Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 1st
- Difficulty: Beginner
🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC
The sun set so late tonight
FF C majorC
I wonder if you saw it too
FF C majorC
I wish I had someone to lose
G+G C majorC
But all I got are these summertime blues
🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC
Bet there’s a green-eyed-dark-haired beauty
FF C majorC
On some beach by Monterey
FF C majorC
Letting waves wash her pain away
G+G
That I’ll never know
🎸 Verse 3:
C majorC
Bet there’s some boys out in Okie
FF C majorC
That are praying to get the job done
FF C majorC
Hauling hay and fighting off the sun
G+G
But I’ll never know
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
FF C majorC
Summertime blues, summertime blues
G+G A minorAm
I got nothing left to prove
FF C majorC
I’m out of touch and out of tune
G+G
Singing alone
FF
To the birds up high
C majorC
And the souls below
G+G A minorAm
All those boys who ain’t got no home
FF C majorC
The beautiful girls I’ll never hold
G+G
This one’s for you
🎸 Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
My summertime blues
FF C majorC G+G
My summertime blues
C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC G+G
🎸 Verse 4:
C majorC
The quiet turns to revelry
FF C majorC
As the sun burns away the spring
FF C majorC
The coastlines start to sing
G+G
With the young and heartless
🎸 Verse 5:
C majorC
Hilton head and the Hamptons
FF C majorC
Where the rich all go to die
FF C majorC
And the young kids all get high
G+G
Just to pass the time
🎸 Verse 6:
C majorC
I bought a bottle of the best bourbon
FF C majorC
A augmentedA beat down boy could buy
FF C majorC
I’m gonna’ bury all my sorrow
G+G C majorC
As the summertime passes by
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
FF C majorC
Summertime blues, summertime blues
G+G A minorAm
I got nothing left to prove
FF C majorC
I’m out of touch and out of tune
G+G
Singing alone
FF
To the birds up high
C majorC
And the souls below
G+G A minorAm
All those boys who ain’t got no home
FF C majorC
The beautiful girls I’ll never hold
G+G
This one’s for you
🎸 Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
My summertime blues
FF C majorC G+G
My summertime blues
C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC G+G
C majorC
The sun set so late tonight
FF C majorC
I wonder if you saw it too
FF C majorC
I wish I had someone to lose
G+G C majorC
But all I got are these summertime blues