Van Morrison

Biography

Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (generally known as Van Morrison or Van The Man) (born 31 August 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He's a singer, songwriter, author, poet, and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since 1958. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl - a unique mix of folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences - Morriso...

Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (generally known as Van Morrison or Van The Man) (born 31 August 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He's a singer, songwriter, author, poet, and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since 1958. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl - a unique mix of folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences - Morrison is widely considered one of the most unusual and influential vocalists in the history of rock and roll. He has received numerous music awards during his career, including six Grammy Awards (1996–2007); inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (January 1993), the Songwriters Hall of Fame (June 2003), and the Irish Music Hall of Fame (September 1999); and a Brit Award (February 1994).

Known as "Van the Man" by his fans, Morrison first rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Northern Irish band Them, writing their 1964 hit "Gloria". A few years later, Morrison left the band for a successful solo career, starting with the album Astral Weeks.

Morrison has pursued an idiosyncratic musical path. Much of his music is tightly structured around the conventions of American soul and R&B, such as the popular singles "Brown Eyed Girl", "Moondance", "Domino", and "Wild Night". An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, loosely connected, spiritually inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz, and stream-of-consciousness narrative, such as his classic album Astral Weeks and lesser known works such as Veedon Fleece and Common One. The two strains together are sometimes referred to as "Celtic Soul," and Morrison rejects the characterization of his genre of music as Rock, citing Elvis Presley as a non-influence.

He continues to perform regularly and achieved his highest U.S. chart position (number ten on the Billboard 200) with his 2008 album, Keep It Simple. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

(Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball

E, B, A, G#m, C#m, F#m, C#, F#

A Change Is Gonna Come

C, F, E, F#, C#m, Bm, F#m, A, G#, C#, B

A New Kind of Man

G, C, Em, D

A Town Called Paradise

G, C, Am, Em

Across the Bridge Where Angels Dwell

E, A, B, F#m

Ain't Nothin' You Can Do

A#, D#, Gm, Cm, F, C

G, A, Em, D, Am, C

All Work and No Play

G, F, Cm, C, Gm, Am

C, G, Dm, F, A#, Am, Cm

Almost Independence Day

A#, G#, D#, F, C#, Fm, A#m

Ancient Highway

Am, F, C, G

Ancient of Days

G, Em, C, Bm, E, D

And It Stoned Me

G, D, C, A, Am, Em

And It Stoned Me - 6/18/1980 - Montreux (OFFICIAL)

A, E, D, Bm, F#m, B

And It Stoned Me / These Dreams of You

G, A, D, C, Am, Em, E

And the Healing Has Begun

G#, C#, D#, Fm

A#, D#, F, Dm, Cm, Gm

A, D, Bm

A, D, F#m, Dm, F

At the End of the Day

C, D, G, A, Bm, F#m, B, Am, Em, E

Avalon of the Heart

A, D, F#m, E

Baby Please Don't Go

Fm, F, G, A#, C#, D#

Em, C, Am, Bm, D, G, A, Gm

Back Street Affair

G, Am, D, C

G, Dm, D, C

Ballerina / Move On Up

G, C, D, Gm, F, A, Bm, Am

Be Thou My Vision

C#m, A, E, B, F#m, G#, F#, G#m

Beautiful Vision

A, D, Bm, E

Em, Bm, C, Am, D, A, G, E

Beside You (Take 1) (Official Audio)

Em, A, C, D, Bm, Am, G, E

Big Time Operators

E, B, A, Em, Bm

A, D, E

E, G, Em, Bm, Am, C, B, D, A

A, Dm, D, E

Em, D, C, G, Bm, Dm

Bright Side of the Road

C, Em, F, G, Fm, D, A#

Bring It on Home to Me

A, E, D, Bm

Bring It On Home To Me (Live At Porchester Hall, London / 2017)

A, E, D, Bm, F#m, Em

Brown Eyed Girl

G, C, D, Em, F

Brown Eyed Girl (Audio)

G, C, D, Em, F

Brown Eyed Girl (Original Version)

