Summer Dress chords by Shawn Colvin

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A augmentedA (2 bars)

Verse 1:
A augmentedA
I put on my finest summer dress
A augmentedA
So light and thin, it was my best
 D MajorD         B minorBm
I brushed my hair, I held my breath
    A augmentedA
I went out to face the wilderness
    E MajorE      D MajorD      A augmentedA
I went out to face   the wilderness

Verse 2:
A augmentedA
Men in hats, boys on bikes
A augmentedA
Perfect girls, baby dykes
D MajorD      B minorBm
Superstars, blighted ones
    A augmentedA
I went out to face them one by one
    E MajorE         D MajorD    A augmentedA
I went out to face them,  one by one

Chorus:
G+G  D/F#D/F#  G+G  A augmentedA
Goodbye  Maryann
G+G   D MajorD       A augmentedA
As you turn to watch me
G+G   D/F#D/F#  G+G  A augmentedA
Don't cry  Maryann
B minorBm    C# minorC#m  D MajorD    E MajorE
And don't try to stop me

Verse 3:
A augmentedA
Cause I'm gonna go where the lights are bright
A augmentedA
Where sacred secrets sail like kites
      D MajorD       B minorBm
We've been sleeping girl all our lives
    A augmentedA
And we never lived no we just survived
  E MajorE      D MajorD      A augmentedA
And we never lived.  We just survived

Verse 4:
A augmentedA
I'll take my heart, I'll take my key
A augmentedA
I'll find out who, who could care for me
     D MajorD            B minorBm
Are there pots of gold, are there floods and fires
     F# minorF#m         A augmentedA
Are there thieves and beggars, saints and liars
     E MajorE          D MajorD      A augmentedA
Are there thieves and beggars,  saints and liars?

Chorus:
G+G  D/F#D/F#  G+G  A augmentedA
Goodbye  Maryann
G+G   D MajorD       A augmentedA
As you turn to watch me
G+G   D/F#D/F#  G+G  A augmentedA
Don't cry  Maryann
B minorBm    C# minorC#m  D MajorD    E MajorE
And don't try to stop me

Verse 5:
A augmentedA
I put on my finest summer dress
A augmentedA
So light and thin, torn at the chest
 D MajorD
I brushed my hair, I held my breath
 A augmentedA
I went out to face the wilderness
    E MajorE      D MajorD      A augmentedA
I went out to face   the wilderness

Instrumental:
(chords as in verse)
A augmentedA
A majorA
D MajorD B minorBm
A augmentedA
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA

Outro:
G+G  D/F#D/F#  G+G  A augmentedA
Maryann...
(fade out repeating)
G+G  D/F#D/F#  G+G  A augmentedA