You Dont Pull No Punches But You Dont Push The River Cifras

YOU DON'T PULL NO PUNCHES, BUT YOU DON'T PUSH THE RIVER
As recorded by Van Morrison
(From the 1974 Album VEEDON FLEECE)
 
 
 
[Intro]
Em   Cmaj7   Em   Cmaj7
Em   Cmaj7   Em   Cmaj7
Em
 
 
[Verse 1]
Em                   Cmaj7               Em
When you were a child, you were a tomboy
               Cmaj7   Em
Your soul satisfaction
               Cmaj7   Em
Way back in shady lane
      Cmaj7              Em
Do you remember darlin'?
 
 
[Verse 2]
               Cmaj7       Em                        Cmaj7
And it's the woman in you, and it's the woman in you
             Em            Cmaj7   Em
Give me soul satisfaction
                                 Cmaj7
And it takes the child in you to know
                          Em
The woman and you are one
 
 
[Verse 3]
Em                             Cmaj7
We're goin' out in the country
Cmaj7
To get down to the real soul, I mean the real soul people
                  Em
I'm talking about the real soul people
        Cmaj7                                        Em
We're goin' out in the country, get down to the real soul
                                    Cmaj7
We're gettin' out to the west coast
                  Em
Shining our light into the days of bloomin' wonder
Cmaj7                                      Em
Goin' as much with the river as not, as not
Cmaj7                                   Em
I'm goin' as much with the river as not
  Cmaj7                    Em
Blake and the Eternals standin' with the Sisters of Mercy
                       Cmaj7
Looking for the Veedon Fleece, yeah
Em                                Cmaj7
William Blake and the Eternals oh standin' with the Sisters of Mercy
                       Em            Cmaj7
Looking for the Veedon Fleece, yeah
 
 
[Interlude]
Em   Cmaj7   Em   Cmaj7
Em   Cmaj7   Em   Cmaj7
 
 
[Refrain]
Em                        Cmaj7
You don't pull no punches
Cmaj7
But you don't push the river
Em
You don't pull no punches
Cmaj7
And you don't push the river
Em                          Cmaj7
Yeah, don't pull no punches
                             Em
And you don't push the river
 
 
[Verse 4]
 Cmaj7                              Em
Goin' as much with the river as not
                           Cmaj7                    Em
We're goin' out in the west, down to the cathedrals
                           Cmaj7                Em
We're goin' out in the west, down to the beaches
                        Cmaj7  Em             Cmaj7
And the Sisters of Mercy    behind the sun, behind the sun
Em
And William Blake and the Sisters of Mercy
Cmaj7                        Em
Looking for the Veedon Fleece
Em
You don't pull no punches, goin' west
Cmaj7
Goin' much with the river as not
                                  Em
With the river as not, with the river as not, goin' as much,
          Cmaj7                             Em
Goin' as much with the river as not, no, ah
 
 
[Refrain]
                          Cmaj7
You don't pull no punches
Cmaj7
But you don't push the river
Em                        Cmaj7
You don't pull no punches
                             Em
But you don't push the river
                          Cmaj7
You don't pull no punches
                             Em
But you don't push the river
                          Cmaj7
You don't pull no punches
Cmaj7
But you don't push the river
 
 
[Flute Solo]
Em   Cmaj7   Em   Cmaj7
Em   Cmaj7   Em   Cmaj7
 
 
[Outro]
           Em                  Cmaj7
And we was contemplating Baba, William Blake and the Eternals
Em
Goin' down to the Sisters of Mercy
Cmaj7
Looking for the Veedon Fleece
Em                            Cmaj7
Looking for the Veedon Fleece
                              Em
Looking for the Veedon Fleece
                                  Cmaj7                     Em
You don't pull no punches, but ya, you don't push the river
                                  Cmaj7                         Em
You don't pull no punches, but ya, you don't push the river, no
                  Cmaj7                      Em             Cmaj7   Em   Cmaj7
You don't pull no punches, but ya, you don't push the river
                        Em
You don't push the river
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