Contributed by Justus Koshiol


Standard Tuning


Intro G 

      D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)      EmLet (022000@1)wild winter winds bellow 'n' blow
           G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)   
I'm as warm as a July   to  ma   to.

[chorus:]     C
              Peaches on the shelf
               G (320003@1)             Potatoes in the bin (x2022x@1)             D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)             Supper's ready, everybody come on in
              D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)             Taste alittle (x02210@1)of the summer,
              D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)             Taste alittle (x02210@1)of the summer,
                      D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)             You can taste alittle (x02210@1)of the summer
                 C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)             grandma put it all in jars.

                D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)         
Well, there's a root cellar, fruit cellar down below
Em (022000@1)                    GWatch (320003@1)you head now, and down you go   (Chorus)

D (xx0232@1)                        GMaybe (320003@1)you're weary an' you don't give a damn
  Em (022000@1)                     GI (320003@1)bet you never tasted her blackberry jam.   (Chorus)

              D (xx0232@1)                 GAh, (320003@1)she's got magic in her - you know what I mean
             Em (022000@1)         GShe (320003@1)puts the sun and rain in with her beans.   (Chorus)
 
               D (xx0232@1)                     GWhat (320003@1)with the snow and the economy and ev'ry'thing,
   Em (022000@1)                              GI (320003@1)think I'll jus' stay down here and eat until spring.   (Chorus)

          D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)     
When I go down to see my grandma I gain a lot of weight
      Em (022000@1)                       GWith (320003@1)her dear hands she gives me plate after plate.
 C (x32010@1)                     GShe (320003@1)cans the pickles, sweet & dill
 D (xx0232@1)                      GShe (320003@1)cans the songs of the whippoorwill
         D (xx0232@1)                GAnd (320003@1)the morning dew and the evening moon
   D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)I really got to go see her soon
       D (xx0232@1)                  G'Cause (320003@1)these canned goods I buy at the store
D (xx0232@1)                          GAin't (320003@1)got the summer in them anymore.
D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)You bet, grandma, as sure as you're born
      D (xx0232@1)                          GI'll (320003@1)take some more potatoes and a thunderstorm.  (Chorus)