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Summertime

George Gershwin

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---------------------------------------------------------------- George Gerschwin - Summertime ---------------------------------------------------------------- difficulty: intermediate Tabbed by: Luke Woudt Email: l_woudt@hotmail.com Based on a tab from "guitar techniques", dec 2000 To my surprise, i couldn't find any good tabs of this classic jazz piece. Well luckily i have a good one for y'all. My guitar teacher gave me this as practise, it's a very good transcription for guitar because it covers both melody and rhythm, which gives it a full sound. But the version from the magazine is very staccato, and lacked that jazzy groove that the original from the Porgy and Bess musical has. So i made a tab of how i always play it; a slightly different arrangement with some additional arpeggio's. Play it slow and gently, with a jazzy shuffle groove. I haven't heard any versions of the song that have a similar arrangement, but just play it a couple of times untill you get the feel of it. Make sure you put extra accent in the melody line. ________________________________________________________________ standard tuning X mute ~~~~~~~~ let note ring / slide C(number) barre at (number) fret C(number)======== barre at (number) fret until ==== ends (number) play very softly || || || || ||� begin repeat �|| ||� loop loop �|| || || || || ________________________________________________________________ (intro) C2 C3 C2============ e|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| B|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2------3--2------| G|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----4~~~~----2------------2---| D|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----5~~~~----2----------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2----------------| C2 C3 C2============ e|------0-X---------------------|------------------------------| B|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2------3--2------| G|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----4~~~~----2------------2---| D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----5~~~~----2----------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2----------------| C2 C3 C2============ e|------0-X---------------------|------------------------------| B|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2------3--2------| G|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----4~~~~----2------------2---| D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----5~~~~----2----------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2----------------| (end intro) sum mer C2 e|------0-X--------------------||-------------------5/7----3---| B|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~||---3-----3~~~~~~--------------| G|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~||�--2-----2~~~~~~--------------| D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~~||�--1-----1~~~~~~--------------| A|--------X--------------------||---2-----2~~~~~~--------------| E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~~||------------------------------| tiiiime and the living is C2 C3 e|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------|-------5---3---5----7----3----| B|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|--3~~~~~~~~~------------------| G|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|--4~~~~~~~~~------------------| D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|--5~~~~~~~~~------------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X--------2~~~~~~~~~~~-|--3~~~~~~~~~---2--------------| eeeaaa--- zzzyyyy C7============ e|--0~~~~--X--------------------|-----------------------7------| B|------0--X--------0-----------|--------------------------8---| G|------0--X--------2------(2)--|--------------------------7---| D|------0--X--------2-------(2)-|----2-X-----------------------| A|---------X--------------------|--------------6/7~~~~~~~~~~---| E|--0~~~~--X--------2-----------|--0~~~X-----------------------| C5=== C3========================= e|--5~~~~--X--------------------|------3--------3-----5-----3--| B|------5--X----------5---------|---------5-----3~~~~~~~~~~~~--| G|------5--X----------5---------|---------4-----3~~~~~~~~~~~~--| D|------5--X----------4---------|------------------------------| A|---------X------5-------------|---------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~--| E|--5~~~~--X--------------------|--3~~~~~~~~~~~----------------| summmmmer - C2 e|--2---------------------------|---X--------------7-----3-----| B|-----(2)----------2/3~~~~-----|-2-X--------------------------| G|-----(2)----------2/3~~~~-----|-2-X--------3\4---------0-----| D|-----(2)----------1/2~~~~-2---|---X--------------------------| A|------------------2/3~~~~---3-|-2-X--------------------------| E|--2-------2-------------------|---X--------------------------| tiiiime C2 C3 e|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------|-------5---3---5----7----3----| B|------0-X-----------2---------|--3---------------------------| G|------0-X-----------2---------|--4---------------------------| D|--------X-----------2---------|--5---------------------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X--------2------------|--3------------2--------------| e|--0~~~~--X--------------------|---------------X--------------| B|------0--X--------0~~~~~~~~---|-------------0-X-------5---4--| G|------0--X-----------2--------|--------4----0-X--------------| D|------0--X--------------4---0-|------0--------X--------------| A|---------X--------------------|---------------X--------------| E|--0~~~~--X--------2~~~~~~~~---|--3~~~~~~----0-X--------------| C3====== C7========================== e|------------------------3--X--|----7-------------------------| B|--3~~~~~~~~3-----4/5---(5)-X--|---------10-------8-----8~~~~~| G|--------0--------------(3)-X--|---------9--------8-----8~~~~~| D|-----4---------------------X--|---------7--------7-----7~~~~~| A|-----------------3---------X--|--9------7--------------------| E|--3~~~~~~~~~---------------X--|----------------7-------7~~~~~| C2 C3 C2============ e|--0~~~~--X--------------------|------------------------------| B|------0--X------2~~~~~~~~~~---|----3~~~~----2------3--2------| G|------0--X------2~~~~~~~~~~---|----4~~~~----2------------2---| D|------0--X------2~~~~~~~~~~---|----5~~~~----2----------------| A|---------X--------------------|------------------------------| E|--0~~~~--X------2~~~~~~~~~~---|----3~~~~----2----------------| closing chord: C2 (slow rake, let it ring)) e|------0-X----------------------|| 7 B|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~---|| 7 G|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~--�|| 6 D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~--�|| 5 A|--------X----------------------|| 0 E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~---|| 0 ================================================================
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