Summer Days chords by Bob Dylan

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
D
Summer days, summer nights are gone
G7                                     D
Summer days and the summer nights are gone
         A7                                        D
I know a place where there’s still somethin’ going on

Verse 2:
D

I got a house on a hill, I got hogs all out in the mud
G7                                                   D
I got a house on a hill, I got hogs out lying in the mud
      A7                                      D
Got a long-haired woman, she got royal Indian blood

Verse 3:
D
Everybody get ready—lift your glasses and sing
     G7                                      D
Everybody get ready to lift your glasses and sing
           A7                                                  D
Well, I’m standin’ on the table, I’m proposing a toast to the King

Verse 4:
D
Well I’m drivin’ in the flats in a Cadillac car
D
The girls all say, “You’re a worn-out star”
   G7                                        D
My pockets are loaded and I’m spending every dime
            A7                                                      D
How can you say you love someone else when you know it’s me all the time?

Verse 5:
D
Well, the fog’s so thick you can’t spy the land
    G7                                          D
The fog is so thick that you can’t even spy the land
                  A7                                        D
What good are you anyway, if you can’t stand up to some old businessman?

Verse 6:
D
Wedding bells ringin’, the choir is beginning to sing
         G7                                                      D
Yes, the wedding bells are ringing and the choir is beginning to sing
           A7                            D
What looks good in the day, at night is another thing

Verse 7:
D
She’s looking into my eyes, she’s holding my hand
       G7                                    D
She’s looking into my eyes, she’s holding my hand
               A7                                                     D
She says, “You can’t repeat the past.” I say, “You can’t? What do you mean,
D
you can’t? Of course you can.”

Verse 8:
D
Where do you come from? Where do you go?
D
Sorry that’s nothin’ you would need to know
         G7                                        D
Well, my back has been to the wall for so long, it seems like it’s stuck
               A7                                         D
Why don’t you break my heart one more time just for good luck

Verse 9:
D
I got eight carburetors, boys I’m using ’em all
             G7                                       D
Well, I got eight carburetors and boys, I’m using ’em all
     A7                                  D
I’m short on gas, my motor’s starting to stall

Verse 10:
D
My dogs are barking, there must be someone around
   G7                                       D
My dogs are barking, there must be someone around
         A7                                    D
I got my hammer ringin’, pretty baby, but the nails ain’t goin’ down

Verse 11:

D
You got something to say, speak or hold your peace
              G7                                       D
Well, you got something to say, speak now or hold your peace
          A7                                            D
If it’s information you want you can go get it from the police

Verse 12:
D
Politician got on his jogging shoes
D
He must be running for office, got no time to lose
G7                                                     D
He been suckin’ the blood out of the genius of generosity
          A7                         D
You been rolling your eyes—you been teasing me

Verse 13:
D
Standing by God’s river, my soul is beginnin’ to shake
G7                                                D
Standing by God’s river, my soul is beginnin’ to shake
    A7                                 D
I’m countin’ on you love, to give me a break

Verse 14:
D
Well, I’m leaving in the morning as soon as the dark clouds lift
          G7                                                    D
Yes, I’m leaving in the morning just as soon as the dark clouds lift
                A7                                  D
Gonna break the roof in—set fire to the place as a parting gift

Verse 15:
D
Summer days, summer nights are gone
G7                             D
Summer days, summer nights are gone
         A7                                   D
I know a place where there’s still somethin’ going on