Artist: The Flaming Lips
Song: It's Summertime
Album: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Transcribed by: J.P. Fowler
Tuning: EADGBe (standard)


This song has two guitars, guitar 2 is fingerpicking
while guitar 1 is strumming, I have placed the chord
names above the fingerpicking that guitar 1 strums
on the parts that required it.



 Intro:

       Am               Am               D              G                G
  4/4...............................
e|---5--------5---|---5-------5---|---5---5-5---|---3-------7-----|---7-----7---|
B|-----5----6---5-|-----5---6---5-|-----5-----5-|-----3-------8---|-----8-----8-|
G|-5------5-------|-5-----5-------|-7-----------|-4-----4/7-----7-|-7-----7-----|
D|----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|



 Verse I:


          It's summertime and I can understand....                            
       
  4/4.................
e|---5----5---|---3---3-----3/7-7-|---6-----6---|-----7-5---7-|-----7------7---|
B|-----7----7-|-----3---3---------|-----7-----7-|---7---------|---9---9------9-|
G|-7----------|-4---------4-------|-6-----6-----|-7-------7---|-9--------9-----|
D|------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
A|------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
E|------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|


...sad


e|---7-----7---|---5------5-------5-------5-----|
B|-----8-----8-|-----7------5h7-----5h7-----5h7-|
G|-7-----7-----|-7------7-------7-------7-------| Repeat 1x
D|-------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------|--------------------------------|



 Pre-Chorus:

         Look inside............          ...all you'll see....
  4/4................ 
e|---5-------5---|---3---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3---|---5---5-------5-------|---5---5-------5-------|
B|-----5---5---5-|-----3---3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---3-|-----7---7-5h7-----5h7-|-----7---7-5h7-----5h7-|
G|-6-----6-------|-4-------------------|-3-----------------|-7---------------7-----|-7---------------7-----|
D|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

        Look inside.......                          All you'll see is a self-reflected inner saddness.......
  4/4..................                                                    G              A              Bm
e|---5---5---5---5---|---3---3---3---3---|---2---2---2---2---|         e|--3--|       e|--5--|       e|--7--|
B|-----5---5---5---5-|-----3---3---3---3-|-----2---2---2---2-|         B|--3--|       B|--5--|       B|--7--|
G|-6-----------------|-4-----------------|-3-----------------|         G|--4--|       G|--6--|       G|--7--|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|         D|--5--|       D|--7--|       D|--9--|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|         A|--5--|       A|--7--|       A|--9--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|         E|--3--|       E|--5--|       E|--7--|



 Solo:
       
  4/4.................
e|----14-10----|----14-9----|----14-9----15-14-9-17-15-|
B|-10-------10-|-10------10-|-10------10---------------|
G|-------------|------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------|------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------|------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------|------------|--------------------------|



 Chorus:

G          D  Em            A                      D
Look outside,   I know that you'll recognize, it's summertime.


Guitar 2:
  4/4............................
e|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|---------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|---------------|
A|-----0-0h2/5/7---|-----5-7p5-----|-----0-0h2/5/7-5-|-0h2-5-5-|-----0-0h2/5---|
E|-0h3-----------0-|-3h5-------7p5-|-0h3-------------|---------|-0h3---------3-|


G          D  Em            A                      G          D
Look outside,   I know that you'll recognize, it's summertime.


Guitar 2:
  4/4............................
e|-----------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------|---------0-2/4 2-0-|
A|-----0-0h2/5/7---|-----5-7p5-----|-7-7-7p5---|-0-0-0h2-----------|
E|-0h3-----------0-|-3h5-------7p5-|---------5-|-------------------|



 Outro:
               Am            Am           D            D
  4/4..................
e|-------|-----------8-|----------8-|----------8-|-----------8-|
B|-------|-8/10-10-8---|-10--10-8---|-10--10-8---|-8/10-10-8---|
G|-7/9-9-|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|Repeat until 3:12 then fade out.
D|-------|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|Guitar 2 strums the chords above
A|-------|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|the measures while guitar 1 plays
E|-------|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|the notes.




Song structure:

Intro
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Solo
Chorus         
Outro