G, C, D, Bm, Em, Gdim, Eb, F#dim, A, B, Cm

Brown Eyed Girl (Rhythm Guitar only - Backing Track)- Chords G C D Em

G, C, D, Em

Brown Eyed Girl - Radio edit

G, C, Am, D, Bm, E, Em, Gdim, Eb, F#dim, A, B

Brown Eyed Girl Lyrics

G, C, D, Em, Bm, F

C, F, G, Am

Gm, D#, A#

D, G, A, Bm

G, D, C, Bm, Em, Am

Em, G, C, D, Bm, Gm, Am, A

Caravan (take 4)

C, Bm, G, Em, D, Am

Caravan (Vinyl)

D, G, Em, C, Bm, Am, E, A

C, Dm, G, Am, F, Fm

Celtic Excavation

D#, G#, Cm, A#, Fm

Celtic New Year

A#, G#, D#, Gm, Dm, Cm, F, Fm

G, C, Am, A, Bm, D

D#, G#, Cm, A#, F

A, D, Dm, Am, E, Em, C, G, F

G, D, Em, C

C, F, G, Cm

Cleaning Windows Rockpalast Germany 1982

A#, D#, F, G, Bm, Fm, Gm

Close Enough for Jazz

C, G, D, Am, Em, Bm, Gm

Cold Wind in August

Am, Em, E, D, C, G, A, Bm

A, D, E

Come Running (take 2)

A, D, E, Bm, Am

G, F, Am, G#, D#, Cm, A#, Fm

Contacting My Angel

G, Bm, C, Em, D

Contemplation Rose

Am, G, F, C

Crazy Jane on God

E, C#m, A, G, C, D, Em

A, D, C#m, E, F#m, Bm, Am, G

Crazy Love - Michael Buble Cover (Amanda Wood Acoustic Cover)

A#, F, Gm, D#, Dm, Cm

G, D, C

A#, Am, G, Gm, D#, F, Cm, Dm, C, Fm

A#, D#, F, Gm

Dancing in the Moonlight

D#, A#

C, Bm, Am, G, D

G#, D#, Cm, A#, Fm

Did Ye Get Healed

G, C, Am, E, D

Does Love Conquer All?

E, A, B, Bm, F#m, G#m, F#, C#m, Em

A, D, Bm, G, E

Domino (Harmony version)

A, D, Am, B, E, Bm, C

Don't Go to Nightclubs Anymore

E, D, F#m, A, Am, G, B, C, Em, Bm, F

Don't Look Back

F, G, C, Am

Don't Start Crying Now

E, Em, A, B, G, Bm, F#

Don't Worry About Tomorrow

E, A, D, Bm, B, G, Em, C, F#m

Down by the Riverside

C, G, F

Drumshanbo Hustle

E, A, G#m, B, G#, C#, Em, C#m

Dweller on the Threshold

G, C, Em

G, Em, C, Bm, D, Am, A, Gm

Early in the Morning

C, F, Am, Dm, E, D, A, Em, A#

End of the Rainbow

C, Dm, A, G, F, Em, Am

D, F#m, G, A, Bm, Em

Evening in June

D, E, C, Bm, Em, A, G, Dm

Evening Shadows

D, G, F#, C#, E, A, Bm, C#m, F#m, B, Dm

A, C, F, G, Dm, Gm, D, D#

A, Bm, D

D#, G#, Cm, A#, C#, Fm

C, F, Dm, G, Em, D, Am

C#, Fm, F#, D#m, G#, D#

A, E, D, Bm

G, C, D, Bm, Am

Full Force Gale

D, A, G, Bm

Georgia on My Mind

F, C, Dm, C#, G, A#, Gm, A, F#, Am, D, Cm, E, D#, G#

A, D, E, Am, G, B, Dm

Give Me My Rapture

A, E, F#m, D, Dm

Gloria! *WITH LYRICS*

E, D, A, Em

Goin' Down Geneva

A, D, E, Am, Em

Goin' Down to Monte Carlo

C, Em, F, G, Dm

A#, D#, Fm, F, A#m, Gm, C#, C, E, F#, G

Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)

