Summertime Dream
By Gordon Lightfoot
Verse 1
D G
Where the road run down by the butternut grove
D G
To old Bill Skinners stream
D G
Do tell at the noon day bell
A D
It’s time for a summertime dream
Verse 2
D G
In a lunch pail town in a one horse way
D G
You can live like a king and queen
D G
Lets steal away in the noon day sun
A D
It’s time for a summertime dream
Chorus (1)
Bm D
Birds in all creation will be twitterin in the trees
Bm
And down below a pond I know
D A
You can swim in it if you please
Verse 3
D G
And if you come round when the mill shuts down
D G
You can see what chivalry means
D G
Let’s steal away in the noon day sun
A D
It’s time for a summertime dream
play: D A D G D G A D
Chorus (2)
Bm D
On a trip on down to wonderland In love among the flowers
Bm
Where time gets lost with no straw boss
D A
Tallying it up for hours
Verse 4
D G
Where the road run down by the butternut grove
D G
To old Bill Skinners stream
D G
Do tell at the noon day bell
A D
It’s time for a summertime dream
D A D G D G A D
Chorus (3)
Bm D
Birds in all creation will be twitterin in the trees
Bm
And down below a pond I know
D A
You can swim in it if you please
Verse 5
D G
Where the road run down by the butternut grove
D G
To old Bill Skinners stream
D G
Do tell at the noon day bell
A D
It’s time for a summertime dream
play out : D A D G D G A D D A D G D G A D
