bm] and dream,
[D] And go home [F#m] and listen to Ray say,
[D] I believed in my soul, [Bm] after school.
[A] [D]
[A] All that love that [Bm] was within me,
[Em] [D]
[A] You know it carried [Bm] me through,
[D] Yeah, it lifted [A] me up, yeah, [Bm] it filled me.
[A]
Meditation, contemplation, too.
[D] Got to go back, [Bm] we got to go back,
[D] Got to go back,
[Bm] got to go [G] back,
For the healing,
[A] go on.
[D] With the dreaming,
[Bm]
[D] [G]
[Bm] [D]
all the people in the [Bm] street,
[F#m] And the summer's [Bm] almost here,
[D] I [A] can go outside in the [Bm] first year,
[G] [D]
And [A] walk while it's still clear.
[Bm] [A]
[D] Breathing [Bm]
all the way down,
[D] To your [Bm] stomach too,
[D]
Read the lies by the [Bm] radio,
[D] Until the nighttime [A] air.
[D] Got to go back, [Bm] we got to go back,
Got
[D] to go back, [Bm] got to go back,
[G] For the healing,
[A] go on.
With the [D] dreaming,
[Bm]
[D]
[G] [Bm] [A]
[D] got my ticket at the airport,
[Bm] I guess I've been marking time,
[A] [G]
[Bm]
[D] I've been living in another country,
[Bm] That operates along [A] entirely [D] different lines,
[Bm]
Keep me [A] away from port or [Bm] Westgate,
Don't play anything [D] sentimental, it'll make me cry,
[Em]
[Bm] [G] [A]
[D] Got to [A] go now my friend,
[Bm] Is there really any [D] need to ask why?
[A] I just, [D] we got to go back,
[Bm] Got to go back,
[D] Yeah, but I, got to go back,
[Bm]
Well, we got to go back,
[G]
For the healing,
[A] Go on [D] with the dreaming,
[Bm]
[D]
[Bm] We [D] got to go back,
Baby, we [Bm] got to go back,
[D] Got to go back,
[Bm] Got to go back,
[G]
For the healing,
[A] Go on [D] with the dreaming,
[A] [Bm]
With the dreaming,
[D] La [A] La [Bm] La La La
With the dreaming
With the dreaming The [A] [Bm] dreaming
[D]
Go [A]
free
[D] [A]
[N]
Key:  
D
1321
Bm
13421112
A
1231
G
2131
F#m
123111112
D
1321
Bm
13421112
A
1231
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Let's start jamming Van Morrison - Got To Go Back chords, practice the chord sequence D, A, D, Bm and D. Begin your practice at a relaxed 64 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 128. With the song's key of D Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Oh yeah.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Yeah, yeah.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D]
When I was a young boy, back in [Bm] Orange Field,
_ [A] Used _ [D] _
to [A] look out my classroom window [Bm] and dream, _ _ _ _
_ [D] And go home [F#m] and listen to Ray say,
[D] I believed in my soul, _ _ _ [Bm] after school.
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [A] All that love that [Bm] was within me,
[Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] You know it carried [Bm] me through, _ _ _ _ _
[D] Yeah, it lifted [A] me up, yeah, [Bm] it filled me.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ Meditation, _ _ contemplation, too. _ _ _
[D] Got to go back, _ [Bm] we got to go back, _ _ _
[D] _ Got to go back, _
[Bm] got to go _ [G] back,
For the healing, _ _
[A] _ _ go on.
[D] With the dreaming, _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ all the people in the [Bm] street, _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ And the summer's [Bm] almost here, _ _ _ _
[D] _ I [A] can go outside in the [Bm] first year,
[G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ And [A] walk while it's still clear.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ Breathing _ _ [Bm] _
all the way down, _ _
[D] _ _ To your [Bm] stomach too,
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Read the lies by the [Bm] radio, _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Until the nighttime [A] air. _ _ _ _ _
[D] Got to go back, _ _ [Bm] we got to go back,
Got _
[D] to go back, [Bm] got to go _ back,
[G] For the healing, _ _
[A] _ _ go on.
With the [D] dreaming, _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] got my ticket at the airport,
_ [Bm] _ _ I guess I've been marking time,
[A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ I've been living in another country,
[Bm] _ That operates along [A] entirely [D] different lines, _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Keep me [A] away from port or [Bm] Westgate,
Don't play anything [D] sentimental, it'll make me cry,
_ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ Got to [A] go now my friend,
[Bm] _ Is there really any [D] need to ask why? _ _ _ _
[A] I just, _ _ [D] we got to go back, _ _
[Bm] Got to go back,
[D] Yeah, but I, got to go back,
_ [Bm] _
Well, we got to go back,
_ _ [G] _
For the healing, _
[A] Go _ _ _ on [D] with the dreaming,
_ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ We [D] got to go back,
_ Baby, we [Bm] got to go back,
_ [D] Got to go _ back,
[Bm] Got to go _ back,
[G]
For the healing, _ _ _ _
[A] Go on _ [D] with the dreaming,
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
With the dreaming,
_ [D] La _ _ [A] _ _ La [Bm] La La La
_ With the dreaming
_ With _ _ the dreaming _ _ The _ _ [A] [Bm] dreaming
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Go _ [A] _
_ _ free _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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