Summertime chords by Ricky Nelson

Summertime:Ricky Nelson.
89 on BB Hot 100
on IMPERIAL Records in 1962.
Album - Album Seven By Rick.
(A different take on an old standard.)

INTRO: E G Em G..E G E G..E G D E G Em G..

#1.
Em
Summertime, and the livin' is easy.
G        D    Am  A              Bm B
Fish are jump-in' and the cotton is high.
B    Em      G    Em       G          Em
Your Daddy's rich and your Ma is good lookin'.
G   Em          G     A     D   Em  G Em
So, hush little baby, don't you cry.

#2.
Gm7          E        Em     G          Em
One of these mornin's you're gonna rise up

singin'.
G            A           G      A   G
You're gonna spread your wings, and take to
    B
the sky.

#3.
B              Em           G            Em
But until that mornin', you know nothin' gonna
     G
harm you.
G                    A      Bm      Em       G
Cause your Daddy and Mommy, they're standin' by.


INTERLUDE: Em G Em G Em E G A B Gm7 Em G E G Em

           G A G Em G E


#4.
E                           Em     G          Em
Well, one of these mornings you're gonna rise up

singing.
G                 A               Am        A
Gonna spread your wings (in summertime) and take
Em     Bm    B
to the sky-y-y.

               Em                      G
But until that mornin' (in summertime) well, there's
        Em                                       G
nothin' gonna harm you (in summertime) with your Daddy
    Am     Em      G        Em
and Mommy, they're standin' by.


OUTRO:
Em          G           Em    G     Em
Awww, summertime (summertime) summertime (summertime)
            G                       Em
well, summertime (summertime) summertime..(Fade.)



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