• Song:

    The Summer Place

  • Artist:

    Fountains of Wayne

  • Album:

    Sky Full of Holes

The Summer Place
Fountains of Wayne
Key: C

| Am| (x02210@1)F| (133211@1)C| (x32010@1)E7| (020130@1)Am| (x02210@1)F| (133211@1)
C| (x32010@1)E7| (020130@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G | C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2555x@1">C/B | 
Am | C C/B | Am |

C (x32010@1)         C/B (x2555x@1)        AmShe's (x02210@1)been afraid of the Cuisinart
C (x32010@1)            C/B (x2555x@1)   AmSince (x02210@1)nineteen seventy seven
C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)     AmNow (x02210@1)when she opens up the house
          E7 (020130@1)                     F (133211@1) | F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G |
Well, she won't set foot in the kitchen
C (x32010@1)           C/B (x2555x@1)     AmHer (x02210@1)brother's dating an architect
C (x32010@1)            C/B (x2555x@1)      AmThey're (x02210@1)coming up for the weekend
C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)        AmHe (x02210@1)never gave her the proper respect
        E7 (020130@1)                           FBut (133211@1)she still meets the ferry to greet them

F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)          E7 (020130@1)                   Am (x02210@1)   
        GOh (320003@1)at the summer place we've got the space if you've got the time
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)         E7And (020130@1)the summer place is so far away it's another state of
| Am (x02210@1)  |F   |C     |E7  |Am    |F 
  |C    | E7 (020130@1)| F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G |
  Mi-i-i-ind, mi-i-i-ind, mi-i-i-ind, mi-i-i-ind

C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)        AmShe (x02210@1)ran away back in '78
C (x32010@1)           C/B (x2555x@1)        AmJust (x02210@1)down the beach to the neighbors'
C (x32010@1)              C/B (x2555x@1)      AmThey (x02210@1)brought her back after sunset
               E7 (020130@1)              F (133211@1)  | F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G |
Her dad said, "Don't do me any favors"
C (x32010@1)           C/B (x2555x@1)      AmHer (x02210@1)mom would sit on the patio
C (x32010@1)          C/B (x2555x@1)      AmShe (x02210@1)said she needed the sea air
C (x32010@1)           C/B (x2555x@1)    AmShe'd (x02210@1)drink a fifth of Seagrams
               E7 (020130@1)                    FAnd (133211@1)then she'd sink down into her deck chair

F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)          E7 (020130@1)                   Am (x02210@1)   
        GOh (320003@1)at the summer place we've got the space if you've got the time
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)         E7And (020130@1)the summer place is so far away it's another state of
| Am (x02210@1)  |F   |C     |E7  |Am    |F 
  |C    | E7 (020130@1)| F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G |
  Mi-i-i-ind, mi-i-i-ind, mi-i-i-ind, mi-i-i-ind

Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)At fifteen shoplifting
C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)Was the only game she liked to play
Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)At forty she's so bored she
C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)Thinks about it then decides to pay
Am (x02210@1)          GAnd (320003@1)still she can't help feeling
      D/F# (200232@1)              D/F# (200232@1)       GThose (320003@1)good old days don't seem so far away
    E7Was (020130@1)it just yesterday

C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1)      AmShe (x02210@1)took a handful of mushrooms
C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)      AmThat (x02210@1)she got from a surfer
C (x32010@1)           C/B (x2555x@1)        AmShe (x02210@1)spent the night in the hospital room
       E7 (020130@1)                  FSo (133211@1)the doctors could observe her

F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)          E7 (020130@1)                           
Am (x02210@1)    GOh (320003@1)at the summer place we've got the space you should drop on by
F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                   E7At (020130@1)the summer place the injuries fade but the memories last a life-
| Am (x02210@1)  |F     |C           |E7   |
  Ti-i-i-ime, a lifetimi-i-i-ime
| Am (x02210@1)        |F     |C           |E7   | F (133211@1)G | A |
A lifetimi-i-i-ime, a lifetimi-i-i-ime           (pushed)

At the end of the first two lines in each verse the chord pattern rocks between Am and 
Am7 twice: C C/B Am (Am Am7 Am Am7)

C   = 032010
C/B = 020010
Am  = 002210
Am7 = 002010

Charted by Dexex
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