That Summer - Garth Brooks - Standard Tuning 


Intro
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                              C
I went to work for her that summer
                          Am
A teenage kid so far from home
                          F
She was a lonely widow woman
                             G      
Hell bent to make it on her own

                                     C      
We were a thousands miles from nowhere
                             Am
Wheat fields as far as I could see
                  F     D         G
Both needing something from eachother
                                   C
Not knowing yet what that might be
                          C
Till she came to me one evening
                     Am
Hot cup of coffee and a smile
                   F
In a dress that I was certain
                          G
She hadn't worn in quite a while
    
                              C
There was a difference in her laughter
                             Am
There was a softness in her eyes
                         F              G
And on the air there was a hunger
                    C
Even a boy could recognize
 
              G          F
She had a need to feel the thunder
                  C     
To chase the lightning from the sky
                                       F      
To watch the storm and all it's wonders
                  G   
Raging in her lovers eyes
              Am         G    F
She had to ride the heat of passion
                       C     
Like a comet burning bright
                          F
Rushing headlong in the wind
                                G
Out where only dreams have been
                           C
Burning both ends of the night
 
                                 C
That summer wind was all around me
                                Am
Nothing between us but the night
                              F
And when I told her that I'd never
                               G
She softly whispered that's alright

                                          C
And then I watched her hands of leather
                 Am 
Turn to velvet in a touch
                                  F          G   
There's never been another summer 
                            C
When I have ever learned so much

                                           

             G          F
We had a need to feel the thunder
                 C     
To chase the lightning from the sky
                 F      
To watch the storm and all it's wonders
                     G   
Raging in eachothers eyes
             Am         G    F
We had to ride the heat of passion
                     C     
Like a comet burning bright
                         F
Rushing headlong in the wind
                             G
Out where only dreams have been
                           C
Burning both ends of the night

C    C    C

                              C
I often think about that summer
                                     Am
The sweat the moonlight and the lace
                          F
And I have rarely held another
                         G
When I haven't seen her face

                               C
And everytime I pass a wheat field
                               Am
And watch it dancing in the wind
                                                        F   G  
Although I know it isn't real, I just can't help but feel
               C
Her hungry arms again

                 G            F
She had a need to feel the thunder...
     
                             F
Rushing headlong in the wind
                               G
Out where only dreams have been
                          C
Burning both ends of the night

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