Summer In The City chords by The Lovin Spoonful
Guitar chords with lyrics
"Summer in the City"
(John Sebastian - Mark Sebastian - Steve Boone)
Intro:
organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X]
v v v v
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^ echoed drums
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bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat): v v v v ----------------- -5-------5------- ----------------- ----------------- Verse 1: [Notes: 1) I believe that the guitar is capoed at the third fret, in which case the chord progression transposes to the stock folkie riff Am-Am/G-D9/F#-Fmaj7-E. This is further confirmed by the voicings of the F and Bb chords in the chorus, which sound like root-position D and G capoed up. 2) The electric piano plays a variation of the second part of the instrumental break (q.v.) on the first four lines of the verse.] Cm Cm/Bb Hot town.. F9/A [x03543] Abmaj7 G Back of .. Cm Cm/Bb Been .. F9/A Abmaj7 G Doesn't .. G G7/B All around.. Cm C Walking.. Chorus (w/autoharp): F Bb But at .. F Bb Go out.. F Bb Come-on .. F Bb Despite.. Dm G And babe,.. Dm G That the.. Dm G In .. Dm G In the .. Verse 2: [repeat chorus] Instrumental break: guitar (doubled octave higher w/electric piano) w/sound effects Cm Ab7 v v v v v v v v -----------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ -5--3-3-5-3---3--|-6--4-4-6-4---4--- -----6------6----|-----6------6----- -----------------|------------------ organ: C (octaves; hold through next section) / / / / Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X] (Cm) (/Bb) (/A) (/Ab)(Gsus4) v v v v v v v v 15----15----1515--15-----|1515--15----1515-15--15-- 16----16----1516--16-----|1516--16----1615-15--15-- 17----17----1717--17-----|1717--17----1717-17--17-- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7 G v v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- 10-10----10--8-------8---|-7--------7--6--------5-- -------------------------|------------------------- -8--8-----8--6-------6---|-5--------5--4--------3-- 2: ^^ 1: ^^ [repeat first verse and chorus] [repeat instrumental break] [repeat first verse and chorus w/o vocals; fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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