SUMMERTIME (Gershwin)
(It's smooth and Jazzy, based on a live performance by Jan Akkerman I once witnessed)
Intro: Em6 B7 | Em6 B7+
Em6 B7 Em6 B7 Em6 Eb7-5 G/D C#7-5
Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Am7 G6 Cmaj7 B7-C7- B7 F13-5
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Em6 B7 Em6 B7 Em6 Eb7-5 G/D C#7-5
Your daddy's rich, and your momma's good lookin'
G6 C#7-5 Cmaj7 B7 F13-5 Em6 B7 Em6 B7+
So hush little baby, don't you cry
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Em6 B7 Em6 B7 Em6 Eb7-5 G/D C#7-5
One of these mornings, you're gonna rise up singing
Am7 G6 Cmaj7 B7-C7-B7 F13-5
Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
Em6 B7 Em6 B7 Em6 Eb7-5 G/D C#7-5
But till that morning, there's a nothin' can harm you
G6 C#7-5 Cmaj7 B7 F13-5 Em6 B7 Em6 B7+
With daddy and mammy stan- ding by
(....repeat, but nicer.....)
(....and the last line.......)
G6 C#7-5 Cmaj7 B7 F13-5 Em6 B7 Em6-9
With daddy and mammy stan- ding by
Chords used:
Em6 B7 B7+ Eb7-5 G/D C#7-5 Am7 G6 Cmaj7 C7 F13-5 Em6/9
e-3--2---3----2----3----3----0--0----0---0----x----2---|
b-2--0---0----2----3----5----1--0----0---1----0----2---|
G-4--2---2----2----4----4----0--0----0---3----0----0---|
D-x--1---1----1----0----5----2--0----2---2----1----2---|
A-x--2---2----x----x----4----0--2----3---3----x----2---|
E-0--x---x----x----x----x----x--3----3---x----1----0---|
Arrangement: Aatvza