E, A, B

D, Bm, E, A, G, Em

Gotta Get You Off My Mind

Am, A, D, E, Em

E, G#m, A, B, Bm, F#m, F#

Have I Told You Lately

A, C#m, B, E, G#m, F#m, Bm

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

A, C#m, B, E, G#m, F#m

He Ain't Give You None

D, A, E, Dm

Heathrow Shuffle

C, Em, A, G, D, Dm, F, Gm, Cm

Here Comes the Knight

G, D, Bm, C, Am, A, Em

Here Comes the Night

E, A, B

F, Dm, A#, C, A#m, G, Gm

Higher Than the World

G, D, A, F#m

Higher than the World - with lyrics

G, D, A, F#m

E, A, B

How Long Has This Been Going On?

F, Gm, Am, E, D, C, Cm, A#m, D#, C#, Dm, G, G#, A#, Em, Bm

Hungry for Your Love

G#, C#, D#, Fm

Hymns to the Silence

C, G, Em, D, Am, Bm

I Believe to My Soul

Gm, Dm, G, Cm, D#, A#, D, C

I Can't Stop Loving You

F, C, G

I Just Wanna Make Love to You

Dm, Gm, C, D, G, F, Cm

I Love You (I Have Told You Lately I Love You)

F#m, C#m, A, B, E, G#m

I Need Your Kind of Loving

D, Em, G, C

I Put a Spell on You

D#m, G#, B, G#m, F#, A#, D#, D

I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative)

E, A, B, G#m

I Will Be There

F#, B, A, A#m, C#, E, Bm, D#, D, F#m, G

I'd Love to Write Another Song

E, C#, F#, B, A, C#m

Gm, F, C, A, G, E, D, Em, Dm, A#

I'll Be Your Lover, Too

A, C, E, Em, D, G

I'll Take Care of You

Fm, A#m, Cm, A#, D#, F, C#, G#, G, C

F, D, G, C, A, E, A#, Am, Em, Dm, G#, Gm, D#, Cm

I'm Not Feeling It Anymore

E, A, B

I'm Tired Joey Boy

C, F, D, G, Fm

I've Been Working

G, A#, Gm, F, Dm, C, Cm

If I Ever Needed Someone

G, D, C, Em

If in Money We Trust

D, Dm, Am, G, C, F, Gm, A#, A

A#, D#, Cm, G#, Fm, F

If You Only Knew

Em, D, C, Bm, B, Am, G, A, E

In Search of Grace

G, Am, C, D, Em, Dm, A

In the Afternoon

G#, D#, A#, Gm, Fm, Cm, F

C, G, D, Em, Am, A, E

G, C, F, Em

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (No. 1)

A, C, F, G, Em, Am

Into The Mystic

E, A, B, Abm, F, F#, Ebdim, C#, Bm, Ab

Into the Mystic (take 11)

D#, A#, Gm, G#

Into the Mystic || Lyrics ☾☀

D#, A#, C, Gm, G#, G

Irish Heartbeat

A, D, E, F#m

D, G, A, Em, F#m, Bm

It Once Was My Life

A, E, D, F#m

It's All in the Game

G, C, Em, D, Bm, A, Am, Dm

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Em, A, D, E, G, F#, F#m

C, D, G, Em, Bm

Jackie Wilson Said

G, A, D, Am, Em, E, Bm, C, B

John Brown's Body

C, G, B, Em, Am, Gm, D

A, D, G, Bm

Just Like a Woman

E, A, Bm, B, F#, F#m, G#, C#, G, D

Just Like Greta

C, Em, Dm, G, F, Am

F, A#, Dm, C, A, D, G

Laughing in the Wind

F, G, C, Dm, Em, F#, Cm

Listen to the Lion

D#, G#, Fm, A#, Gm, Cm, F

Gm, Cm, D#, A#, C, Dm, D, F, B, G

Lover Come Back

G, Em, C, D

G, C, D, Bm, Dm

C, G, Am, F, Em, A

D#, G#, A#, Cm, F, Gm

Meet Me in the Indian Summer

F, A#, C, Am

Midnight Special

F, D, A, Am, Dm, C

Moody's Mood for Love

Em, F, G, C, C#, Dm, D#m, Am, D#, A#, F#, B, A, E, D, C#m

Bm, A, Am, G, B, E, C, Dm, F, Em, D

Moondance (take 22)

