In The Summertime Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
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[Intro]
| E – E | E – E | A – A | E – E | B – A | E – E |
[Verse 1]
E
In the summertime, when the weather is high,
you can stretch right up and touch the sky,
A E
when the weather's fine, you got women, you got women on your mind.
B
Have a drink, have a drive,
A E
go out and see what you can find.
[Verse 2]
E
If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal,
if her daddy's poor, just do what you feel.
A E
Speed along the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-five.
B
When the sun goes down,
A E
you can make it make it good in a lay-by.
[Verse 3]
E
We're not bad people, we're not dirty, we're not mean,
we love everybody but we do as we please.
A E
When the weather's fine, we go fishing or go sailing in the sea.
B
We're always happy,
A E
life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy.
[Verse 4]
E
Sing along with us, da da di di di
Da da da da, yeah we’re happy
A E
Da da da, di di di di di da da da
B
Da da da da da,
A E
da da da da-da da
[Piano solo]
| E – E | E – E | A – A | E – E | B – A | E – E |
[Verse 5]
E
When the winter's here, yeah, it's party time,
bring a bottle, wear your bright clothes, it'll soon be summertime.
A E
And we'll sing again, we'll go driving or maybe we'll settle down.
B
If she's rich, if she's nice,
A E
bring your friends and we'll all go into town.
Motor
[Instrumental]
| E – E | E – E | A – A | E – E | B – A | E – E |
[Verse 6]
E
In the summertime, when the weather is high,
you can stretch right up and touch the sky,
A E
when the weather's fine, you got women, you got women on your mind.
B
Have a drink, have a drive,
A E
go out and see what you can find
[Verse 7]
E
If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal,
if her daddy's poor, just do what you feel.
A E
Speed along the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-five.
B
When the sun goes down,
A E
you can make it, make it good in a lay-by.
[Verse 8]
E
We're not bad people, we're not dirty, we're not mean,
we love everybody but we do as we please.
A E
When the weather's fine, we go fishing or go sailing in the sea.
B
We're always happy,
A E
life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy.
[Verse 9]
E
Sing along with us, da da di di di
Da da da da, yeah we’re happy
A E
Da da da, di di di di di da da da
B
Da da da da da,
A E
da da da da-da da
(Fade out)
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great tab.
3rd line of the first verse, can you see that rogue D chord?
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I gave it 5 stars and it's in the original key. KK.
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Great tab! Thanks!
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