Capo: 6
This version is a bit more complex than the others on here, but it's also more true to the actual song.
Some of the lesser known chords I put here. Pay attention to the fingering of some of these, as they aren't
normal. You can play them normally but it won't sound as good:
G/F#: 200003
G/D: xx000x
D: x54030
C/E: 032010
C/B: x2001x
Am7: x0201x
There are also quite a few hammer-on's throughout the song that are hard to tab.
You'll just have to listen along with the song to get those.
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INTRO:
G C
G C
G G/F# Em G/D C D (hold D for an extra measure)
VERSE:
G C G C
You be a mystery and I will uncover the truth
G C D
You be the chorus and I'll be the verse to go through
C D Em G/F# G
You be the dynamite blasting away at the walls we take apart
C D G C G (slight pause) G C G
You be Dave Livingstone, I'll be his African heart
G C G C
You be my walker and stay with me as I grow frail
G C D
You be the wind and direct me when I lose the sail
C D Em G/F# G
You be the resonance pulsing through every nerve that fails my knees
C D G C G
And you be John Lennon, and I'll be the world that he see's
(Transition chord) G/F#
CHORUS:
C/E D
Sweet midsummer nights
G G/F# Em
With you in my life
C C/B Am7 (hold Am7 and extra measure) G C G (slight pause) G C G
With you in my life
VERSE:
G C G C
You be a flask and I'll be the comfort you hold
G C D
You can be stranded and I'll bring you in from the cold
C D G G/F# Em
You be the ambulance racing me back down that old familiar door
C D G C G
You be Theresa, and I'll be your hands to the poor
CHORUS:
C/E D
Sweet midsummer nights
G G/F# Em
With you in my life
C C/B Am7 D (standard D here)
With you in my life
VERSE:
G C G C
You be a train track, and I'll never leave you for long
G C D
You be a new land, and I'll plot my home in your arms
C D G G/F# Em
You be the coffee that brings me to life in the early winter blue
C D Em G/F# G
You be my lady and I'll be your man, through and through.
C D G C G
You be my lady and I'll be your man through and through.
