Song: Summer(the first time)
Artist: Bobby Goldsboro
Composer: Bobby Goldsboro
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
4th Aug 2014
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of F#m)
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website
might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes
shown below:
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em7 = 055430 Em6/C# = x42000 F#m7/E = 022222
D = xx4232 Cmaj7 = x32000 D/A = x00232
Dsus2 = xx4230 Am7 = x02010 E7 = 020100
A7 = x02020 Bm7 = x24232 E7sus4 = 020200
A7sus2 = x02000 Em9 = 020032 E7(no3) = 020400
Dsus2/A = x00230 B7 = x24242 Em6sus2/4 = x44200
[*Riff]
(A7sus2) Em6/C#
e |--------------------0---|
B |--------------------0---|
G |--------------------0---|
D |----------------0---2---|
A |----0-----2---0-----4---|
E |--0-----3---------------|
*************************************************************
[Intro]
e |------------------------|
B |------------------------|
G |------------------------|
D |----------------0-------|
A |----0-----2---0-----4---|
E |--0-----3---------------|
Em7 D Dsus2 A7 A7sus2
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(A7sus2) Em6/C#
e |--------------------0---|
B |--------------------0---|
G |--------------------0---|
D |----------------0---2---|
A |----0-----2---0-----4---|
E |--0-----3---------------|
[Verse 1]
Em7 D Dsus2
It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
And the sun was a demon, [*Riff]
Em7 D Dsus2
The clouds were afraid, one ten in the shade,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
And the pavement was steaming! [*Riff]
[Verse 2]
Em7 D Dsus2
I told Billy Ray ...in his red Chevro - let,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
Needed time for some thinking, [*Riff]
Em7 D Dsus2
I was just walking by, when I looked in her eye,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
And I swore it was winking! [*Riff]
[Verse 3]
Cmaj7 Am7
She was thirty one, and I was seventeen,
Bm7 Em9
I knew nothing about love, she knew everything,
Cmaj7 Am7
But I sat down beside her on her front porch swing,
Bm7 B7 Em7 F#m7/E
And wondered what...the coming night would bring--------!
Em7 Dsus2/A A7 A7sus2
| / / / / | / / / / |
(A7sus2) Em6/C#
e |--------------------0---|
B |--------------------0---|
G |--------------------0---|
D |----------------0---2---|
A |----0-----2---0-----4---|
E |--0-----3---------------|
[Verse 4]
Em7 D Dsus2
The sun closed her eyes, as it climbed in the skies,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
And it started to swelter, [*Riff]
Em7 D Dsus2
The sweat trickled down the front of her gown,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
And I thought it would melt her! [*Riff]
[Verse 5]
Em7 D Dsus2
She threw back her hair like I wasn't there,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
She sipped on a Julep, [*Riff]
Em7 D Dsus2
Her shoulders were bare, and I tried not to stare,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
When I looked at her two lips! [*Riff]
[Verse 6]
Cmaj7 Am7
When she looked at me, I heard her softly say,
Bm7 Em9
"I know you're young, you don't know what to do, or say,
Cmaj7 Am7
But stay with me until the sun has gone away,
Bm7 B7 Em7 F#m7/E
And I will chase the boy in you a - way----------!
Em7 Dsus2/A A7 A7sus2
| / / / / | / / / / |
(A7sus2) Em6/C#
e |--------------------0---|
B |--------------------0---|
G |--------------------0---|
D |----------------0---2---|
A |----0-----2---0-----4---|
E |--0-----3---------------|
[Verse 7]
Em9 Cmaj7
And then she smiled, then we talked for a while,
Bm7 E7 E7sus4 E7(no3)
Then we walked for a mile, to the sea,
Cmaj7 Am7
We sat on the sand, and a boy took her hand,
Bm7 E7 E7sus4 E7(no3)
But I saw the sun rise as a man!
[Break]
Cmaj7 Am7 Bm7 Em9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Cmaj7 Am7 Bm7 B7 Em7 F#m7/E
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Em7 Dsus2/A A7 A7sus2
| / / / / | / / / / |
(A7sus2) Em6/C#
e |--------------------0---|
B |--------------------0---|
G |--------------------0---|
D |----------------0---2---|
A |----0-----2---0-----4---|
E |--0-----3---------------|
[Verse 8]
Em7 D Dsus2
Ten years have gone by ...since I looked in her eyes,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
But the memory lingers, [*Riff]
Em7 D Dsus2
I go back in my mind ...to the very first time,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
Feel the touch of her fingers! [*Riff]
[Verse 9]
Em7 D Dsus2
It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June,
A7 A7sus2 (A7sus2) Em6/C#
And the sun was a demon, [*Riff]
Em7 D Dsus2
The clouds were afraid, one ten in the shade,
A7 A7sus2
And the pavement was steaming!
[Suggestion for coda]
(A7sus2) Em6sus2/4
e |--------------------------0---||
B |--------------------------0---||
G |--------------------------2---||
D |----------------------0---4---||
A |------0-------2---0-------4---||
E |--0-------3-------------------||
