B5 A5 B5 And I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town B5 A5 B5 It hovered in a frozen sky and gobbled summer down E5 D5 When the sun turns traitor cold E5 D5 F#5 And shivering trees are standing in a naked row B5 A5 B5 I get the urge for going but I never seem to go A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 And I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown A5 E5 B5 A5 B5 Summertime is falling down winter's closing in B5 A5 B5 I had a girl in summertime with summer colored skin B5 A5 B5 And not another man in town my darling's heart could win E5 D5 But when the leaves fell trembling down E5 D5 F#5 And bully winds did rub their face down in the snow B5 A5 B5 She got the urge for going I had to let her go A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 She got the urge for going when the meadow grass was turning brown A5 E5 B5 A5 B5 And summertime was falling down and winters closing in B5 A5 B5 Now the warriors of winter they give a cold triumphant shout B5 A5 B5 All that stays is dying all that lives is getting out E5 D5 See the geese in chevron flight E5 D5 F#5 Flapping and a-racin on before the snow B5 A5 B5 Got the urge for going they've got the wings to go B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 And they get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown A5 E5 B5 A5 B5 Summertime is falling down and winter's closing in B5 A5 B5 I'll ply the fire with kindling, I'll pull the blankets to my chin B5 A5 B5 I'll lock the vagrant winter out I'll bolt my wandering in E5 D5 I'd like to call back summertime E5 D5 F#5 And have her stay for just another month or so B5 A5 B5 But she's got the urge for going I guess she'll have to go B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 And she's gets the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown A5 E5 B5 A5 B5 All her empire's are falling down winter's closing in A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 And I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown A5 E5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 And summertime is falling down
