...ST. DOMINIC'S PREVIEW... by Van Morrison
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*from 'Saint Dominic's Preview' (1972)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Intro:
G, c
Ab7 B7 Em
Verse 1:
D c G
Chamois cleaning all the windows,
D c G
Singing songs about Edith Piaf's soul.
D c G
And I hear blue strains of "No Re-gredior",
D c G
Across the street from Ca-thedral Notre Dame.
Verse 2:
D c G
Meanwhile back in San Fran-cisco,
D c
We're trying hard to make,
G
This whole thing blend.
D c G Am
As we sit upon this jagged storey block,
D
With you my friend.
Bridge 1:
c G
And it's a long way to Buffalo,
c G
It's a long way to Belfast city too.
c
And I'm hoping the choice,
G
Won't blow the hoist,
c
'Cos this town;
G
They bit off more than they can chew.
Chorus 1:
D c
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on,
D c
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G Em
Saint Domi-nic's preview.
Verse 3:
D c G
All the orange boxes are scattered,
D c G
We get to Safeway's supermarket in the rain.
D c G
And everybody feels so de-termined,
D c c
Not to feel anyone else's pain.
(You know that);
Verse 4:
D c G
No one's making no com-mitments,
D c G
To any-body but them-selves.
D c G
Hidin' be-hind closed doorways,
Am
Tryin' to get outside,
D
Outside of empty shells.
Bridge 2:
c G
And for every cross-cuttin' country corner,
c
For every Hank Williams railroad train,
G
That cried.
c G
And all the chains, badges, flags and emblems,
c G
And every strain on every brain and every eye.
Chorus 2:
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D c
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on,
D c
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G Em
Saint Domi-nic's preview.
Verse 5:
D c
And the restaurant tables,
G
Are completely covered.
D c G
The record company has paid out for the wine.
D c
You got everything in the world,
G
You ever wanted,
D c G
Right about now your face should wear a smile.
Verse 6:
D c G
That's the way it all should happen,
D
When you're in,
c G
When you're in the state you're in;
D c G
You've got your pen and notebook ready,
Am D
I think it's about time, time for us to be-gin.
Bridge 3:
c G
And we're over in a 52nd Street a-partment,
c G
Socializing with the whino few,
c G
Just to be hip and get wet with the jet set,
c G
But they're flying too high to see my point of view.
Chorus 3:
D c
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on,
D c
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G Em
Saint Domi-nic's preview.
Coda:
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview.
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview.
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview.
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview,
c C/B Am G
Saint Domi-nic's preview.
