Summertime Blues Chords

by Zach Bryan
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Zach's most recent release, Summertime Blues. I'll update it more when the studio version is released, but this is pretty true to his live performance.
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author theReedMorris [pro] 285.
2 contributors total, last edit on Jan 7, 2023
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Chords

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G
Am

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[Verse 1]
     C
The sun set so late tonight
   F                   C
I wonder if you saw it too
           F                   C
I wish I still had someone to lose
           G                       C
But all I got are these summertime blues
 
 
[Verse 2]
               C
Bet there’s a green-eyed, dark-haired beauty
         F            C
On some beach by Monterey
          F                  C
Letting waves wash her pain away
                G
But I’ll never know
 
 
[Verse 3]
                  C
Bet there’s some boys out in Okie
            F                    C
That are praying to get the job done
         F                        C
Hauling hay and fighting off the sun
                       G
The ladies waiting in town
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
             F                 C
Summertime blues, summertime blues
       G               Am
I got nothing left to prove
             F               C
I’m out of touch and out of tune
          G
Singing alone
                 F
To the birds up high
                C
And the souls below
           G                     Am
All those boys who ain’t got no home
                F                C
The beautiful girls I’ll never hold
                G
This one’s for you
 
 
[Chorus]
                F   C G Am
My summertime blues
                F   C G
My summertime blues
 
C  F C F C G
 
 
[Verse 4]
     C
The quiet turns to revelry
        F                  C
As the sun burns away the spring
        F                C
The coastlines start to sing
                     G
With the young and heartless
 
 
[Verse 5]
 C
Hilton head and the Hamptons
           F              C
Where the rich all go to die
         F                  C
And the young kids all get high
                  G
Just to pass the time
 
 
[Verse 6]
            C
I bought a bottle of the best bourbon
   F                   C
A beat down boy could buy
      F                 C
I’m gonna’ bury all my sorrow
            G            C
As the summertime passes by
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
             F                 C
Summertime blues, summertime blues
       G               Am
I got nothing left to prove
             F               C
I’m out of touch and out of tune
          G
Singing alone
                 F
To the birds up high
                C
And the souls below
           G                     Am
All those boys who ain’t got no home
                F                C
The beautiful girls I’ll never hold
                G
This one’s for you
 
 
[Chorus]
                F   C G Am
My summertime blues
                F   C G
My summertime blues
 
C  F C F C G
 
     C
The sun set so late tonight
   F                   C
I wonder if you saw it too
       F                 C
I wish I had someone to lose
           G                        C
But all I got are these summertime blues
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Summertime Blues – Zach Bryan
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6 comments
heglundchristian
The single version he just released has a couple of added words and a change of lyrics in one of the lines. Other than that the tab is good
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mhc1954
When I play along with the original song, the capo is on the second fret.
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bolm12305
I’m pretty sure that the rhythm for this song is very similar to the rhythm in coal by Tyler Childers. I’ve been using that one and it works really well
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