• Song:

    The Summer Place

  • Artist:

    Fountains of Wayne

  • Album:

    Sky Full of Holes

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

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interpretation of the song.
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Artist: Fountains of Wayne
Album:  Sky Full of Holes
Song:   The Summer Place
tabber: John Baer (eddiebauerman16@aol.com)
tabbed on 7/16/2011

Intro guitar 1: (acoustic chords) Am, F, C, E7 (x2)
Intro guitar 2: (electric riff)
 
 Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)   E7 (020130@1)    Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)   E7e--------------------------------------------------| (020130@1)B--------------------------------------------------|
G----------2-5-0-------1-4-2-------2-5-0---0-1-----| (both play): F, G
D-------2-2---------2-2---------3-3------2---------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
 
Verse 1: 
C (x32010@1)       E7 (020130@1)           AmShe's (x02210@1)been afraid of the Cuisinart
C (x32010@1)             E7 (020130@1)   AmSince (x02210@1)nine-teen seventy-seven
C (x32010@1)       E7 (020130@1)      AmNow (x02210@1)when she opens up the house
         E7 (020130@1)                F (133211@1)      
Well she won't set foot in the kitchen
C (x32010@1)          E7 (020130@1)        AmHer (x02210@1)brother's dating an architect
C (x32010@1)           E7 (020130@1)        AmThey're (x02210@1)coming up for the weekend
C (x32010@1)       E7 (020130@1)       AmHe (x02210@1)never gave her the proper respect
    E7 (020130@1)                         F (133211@1)       
But she still meets the ferry to greet them

Chorus:
F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)           E7Oh, (020130@1)at the summer place, we got the space
   Am (x02210@1)           Gif (320003@1)you've got the time
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)          GAt (320003@1)the summer place, its so far away
E7 (020130@1)                    
It's another state of...
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)  E7 (020130@1)Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)  E7(repeat (020130@1)intro riff over chorus) F, GMiiind, (320003@1) Miiind,  Miiind,  Miiind

Verse 2:
C (x32010@1)     E7 (020130@1)         AmShe (x02210@1)ran away back in seventy eight
C (x32010@1)          E7 (020130@1)          AmJust (x02210@1)down the beach to the neighbor's
C (x32010@1)            E7 (020130@1)         AmThey (x02210@1)brought her back after sunset
            E7 (020130@1)               F (133211@1)   
Her Dad said "Don't do me any favors"
C (x32010@1)      E7 (020130@1)      AmHer (x02210@1)Mom sat on the patio
C (x32010@1)          E7 (020130@1)       AmShe (x02210@1)said she needed the sea air
C (x32010@1)         E7 (020130@1)      AmShe (x02210@1)drank a fifth of Seagram's
               E7 (020130@1)              FAnd (133211@1)then she'd sink down into her deck chair

Chorus 2:
F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)           E7Oh, (020130@1)at the summer place, we got the space
   Am (x02210@1)           Gif (320003@1)you've got the time
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)          GAt (320003@1)the summer place, its so far away
E7 (020130@1)                    
It's another state of...
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)  E7 (020130@1)Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)  E7(repeat (020130@1)intro riff over chorus) F, GMiiind, (320003@1) Miiind,  Miiind,  Miiind

Bridge:
Am (x02210@1)         E7At (020130@1)fifteen, shop-lifting
C (x32010@1)           FWas (133211@1)the only game she liked to play
Am (x02210@1)      E7 (020130@1)       
At forty, she's so bored she
C (x32010@1)             FThinks (133211@1)about it then decides to play
Am (x02210@1)           GBut (320003@1)still she can't help feeling
D/F# (200232@1)                                GThose (320003@1)good old days don't seem so far away
                   E7(seem (020130@1)so far away) Just like yesterday

Verse 3:
C (x32010@1)        E7 (020130@1)       AmShe (x02210@1)took a handful of mushrooms
C (x32010@1)      E7 (020130@1)       AmThat (x02210@1)she got from a surfer
C (x32010@1)         E7 (020130@1)       AmShe (x02210@1)spent a night in a hospital room
E7 (020130@1)                  FSo (133211@1)the doctors could observe her

Chorus 3:
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)        COh, (x32010@1)at the summer place
G (320003@1)                      E7 (020130@1)          
the injuries fade but the memories last a life
Am (x02210@1)   FTiiiime (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)    E7A (020130@1)lifetiiiime
  Am (x02210@1)   FA (133211@1)lifetiiiime
 C (x32010@1)    E7A (020130@1)lifetiiiime

Outro:
F, G, (pause) A

Cheers, and buy "Sky Full of Holes", available on August, 2nd 2011.
www.fountainsofwayne.com
-John Baer
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