Van Morrison - Beside You: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Beside You" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Beside You ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Beside You" smoothly on your ukulele.

Em              D  Em                 C
Little Jimmy's gone, away out of the backstreets.
Em               Am
Out of the window, to the fog and rain.
D
Right on time, right on time.

Em                                  G
That's why broken Arrow, waved his finger down
the road,
                           Em
So dark and narrow, in the evening.
C                D
Just before the Sunday six-bells chime,
six-bells chime.

And all the dogs are barking
Way on down the diamond-studded highway
where you wander
And you roam from your retreating view

And way over on the railroad
Tomorrow while the tipping trucks roll
out all together
Every scrapbook stuck with glue

Chorus:
                  Em
And I'll stand beside you,
 Bm Em C      Em  Am
B-side you, chiild.

D
To never, never, never wonder why at all,
G
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
C                         G
To never, never, wonder why at all,
                                         Am
To never, never, to never, never wonder why,
            D  Em
It's gotta be; it has to be.

Way across the country where
the hillside mountains glide
The dynamo of your smile caressed
the barefoot virgin child to wander
Past your window with the lantern lit
You held it in the doorway and you
cast against the pointed island breeze
Said your time was open, go away
along your merry way
Past the brazen footlits of the silence easy
You breathe in, you breathe out
You breathe in, you breathe out
You breathe in, you breathe out
You breathe in, you breathe out
And you're high on your high-flying cloud
Wrapped up in your magic shroud as ecstasy
surrounds you
This time it's found you
You turn around
You turn around
You turn around
You turn around
And I'm beside you
Beside you

Oh darling
To never never wonder why at all
No, no, no, no, no
To never never never wonder why at all
To never never never wonder why it's got to be
It has to be

Chorus:
And I'm beside you
Beside you
Oh child
To never never wonder why at all
I'm beside you
Beside you
Beside you
Beside you
Ooooh, oooh
Child

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Am

Ukulele chord Am

Bm

Ukulele chord Bm

C

Ukulele chord C

D

Ukulele chord D

Em

Ukulele chord Em

G

Ukulele chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Beside You" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Beside You" by Van Morrison.

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