Gm, F, D#, C, D, Cm, Dm, A#, G

Moonshine Whiskey

G, C, D, A, Em, F

Mystic of the East

F, G, C, Dm, Em, Am

Naked in the Jungle

Gm, F, A#, C, Dm, G

D, Em, A, F#m, Bm, E, G

D#, Cm, G#, A#, F, Fm, Gm

D, G, A, Em, Bm, E, Am

Not Supposed to Break Down

D, Em, A, Bm, F#m, G, E

Oh the Warm Feeling

Em, D, C, G

D#, A#, G#, Fm, Cm, Gm, F

Old Old Woodstock

A, E, F#m

On Hyndford Street

E, B, A, C#m, G, F

Once in a Blue Moon

G, Em, C, D, Am, Bm

One Irish Rover

D, Em, G, A, Bm

One of These Days

F, C, A#, D#, Gm, Fm, D, G, F#, C#, Cm, Em, Dm, Am

G, Em, D, C, Bm, Am

E, A, Em, B, F#, Bm

Ordinary People

Am, A, E, D, Dm, Em, F, D#

A, E, Em, Bm, B, D

Bm, D, C, F#m, A, Em, G

G, A, Em, D, Bm, E

Philosopher's Stone

C, F, G

G, C, D, Gm

Professional Jealousy

Bm, D, G, A, F#m

G, C, Am, D

D, A, F#m, Bm, Em, G

D, F#m, Bm, G, A, F#, Em, B

D, G, A, Bm, F#m, E

Rave on John Donne / Rave on Part Two

G, Am, Dm, D, C, Em, F

G, Em, C, D, Am, A

Really Don't Know

Am, Dm, G, F, D, Gm, Em, A, A#, C

Reminds Me of You

G, Bm, C, D

G#, C#, G#m, C#m, F#

D, A, E, Am, Em

Saint James Infirmary

Em, D, B, Am, C, F#m, F

Santa Fe / Beautiful Obsession

A, D, E, F#m, Bm, C#m

G, F, C, A#, Gm, Dm, D, A

F#m, C#, F#, G#, B, D#m, F

School of Hard Knocks

E, D, A, C, Am, F#, B, C#m, G, Em

See Me Through, Part II (Just a Closer Walk with Thee)

A#, F, D#, D#m, Cm, G#

Send in the Clowns

D#, G#, Fm, Gm, Dm, Cm, G, F, A#

D#, A#, G#, Fm, Cm, Gm, F

F, C, Em, G, Cm, Dm, Gm, A

Since I Fell for You

Em, G, C, Am, D, Bm, E, A, Cm, Dm, G#

Snow in San Anselmo

Am, C, G, F, Dm, Em, A#, A, E, D

A#, C#, D#, F, E, Cm, A#m, G#, C, Gm

So Quiet in Here

G, Em, C, Am, Bm, D

Some Peace of Mind

Am, Bm, Em, D, C, G

Someone Like You

G, Bm, Em, C, Am, D, A

Someone Like You (Audio)

G, Bm, Em, C, Am, D, A

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

F#, F#m, A, D, E, Bm

Sometimes We Cry

E, C, D, Am, F, G, Dm, Em, A

C, G, Em, D, Cm, Bm

Gm, G#, A#, Cm, Fm, D#

G, C, D

Em, Bm, D, Am, C, F, G, A, E, F#m

D#, F, Gm, A#, Cm, C, Dm

Star of the County Down

Em, D, Bm, G, E

Start All Over Again

G, C, Am, D, Bm, Em

Starting a New Life

C, F, G, Am

Steal My Heart Away

D#, A#, Cm, G#, F, Fm

Steppin' Out Queen

C, F, Am, G, Em, Dm

Steppin' Out Queen (alternative take)

