VERSE 1
E5 E5            A5
 I don't have a job
E5 E5     A5
 I never liked them
E5 E5          A5   A5    E5     E5 
  A5
 I just wanna play in the sunshine
E5     E5        A5
 They say I was wrong
E5 E5        A5
 But I know better
E5  E5      A5   A5      E5  E5   A5
 I live my life like I'm dying

F#5
 Gimme a chance
      A5
 I'll do my best to kick and scream and dance
F#5                            A5
 When winter comes I'll turn around

CHORUS
B5                   E5
Take me back to the sweet times
C#5
The hot nights
A5                   E5
Everything is gonna be alright
       F#5
In the summertime
             A5
Baby, in the summertime
    B5                         E5
And even if I have to wait til next year
C#5
I don't care
A5                      E5
All I know is that I'll meet you there
F#5
In the summertime
             A5
Baby, in the summertime
B5
That is where I'll be

VERSE 2
E5  E5         A5
 I can't complain
E5  E5           A5
 'Cos I'm still breathing
E5        E5     A5        A5     E5      
E5  A5
 There's nobody breathing down my neck now

F#5
 Gimme a go
A5
 Like an open furnace setting fire to snow
F#5                              A5
 When winter comes I'll ask the crowd

CHORUS

F#5
 So let me run
A5
 I'll dream until my head weighs 16 tonnes
F#5                           A5
 And when I wake sometime in June
       B5
 I'll say

CHORUS x2
NOTE: in the last chorus the ending is a bit different-

A5                      E5
All I know is that I'll meet you there
F#5
In the summertime
             A5
Baby, in the summertime
             F#5
Baby, in the summertime
             A5
Baby, in the summertime
B5                    E5
That is where I'll be