Sweet Summer chords by Diamond Rio

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
G+G
He had a freezer full of bomb pops, Push ups,
C majorC
drum sticks and dreamcicles
G+G
And a paint chipped change box full of
C majorC
sticky quarters, dimes and nickles
E minorEm            A7A7
It was automatic when you heard that song
   C majorC            D7D7
Run home and get your money before he's gone

G+G
Lookin' underneath the Chrysler in the driveway
C majorC
Hey, dad what ya doin'
G+G
The smell of summer twilight
        C majorC
There's always somebody barbeque'n
E minorEm           A7A7
Truth or dare with the kids on our road
C majorC            D7D7
Hide and seek till your mama calls you home

Chorus:
G+G  G/C  G+G       D MajorD   C majorC
Sweet summer, yeah I remember that
G+G  D/F#D/F# A minorAm  G+G   C majorC
Sweet summer, let me take you back

Verse:
G+G
Both our moms were best friends
      C majorC
And she was the youngest of three daughters
G+G
An angel on a pink Schwinn, my first crush
C majorC
To this day I ain't forgot her
E minorEm
Those days were never too long
A augmentedA
And never too hot
C majorC
Even though I was out of school
D7D7
I was learnin' a lot


Chorus:
G+G  G/C  G+G       D MajorD   C majorC
Sweet summer, yeah I remember that
G+G  D/F#D/F# A minorAm  G+G   C majorC
Sweet summer, let me take you back


Bridge:
D MajorD           C majorC     G+G
There's not a day that I don't remember
     D MajorD         E MajorE       A augmentedA   A/D
From the end of May to the first of September


Chorus:
G+G  G/C  G+G       D MajorD   C majorC
Sweet summer, yeah I remember that
G+G  D/F#D/F# A minorAm  G+G   C majorC
Sweet summer, let me take you back