Sons Of Summer - from Playing Possum 1975

Em
It makes me smile
    G                  C
To think of what we dreamed of
F
Where are those sons of summer now
With their wild-haired women in their
patchwork gowns
      C
Who could laugh the lights away
                     G       
Nights on the beach and bay

F

Am    
The course on farms
C 
And the course in the bar
  Em                  F
Sweet smokin' in the back of the car
Am                      C                      Em     F
Always the first time shines to last like a morning star
Em              F
Like a morning star

Em                           G                 C
It's been a while since the last time we were dancing
F 
Where are those sons of summer now
With their long-limbed ladies who all knew how
     C 
To chase the blues away
               G
I've got the blues today

F

Am                            C
Your ivy days and your clubhouse ways
Em                         F
Wine mug nights when the music played
Am                          C                  Em    F
Love that is real will not fade away like a morning star
           Em    F      
Like a morning star 

C 

F
Where are those sons of summer now
The winter has come
                            C
And you don't know how to turn your
Dreams into coal
                  G
Your books won't hold you

F

Am          
The woods get cold
        C
And I feel too old
Em                              F
I begin to questioning your schoolboy soul
Am                        C
Clever remarks that once won my heart
           Em
When the fire won't light
            F
Will they lose their spark
    C                                   F
And I can't help but get a little bit blue
C                                             F
Thinking about the precious nothing we once knew

C  F