The Attic — Van Dyke Parks
Chords and lyrics for The Attic by Van Dyke Parks (key of A).
Verse 1
(Best way to capture the bouncing effect of the record is to play with a
sort of staccato vamp)
[A]I was there [E]upon
A four [A]poster there
[E]Mind touseled
I [A]came to bear
Some thoughts from the [E]past
Amid a [B7]dash of [E7]influenza
[E]And [F#]then I[G#] [A]came to see [E]in baggage
The [A]memories of truncated [E][A]souvenirs.
[A/G]The war years
[C#7]High [F#m]moon I said
[C#7]High [F#m]moon lighted
[E]High [D]moon [B7]eye
[E7]To my [A]moon
[E7]
[A]Far beyond the [E]blue mist
[A]Enveloped lawn
[E]The blanketed[A] night comes on
[E]The champagne is [A]dead and gone
The forest [E7]around sensitive [B7]sound forest [E7]primeval
[A]Through the panes cloud [E]buttermilk
[A]War remains and [E]twisted cross
[A]War refrains [A/G]lunatic so
[C#7]High [F#m]moon I said
[C#7]High [F#m]moon lighted
[E]High [D]moon [B7]eye
To [E7]my [A]moon
[B7]
[B7]Your [E]age will most [A]probably
Carry [E]away [A]the [E]letters enveloped in [G#][G#7]carrion
[E]Vague [A][C#7][F#m]un-pleas-antries [E]of [B7]the [E]war
[B7]May [E]your son's [A]progenitorship
Of the [E]state [A][E]haphazardly help him to [G#]carry [G#7]on
[E]God [A]send [C#7]your [F#m]son safe [E]home [B7]to [E]you
[E]High [D]Moon
You're [B7]eye
To [E7]my [A]moon
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