C, F, Am, G, Em, Dm

E, B, A, Em

Streets of Arklow

E, C, Em, D#, G, C#, G#, Fm

Summertime in England

E, F#, A, B, C#, D#, F#m, Bm, A#, C#m

F#m, A, E, B

Take It Where You Find It

E, A, D, Bm, F#m, C#m

G, C

F, D, A, Am, C, Dm, Em

Dm, F, D, A, Am, C, Em

Thanks for the Information

E, Em, C, D, B, Bm, G

That's Entrainment

F, Fm, A#, C, Dm, Gm, G

G, B, Em, A, Am, D, Gm, D#, G#, C, Fm, A#, C#

G, Gm, C, D#, Cm

The Beauty of the Days Gone By

C, F, G, Dm

The Great Deception

A, F#m, D, E, C#m

The Healing Game

C, G, F, Em, Am

The Master's Eyes

A#, D#, F, Gm

G, C, Em, D

The Street Only Knew Your Name

A#, F, Gm, D#, Dm, Cm, C, Fm

The Way Young Lovers Do

Am, Dm, E, A, C, G, F, Em

These Are the Days

G, D, C

These Dreams (of You)

G, C, D, Em, Am, Cm

These Dreams Of You (Original)

G, C, D, A, Em, Am

Till We Get the Healing Done

Em, D, C, G, A, Bm

G, D, C

G, F, Bb, C, Dm, D, Gm

Too Long in Exile

A, B, E

A#, Dm, F, Gm, Am, C, D#, F#, A, C#, D, G

A#, F, D#, Dm, Cm, A

Tupelo Honey / Why Must I Always Explain?

A#, D#, F, Gm, Cm, Dm, D, A#m, C

C, F, Bm, G, Am, E, Em, A, A#, Dm, D, F#m, Gm, F#

Vanlose Stairway

C, F, G

Vanlose Stairway / Trans Euro Train

C, F, G, Em, Dm

G, Em, C, Am, Bm, D

D, G, Em, A, Bm, F#m

G, C, D

C, F, Am, G, Dm

A, Em, Am, F, C, G, D, Bm, E

What Makes the Irish Heart Beat

E, B, A, F#, F#m

What Would I Do

G, C, D, Em, Dm, A

What's Wrong With This Picture?

A, D, G, Gm, B, E, Bm, Em, A#, F#m

Whatever Happened to P.J. Proby

G#m, F#, E, D#, G#, C#, C#m, B, D#m

When the Leaves Come Falling Down

C, G, Am, F, Gm, Dm, Em

When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God

E, F#m, G, Em, A, C, D, Am, Bm

When You're Smiling

Cm, A#, Gm, D#, F, C, G, Dm

Whenever God Shines His Light (feat. Cliff Richard)

G, C, D, A, Bm, Em, Am, B

Who Can I Turn To

Gm, A#, D#, Fm, C, Cm, A#m, G#, Dm, F, D, G, G#m, F#m, B, Am, F#, A

Who Do You Love

C, G, A#, Dm, D, Gm, D#, E, A, F, Am

Who Drove the Red Sports Car?

G, C, A, Gm, A#

Who Was That Masked Man

F#m, G, A, D, Dm, Bm, Em

Who Was That Masked Man - original

Gm, A#, G#, A, F, Cm, G, D#, Fm

Why Must I Always Explain?

G, Bm, C, D, Em

D, G, F#m, Em, A, B, F#, A#m, G#m, C#, Bm

Em, G, A, D, E, Bm

Em, G, C, D

Wild Night (1971)

Em, G, C, D

Wild Night "live"

D, G, Em, Bm, C

Wonderful Remark

A, E, D, F#m, Bm

You Don't Know Me

D#, G#, A#, C, Fm, F, Gm, D, G, Cm, B, E, A, F#, C#, F#m

You Gotta Make It Through the World

Gm, F, A#, Dm, C, Em, G, D

You're My Woman

G, D, A, Am, Em, F, C, Dm, E, F#m

Your Mind Is on Vacation

F, A#, C, Fm, D#, Cm