Summertime
George Gershwin
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 19:35:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Douglas French
Subject: Summertime, corrected chords and lyrics
Summertime, Corrected lyrics and chords
Title: Summertime
Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: DuBose Heyward
Arrangement: Doug French, dfrench@site.gmu.edu
Intro/vamp:
|: Dm6 A7 :| Dm6 A+ |
Summer-
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 A7 |
time, an' the livin' is
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 A7 Dm6 |
ea - sy, Fish are
| Gm7 Bb6 | Gm7 Bbmaj7 G#dim |
jumpin' an' the cotton is
| A E7(#9) | A Am6 A7-5 |
high. Oh, yo'
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 A7 |
dad - dy's rich, an' yo' ma is good
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 G7 |
look - in', So
| F Dm | G Gm7 |
hush, little ba - by, don' yo'
| Dm | Dm Dm#7 |
cry.
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 A+ |
One of these
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 A7 |
mornin's, you goin' to rise up
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 A7 Dm6 |
sing - in' Then you'll
| Gm7 Bb6 | Gm7 Bbmaj7 G#dim |
spread yo' wings an' you'll take the
| A E7 | A Am6 A7-5 |
sky. But till that
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 A7 |
mornin' there's a nothin' can
| Dm6 A7 | Dm6 G7 |
harm you With
| F Dm | G Gm7 |
Dad- dy and Mammy stand - in'
| Dm | G Bb7 |
by.
| F6 Bb9 | Ebmaj7 A13 |
| Dm7 | Dm7 |
| Dm6 |
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Simplified chords:
|: Dm6 A7 :| Dm7 A7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm7 A7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm7 A7 Dm7 |
| Gm7 Bb | Gm7 Bb7 G#dim |
| A E7 | A A7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm7 A7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm G7 |
| F Dm | G Gm7 |
| Dm | Dm Dm7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm7 A7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm7 A7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm7 A7 Dm7 |
| Gm7 Bb | Gm7 Bb7 G#dim |
| A E7 | A A7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm7 A7 |
| Dm7 A7 | Dm7 G7 |
| F Dm | G Gm7 |
| Dm | G Bb7 |
| F Bb7 | Eb7 A7 |
| Dm7 | Dm7 |
| Dm6 |
Doug
dfrench@site.gmu.edu