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It's Summertime - The Flaming Lips
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Tuning: EADGBe (Standard)
Album: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
This song has two guitars, guitar 1 is fingerpicking
while guitar 2 is strumming, I have placed the chord
names above the fingerpicking that guitar 1 strums
on the parts that required it.
Intro:
Am F Am F D G G
4/4...............................
e|---5-------5---|---5-------5---|---5---5-5---|---3-------7-----|---7-----7---|
B|-----5---6---6-|-----5---6---6-|-----5-----5-|-----3-------8---|-----8-----8-|
G|-5-----5-------|-5-----5-------|-7-----------|-4-----4/7-----7-|-7-----7-----|
D|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|....to verse....
A|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
Verse I: It's summertime and I can understand.... 4/4................. e|---5----5---|---3---3-----3/7-7-|---6-----6---|-----7-5---7-|-----7------7---| B|-----7----7-|-----3---3---------|-----7-----7-|---7---------|---9---9------9-| G|-7----------|-4---------4-------|-6-----6-----|-7-------7---|-9--------9-----| D|------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| A|------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| E|------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------| ...sad e|---7-----7---|---5------5-------5-------5-----| B|-----8-----8-|-----7------5h7-----5h7-----5h7-| G|-7-----7-----|-7------7-------7-------7-------| Repeat 1x D|-------------|--------------------------------| A|-------------|--------------------------------| E|-------------|--------------------------------| Pre-Chorus: Look inside............ ...all you'll see.... 4/4................ e|---5-------5---|---3---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3---|---5---5-------5-------|---5---5-------5-------| B|-----5---5---5-|-----3---3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---3-|-----7---7-5h7-----5h7-|-----7---7-5h7-----5h7-| G|-6-----6-------|-4-------------------|-3-----------------|-7---------------7-----|-7---------------7-----| D|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| A|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| Look inside....... All you'll see is a self-reflected inner sadness....... 4/4.................. G A Bm e|---5---5---5---5---|---3---3---3---3---|---2---2---2---2---| e|--3--| e|--5--| e|--7--| B|-----5---5---5---5-|-----3---3---3---3-|-----2---2---2---2-| B|--3--| B|--5--| B|--7--| G|-6-----------------|-4-----------------|-3-----------------| G|--4--| G|--6--| G|--7--| D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| D|--5--| D|--7--| D|--9--| A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| A|--5--| A|--7--| A|--9--| E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| E|--3--| E|--5--| E|--7--| Solo: 4/4................. e|----14-10----|----14-9----|----14-9----15-14-9-17-15-| B|-10-------10-|-10------10-|-10------10---------------| G|-------------|------------|--------------------------| D|-------------|------------|--------------------------| A|-------------|------------|--------------------------| E|-------------|------------|--------------------------| Chorus: G D Em A D Look outside, I know that you'll recognize, it's summertime. Guitar 2: 4/4............................ e|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|---------------| B|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|---------------| G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|---------------| D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|---------------| A|-----0-0h2/5/7---|-----5-7p5-----|-----0-0h2/5/7\5-|-0h2-5-5-|-----0-0h2/5---| E|-0h3-----------0-|-3h5-------7p5-|-0h3-------------|---------|-0h3---------3-| G D Em A G D Look outside, I know that you'll recognize, it's summertime. Guitar 2: 4/4............................ e|-----------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------| B|-----------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------| G|-----------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------| D|-----------------|---------------|-----------|---------0-2/4\2-0-| A|-----0-0h2/5/7---|-----5-7p5-----|-7-7-7p5---|-0-0-0h2-----------| E|-0h3-----------0-|-3h5-------7p5-|---------5-|-------------------| Outro: Am Am D D 4/4.................. e|-------|-----------8-|----------8-|----------8-|-----------8-| B|-------|-8/10-10-8---|-10--10-8---|-10--10-8---|-8/10-10-8---| G|-7/9-9-|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|Repeat until 3:12 then fade out. D|-------|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|Guitar 2 strums the chords above A|-------|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|the measures while guitar 1 plays E|-------|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|the notes. Song structure: Intro Verse Pre-Chorus Solo Chorus Outro ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************
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