Summertime chords by R.E.M.

Chords with lyrics

SUMMERTIME (Gershwin)


Progression 1:

  Am6Am6   E9E9     Am6Am6   E9E9     Am6Am6   E9E9     Am6Am6   E9E9
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|
|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|
|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
|----------0-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


Progression 2:

  DmDm   Gm6Gm6    Fmaj7Fmaj7  AdimAdim    E MajorE
|----1-------3-----|----5-------5-----|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|
|----3-------3-----|----5-------4-----|------------------|------------------|
|----2-------3-----|----5-------5-----|----1-------2-----|----3-------4-----|
|--0-----0-2-----2-|--3-----3-4-----4-|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--0-----0-2-----2-|--3-----3-4-------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

Progression 1b:

  Am6Am6   E9E9     Am6Am6   E9E9     Am6Am6   E9E9     Am6Am6
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------------|
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------------|
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------------|
|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|----4-------------|
|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
|----------0-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|------0---3---5---|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


Progression 3:

  Cmaj7Cmaj7  Am7Am7    F9F9+6  E7E7+5-9   Am6Am6   E7E7     Am6Am6   E7E7
|----3-------5-----|----3-------1-----|----2-------4-----|----2-------4-----|
|----5-------5-----|----3-------1-----|----1-------3-----|----1-------3-----|
|----4-------5-----|----2-------1-----|----0-------1-----|----0-------1-----|
|----5-------5-----|----1-------0-----|----2-------0-----|----2-------0-----|
|--3-----------3---|------3-------2---|--0---------------|--0---------------|
|------3---5-------|--1-------0-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

Progression-3b: (Ending)

  Cmaj7Cmaj7  Am7Am7    F9F9+6  E7E7+5    Am6Am6   E7E7     Am6Am6
|--3-------5-------|--3-------0-------|----2-------4-----|--5---------------|
|--5-------5-------|--3-------1-------|----1-------3-----|--5---------------|
|--4-------5-------|--2-------1-------|----0-------1-----|--5---------------|
|--5-------5-------|--1-------0-------|----2-------0-----|--4---------------|
|--3---------------|------------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
|----------5-------|--1-------0-------|----------0-------|------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


Summertime


My arrangement:

 Intro:    prog-1
 Verse-1:   prog-1
        prog-2
        prog-1b
        prog-3
 Verse-2:   (same as Verse-1, except use chords from 2nd-half of
        prog-3 instead of chords from prog-1)
 Solo:
 Verse-1:
 Ending:   Repeat last line with prog-3 again, then
        repeat last line with prog-3b, very slowly.
        (It's nice to add a descending scale between the
        F9F9+6 & E7E7+5 chords. Try an Fmaj scale from middle-F,
        and ending on the low-E.)


Submitted by: Meantabber90

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