Biography:
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (generally known as Van Morrison or Van The Man) (born 31 August 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He's a singer, songwriter, author, poet, and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since 1958. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl - a unique mix of folk, blues
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Intro: F Bb x6
Verse 1
F Bb
They mocked me when I was singing the songs
F Bb
Trying to get back to something more simple than we have
Bb C F Bb
They mocked me cos I told it like it was
F Bb
Wrote about disappointment and greed
F Bb
Wrote about what we really didn't need in our lives
C F
Make us feel alive and whole
Chorus:
Bb C F
Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand
Bb C F
And straight reality is always cold
A7 D
Saying something hard edged is off the wall
G C
And it might seem too bold
Verse 2:
F Bb
Mocked me when it got out of hand
F Bb
Nobody tried to understand
Bb C F
Now we got to keep it simple and that's that
Solo: F Bb F Bb Bb C F x2
CHORUS
Verse 3:
F Bb
Well I'm down here on the running board
F Bb
Where I've been many times before
Bb C F
But we got to keep it simple to save ourselves
F Bb
Mocked me when I tried to get back
F Bb
Said the train was completely off the track
Bb C F
And we got to get back to something simple to save ourselves
Bridge:
Dm Bb C F
Whoa we got to get back to something simple just to save yourselves
Dm Bb C F
Well got to get back to something simple just to save yourselves
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