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Behind the Ritual Chords

Music by: Van Morrison
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[Intro 1]
[D][G][D]
[A][G][D]

[Verse 1]
Drinking [D]wine in the alley,
drinking wine in the alley
Making [G]time, drinking that [D]wine
Out of my [A]mind [G]in the days gone by[D]

[Verse 2]
Making [D]time with Sally, drinking that wine
In the days gone [G]by,
talking all out of [D]my mind
Drinking [A]that wine,
[G]talking all out of my mind

[Interlude 1]
[D][G]
[D][A][G][D]

[Verse 3]
Spin [D]and turning in the alley,
spin and turning in the alley
Like a Whirling [G]Dervish in the alley,
drinking that [D]wine
[A]Drinking wine, making [G]time in the

[Interlude 2]
days gone by
[D][G]
[D][A][G][D]

[Verse 4]
[D]Boogie woogie child in the alley
Drinking that wine, making [G]time,
talking all out of my [D]mind
Drinking [A]wine in [G]the days gone by,
[D]behind the ritual

[Verse 5]
Behind [D]the ritual, behind the ritual
In the days [G]gone by,
drinking [D]that wine
[A]Making time,
drinking [G]that wine way back [D]in time

[Verse 6]
Spin and turn and [D]rhyme in the alley
Spin and turning, [G]making up rhymes,
talking all out [D]of my mind
Talking [A]that jive,
drinking [G]that wine in the days [D]gone by

[Verse 7]
Drinking [D]wine in the alley,
drinking that wine
Making [G]time, talking all out of my [D]mind
Drinking [A]that wine making
[G]time in the [D]al ley

[Verse 8]
Behind [D]the ritual, behind the ritual
You find the spir[G]itual,
you find the spir[D]itual
Behind [A]the ritual in [G]the days gone [D]by

[Verse 9]
Drinking [D]wine in the alley,
drinking wine in the alley
Making [G]time, talking all out [D]of my mind
Drinking [A]that wine in the days gone [G]by,
[D]days gone by
[Bm]Spin and turn

[Verse 10]
[D]talking that jive
Spin and turn talking that jive
all out of [G]our minds
Drinking that sweet [D]wine
[Bm]Making [A]time,
making [G]time in the days [D]gone by

[Verse 11]
Behind [D]the ritual, behind the ritual
Behind [G]the ritual, behind [D]the ritual
Drinking that [A]wine making [G]time
[D]in the days gone by

[Verse 12]
Blah, [D]blah, blah, [G]blah, blah, blah
Blah, [D]blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah, [A]blah, [G]blah

[Verse 13]
Blah, blah, blah, [D]blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah, [G]blah, blah
Be[D]hind [Bm]the r[A]itual,
making [G]time in the days [D]gone by

[Verse 14]
In the days gone [D]by, in the days gone by
Drink that [G]wine, making [D]time
Getting [A]high in the days gone [G]by,
drinking that [D]wine

[Verse 15]
Getting [D]high behind the ritual
Getting [G]high behind the ritu[D]al
Drinking that [A]wine [G]in
the days gone [D]by

[Verse 16]
Behind [D]the ritual, behind the ritual
Behind the [G]ritual, behind that spir[D]itual
In the days [A]gone by drinking
[G]that wine and getting [D]high

[Verse 17]
So [D]high behind the ritual,
so high behind the ritual
So [G]high in the days [D]gone by
Drinking that [A]wine making [G]time,
making [D]time

[Verse 18]
Stretching [D]time, stretching time
Drinking that [G]wine, stretching [D]time
Stretching time [A]in the days gone
[G]by behind the ritu[D]al

[Verse 19]
Behind [D]the ritual
Behind the ritual
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