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Rave on John Donne Chords

Music by: Van Morrison
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[Intro 1]
[G][Am][Dsus4][G][Am][Dsus4]
[G][Am][Dsus4][G][Am][Dsus4]
[G][Am][Dsus4][G]
[Am][Dsus4][G][Am][Dsus4]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Rave on John [G]Donne, rave on thy holy [Am]fool
Thank you
Down [Dsus4]through the weeks o[D]f ages

[Verse 2]
[G]
in the moss borne dark dank pools
Rave on, down through the industrial
re[Am]volution
Empiricism, atomic and nuclear [G]age

[Verse 3]
Rave on down [G]through the corridors
Rave on words on prin
[Am]ted page
[Dsus4][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]
Rave on, Walt Whitman,
nose down in wet grass
Rave on, fill the [Am]senses on nature's
bright green shady [C]path
Rave on, Omar [G]Khayyam,
rave on Kahlil Gibran
Oh, what swine, sweet wine [Am]we drinketh,
the celebration will be [C]held
[G]We will drink the wine and break
the holy bread
[Am]

[Verse 5]
[Dsus4]Rave on, let a man come [C]out of Irelan[G]d,
rave on on Mr. Yeats
Rave on down through the
Holy Rosey [Am]Cross
Rave on down through theosophy
and the golden [G]dawn
Rave on through the writing of a vision
Rave on, rave [Am]on, rave on, rave on,
rave on, rave [G]on, rave on

[Verse 6]
Rave [Am]on, John [G]Donne (yeah)
Rave on, my holy [Am]fool[Dsus4]
[C](th[G]at's alright)
Down through the weeks
[Am]of ages [G](alright)
In the moss borne dark [Am]dank pools

[Verse 7]
[Am]Rave on [Dsus4]now though the industri
[G]al revolution
Empiricism and the atomic
and nucle[Am]ar age
Rave on words on prin[G]ted page

[Interlude 1]
[G][Am][C][G][Am][C][G]
[Am][Dsus4][G][C][Em][G]
[C][Em]
[G][C][Em][G][C]
[Em][G][C][Em][G][C]
[Em][G][C][Em][G][C]
[Em][G][C][Em][G][C]
[Em]

[Verse 8]
To[G]night
In the silly room to[C]night[Em]
The [G]light
In the silly room tonight
[C]Aft[Em]er leaves s[G]hake out of the trees
In the [C]cold [Em]the summer breeze
And the [G]people pass on the street
An[C]d everybody but y[Em]ou and me

[Verse 9]
To[G]night
You will understand you will under
[C]stand [Em]the wonders
To[G]night
You will understand you're [C]the one[Em]
The [G]light
You pass silly room to[C]night[Em]
In the [G]light
Let it obligate the [C]night
You will [Em]un de[G]rstand the wonders, the wonders,
[Em]the [C]wonders,[Em] the wonders[G]
The wonders, the wonders,
[C]the won[Em]ders, the[G] wonders

[Verse 10]
[C]I s[Em]aid c[G]ome back[C], ba[Em]by[G]
[C]Can we talk it [Em]over one more time?
To[G]night, tonight
[C]You will und[Em]erstand the[G] wonders,
the wonders
[C]Ton[Em]ight[G]
Everyone's [C]persuadeable, [Em]tonight
[G]Tonight
It will all begin to[C]night

[Verse 11]
You will [Em]un de[C]r [Em]stand[C] the w[G]onders,
the wonders, the won[C]ders, the won[Em]ders inside
And the [G]truth
In your [C]song
[Em]Oh baby, baby
And the [G]truth
Walk inside the part in your [C]song
I [Em]said, no, no, no, [G]no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, [C]no, no, [Em]no
No, no, [G]no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, [C]no, no, [Em]no
Tonight
[G]You will understand the[C] wonders
[Em]Oh, toni[G]ght
You will under,
[C]understand the [Em]wonders

[Verse 12]
[G]And the leaves shaking of the trees
In the [C]cold evening [Em]breeze
And [G]the people passing on the street
And [C]everybody [Em]but you and me
To[G]night, to[C]night[Em]
[G]And your lover's gon[C]e
[Em]Tonight, tonight
[G]

[Verse 13]
[C]Thank you[Em] very[G] m[C]uch[Em]

[Outro 1]
[G][C][Em]
[G][C][Em][G][Am][C]
[Em][G][C][Em][G][D][G][D][G]
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