MORRISON VAN - "cyprus avenue" Tablature

Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:34:35 -0800 (PST)
From: aaron <pulpalittlesoul@yahoo.com>
Subject: m/morrison_van/cyprus_avenue.crd

Artist: Van Morrison
Song: Cyprus Avenue
Album: Astral Weeks (1968)
Writer: Van Morrison

Tabbed by a little soul

One of the best songs on the album, with a beautiful
harpsichord part and wonderful lyrics.

Tuning: Capo on 3*
Time: 4/4

Chords: (Relative to the capo)
G - 320003
C - X32010
D - XX0232

*I am fairly certain about the capo position mainly
because of the sound of the D chords on Van's guitar.

Okay, let's start!

Intro:

G (2 bars)
C (2 bars)
G (2 bars)
D (2 bars) *

*at this point Van plays a little suspended-chord run
on his E string as most folk players would at this
point. Mess about with the third fret, second fret,
and open frets.

Now many people will be wondering what the harpsichord
is playing. Mostly it is arpeggios, especially towards
the ending - F D Bb for the G chord, for example
(obviously, the harpsichord is playing in B flat). It
can be easily copied on a guitar with some simple
fingerpicking that I will not go into here.

Verses:
G (4 bars)
C (4 bars)
G (2 bars)
C (2 bars)

G (8 bars) *
C (4 bars)
G (2 bars)
C (2 bars)

D (4 bars)
C (4 bars)
G (4 bars)

repeated...
*sometimes at this point Van plays a few bars of D
instead, followed by less than six bars of G.

Coda:
G (2 bars)
C (2 bars)

And that's all! Send me an email at
pulpalittlesoul@yahoo.com if you'd like more
information.