Summertime chords by R.E.M.

SUMMERTIME  (Gershwin)


Progression 1:

   Am6     E9         Am6     E9         Am6     E9         Am6     E9
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----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:

   Dm      Gm6        Fmaj7   Adim       E
|----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:

   Am6     E9         Am6     E9         Am6     E9         Am6
|----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:

   Cmaj7   Am7        F9+6    E7+5-9     Am6     E7         Am6     E7
|----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)

   Cmaj7   Am7        F9+6    E7+5       Am6     E7         Am6
|--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
               F9+6 & E7+5 chords.  Try an Fmaj scale from middle-F,
               and ending on the low-E.)


Submitted by: Meantabber90