Tablature summertime - Billy Stewart

          



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  Most 'rock' arrangements of 'Summertime' are based on Billy Stewart's

  1966 remake.  The original score of _Porgy and Bess_ used a far more

  somber chord progression, basically alternating Gm6 and Am6; try that

  and see which you prefer.  -- AWR

  

  

                                "Summertime"

                            (Gershwin - Heyward)

  

  Intro:

  

  	Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...uck

  	Chuck a-chuck-chuck (huh! yeah!)

  	

  	Gm  F    Gm  Cm   Gm  F    Gm [N.C.]

  	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  /

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	         Gm   F   Gm

  	A-summertime

  	          F        Gm   F   Gm

  	And the livin' is easy

  	          Cm                Bb             Cm                Bb

  	Fish are jumpin, don't you know my darling,   I said a-right now

  	                   D7  Eb7  D7 [N.C.]

  	And the cotton is high

  

  	                                     Gm   F   Gm

  	Like-a like-a like-a you're daddy's rich

  	          F            Gm       F    Gm   F

  	And your mommy's good-lookin', yeah

  	  Bbmaj7                Gm  Am7-5 D7     Gm   [N.C.]

  	So hush, pretty little baby,  don't  you cry

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	One of these, one of these, one of these mornings, darlin'

  	You're gonna rise, you're gonna rise up singin'

  	Then you'll spread your little wings, your little wings

  	And-a take to the ska-da-da-da-dy

  

  	Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... until-a that mornin'

  	There's nothin' gonna harm you, girl

  	With Mommy and Daddy standing by, yeah

  

  Coda:

  

  	Gm             F                       Gm

  	Pretty little darlin', I said, a-right now

  	             Cm                Gm                F

  	Don't let a tear, don't let a tear, don't let a tear

  	        Gm               Cm               Gm

  	Little darlin', I said, fall a-from your eyes

  

  	(Gm) F    Gm  Cm   Gm [N.C.]

  	 / / / /  / / / /  /

  

  	[guitar only]:

  

  	  Bbmaj7        Gm7

  	So hush, pretty baby

  

  	         D7                      D7 [full band] [N.C.]

  	Do-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-on't

  

  	You-ooo

  

  	Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...uck

  	Chuck a-chuck-chuck

  

  	Gm  F    Gm  Cm   [3X]

  	/ / / /  / / / /

  

  	Gm [N.C.]

  	Little darlin' do not let a tear fall-a from your ey-ey-ey-ey-eye

  

  	[drum roll]

  

  	Whoa!

  

  	end cold on Gm9/maj7   [35x375]

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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 Summertime, de Billy stewart 

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