x...PHILOSPHER'S STONE... by Van Morrison
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*from 'Back on Top' (1999)*
Intro:
C Cadd9, C Cadd9, F Dm, F Dm,
Gsus4 G, Gsus4 G, C Cadd9, C Cadd9
(x2)
Verse 1:
C Cadd9 C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
Out on the highways, and the by-ways, all a-lone.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G C
I'm still searching for, searching for my home.
C Cadd9 C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
Up in the morning, Up in the morning, out on the road.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G C
And my head is aching, and my hands are cold.
Verse 2:
C Cadd9
And I'm looking for the silver lining,
C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
Silver lining, in the clouds.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
And I'm searching for, and I'm searching for,
C Cadd9, C Cadd9
The philosophers stone.
C Cadd9 C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
And it's a hard road, it's a hard road, daddy-o.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G C
When my job, is turning lead, into gold.
Verse 3:
C Cadd9
He was born in the back street,
C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
Born in the back street, Jelly Roll.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
I'm on the road a-gain, and I'm searching for,
C Cadd9, C Cadd9
The philosophers stone.
C Cadd9
Can you hear that engine,
C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
Woah can you hear that, engine drone?
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
I'm on the road a-gain, and I'm searching for,
C Cadd9, C Cadd9
The philosophers stone.
Solo:
C Cadd9, C Cadd9, F Dm, F Dm,
Gsus4 G, Gsus4 G, C Cadd9, C Cadd9
(x2)
Verse 4:
C Cadd9
Up in the morning,
C Cadd9
Up in the morning,
F Dm, F Dm
When the streets are white with snow.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G C
It's a hard road, it's a hard road, daddy-o.
C Cadd9
Up in the morning,
C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
Up in the morning, out on the job.
Gsus4 G
Well, you've got me searching for,
Gsus4 G C
Searching for, the philosophers stone.
Verse 5:
C Cadd9
Even my best friends,
C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
Even my best friends, they don't know.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G C
That my job, is turning lead, into gold.
C Cadd9
When you hear that engine,
C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
When you hear that, engine drone.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
I'm on the road a-gain, and I'm searching for,
C Cadd9, C Cadd9
The philosophers stone.
Solo:
C Cadd9, C Cadd9, F Dm, F Dm,
Gsus4 G, Gsus4 G, C Cadd9, C Cadd9
(x2)
Verse 6:
C Cadd9
It's a hard road,
C Cadd9 F Dm, F Dm
Even my best friends, they don't know.
Gsus4 G C
And I'm searching for, searching for, the philosophers stone.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C Cadd9 F Dm Gsus4 G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
032010 x32033 133211 xx0231 320013 320003
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
