#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 19:35:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Douglas French 
Subject: Summertime, corrected chords and lyrics

Summertime, Corrected lyrics and chords

Title:       Summertime
  Music:       George Gershwin
  Lyrics:      DuBose Heyward
  Arrangement: Doug French, dfrench@site.gmu.edu

Intro/vamp:

|:  Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)     :|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A+           |
                                            Summer-

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)         |
      time,                         an' the livin' is

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1) Dm6 (xx0201@1)   |
      ea    -     sy,                       Fish are

|   Gm7         Bb6 (x15xxx@1)     |   Gm7         Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)name="chord_1201xx@1">Abdim |
      jumpin'                       an' the cotton is

|   A (x02220@1)         E7(#9)    |   A (x02220@1)         Am6A7-5 (x02212@1)    |
      high.                                     Oh, yo'

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)         |
      dad - dy's  rich,             an' yo' ma is good

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       G7 (320001@1)         |
      look    -   in',                            So

|   F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)      |   G (320003@1)         Gm7          |
     hush, little ba - by,      don'        yo'

|   Dm (xx0231@1)                  |   Dm (xx0231@1)        Ebm7 (x3131x@4)       |
      cry.

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A+           |
                                        One of these

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)         |
      mornin's,                you goin' to rise up

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)Dm6 (xx0201@1)    |
      sing   -    in'                      Then you'll

|   Gm7         Bb6 (x15xxx@1)     |   Gm7         Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)name="chord_1201xx@1">Abdim |
      spread yo'  wings         an' you'll  take   the

|   A (x02220@1)         E7 (020130@1)      |   A (x02220@1)         Am6A7-5 (x02212@1)    |
      sky.                                     But till that

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)        A7 (x02020@1)        |
      mornin'                      there's anothin' (x02210@1)can

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)        G7 (320001@1)        |
      harm        you                        With

|   F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)      |   G (320003@1)          Gm7         |
      Dad- dy and Mammy         stand   -    in'

|   Dm (xx0231@1)                  |   G (320003@1)          Bb7 (x13131@1)       |
      by.

|   F6 (15xxxx@1)        Bb9 (x1011x@1)     |   Ebmaj7 (x43111@3)     A13 (x05422@1)       |

|   Dm7                   |   Dm7                      |

|   Dm6 (xx0201@1)                 |

--------------------------------------------------------

Simplified chords:

|:  Dm6 (xx0201@1)       A7 (x02020@1)     :|   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1) Dm7     |
  |   Gm7         Bb (x1333x@1)      |   Gm7         Bb7 (x13131@1)Abdim (1201xx@1) |
  |   A (x02220@1)         E7 (020130@1)      |   A (x02220@1)         A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm (xx0231@1)        G7 (320001@1)         |
  |   F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)      |   G (320003@1)         Gm7          |
  |   Dm (xx0231@1)                  |   Dm (xx0231@1)        Dm7          |

|   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)Dm7      |
  |   Gm7         Bb (x1333x@1)      |   Gm7         Bb7 (x13131@1)name="chord_1201xx@1">Abdim    |
  |   A (x02220@1)         E7 (020130@1)      |   A (x02220@1)         A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7         A7 (x02020@1)      |   Dm7         G7 (320001@1)         |
  |   F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)      |   G (320003@1)         Gm7          |
  |   Dm (xx0231@1)                  |   G (320003@1)         Bb7 (x13131@1)        |
  |   F (133211@1)         Bb7 (x13131@1)     |   Eb7 (x32310@4)       A7 (x02020@1)         |
  |   Dm7                   |   Dm7                      |
  |   Dm6 (xx0201@1)                 |

Doug
dfrench@site.gmu.edu
Show more