Chords for Acoustic Guitar Lessons "Summertime" Tab Included

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166.4 bpm
Chords used:

Am

F

A

Em

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Acoustic Guitar Lessons "Summertime" Tab Included chords
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I'm going to try to show you a version of Summertime.
It's like a jazz arrangement here.
Soul [F] piece.
[D] [Am]
[D]
[F] [Dm] [Em]
[A] [Am] [B]
[E]
[Am] [D]
[Am]
[A]
[Em] [Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Em]
[E] Alright.
Let me show you what I'm doing.
[F#] First part is second string, [F] fifth fret.
Third string, fifth fret.
Back to the second string.
It's like a little bar there.
[G] Then I do an A minor 7.
Second finger is on the sixth string, fifth fret.
Third finger is on the fourth, third, and [C#] second string on the fifth [Am] fret.
[D#] I'm just moving up a [B] whole step to the seventh fret.
Fifth [Am]
fret, seventh.
[D] [N] And my finger is there already on the seventh fret, third string.
[A#] Third string down to the [Cm] fifth fret.
[D#] Back to the [Dm] seventh.
[N] Second string, fifth fret.
[E] [F]
Third string, fifth fret.
And [Dm]
[F] [F]
then I [A] go to the fourth string, seventh fret.
And I do a little bar on the fourth and fifth.
I go to the fourth string, seventh fret.
[E] Then the fifth string, seventh fret.
[Dm] [F]
[A] [Dm] Back [Am] to the A minor [Bm] 7.
B minor 7.
[C#] Then I go to the second string, fifth fret.
My first [F] finger to the third string, fifth fret.
[Dm] [E] [Dm]
To the [B] third string, [F] seventh fret.
[Dm] Then I do an E minor 7.
So my index [Em] finger is barring.
I don't do the whole thing like that.
I'm just doing my first finger barring all the strings on the seventh fret.
Then my second finger is on the eighth fret, second string.
And I pluck the fifth, the third, the second, and the first.
And I go [A] up a whole step to F sharp minor [Em] 7.
[A]
Then I go to the fourth string, seventh [A#] fret.
[E]
[A] To the third string, fifth fret.
[F] [D#] [Em] Back to the [B] fourth string, seventh fret.
[Am]
[F] Then back to the third string, fifth string.
I mean, [G] third [F] string, fifth fret.
[B]
Down to the third [F] string, to the fourth fret.
[B]
[Em] [A]
[Am] [B]
Then it goes to [Em]
[A] B minor 11.
And that's my second finger is on the sixth string, seventh fret.
My third finger is on the fourth string, seventh fret.
My pinky is on the third string, seventh fret.
And my index [F] is on the second [B] string, fifth fret.
And all these chords, I'm plucking them when I name off [A]
where my fingers [Am] are at.
[F#] I'm using my [A] thumb, index, middle, [Am] ring just to get those.
I'm not just [Bm] going
[Am] [D]
[C#] Okay, back to the [B] B minor 11.
[Gm] The E7 sharp 9.
And that is my second finger is on the fifth string, [F]
seventh fret.
My first finger is on the fourth string, sixth fret.
[G] My [Dm] third finger is on the third string, [C#] seventh fret.
And my pinky [Em] is on the second string, eighth fret.
[B] [E]
Back to the little [F] beginning thing.
[Am] This is a
[D] [F] [Am]
[A] So you do that exact same thing like you did in the beginning.
And after that it goes to [Am] A minor 7.
[D]
And D9.
[F] And that is my second finger is on the fifth string, fifth fret.
My first finger is on the fourth string, fourth fret.
And my third finger is on the third and second [A] string, fifth fret.
[Am]
[A] [E]
Then it does this little lick.
Sometimes I slide into it.
[D]
It's the fifth string, seventh fret.
[Em] Fourth string, fifth fret.
Back to the fifth string, seventh.
[Am] [Em] [E]
Okay, [B] back to the fourth string.
[Em] Okay, we got it.
Then the fourth string, fifth [Gm] fret.
[Dm] Fourth string, seventh fret.
[A] Third [F] string, third fret.
[A] Back to the fourth string, [Em] seventh fret.
[Am]
Then I go [F] up to the third string, eighth fret.
[A] To the seventh on [D] the third string.
[Em] [F]
[A#] Then I do a hammer-on pull-off on the [C#] third string, fifth fret.
And I hammer-on and pull-off on the seventh on the third string.
[A] [Em]
[Am] [F]
Hammer-on pull-off [A] [Dm] to the fourth string, seventh fret.
Okay, [F]
[A] I left off [Dm] on the fourth string, seventh fret.
Fourth [Gm] string, fifth fret.
[Dm] Fourth string, fifth fret.
Back to [A] the fourth string, seventh fret.
[F] [A]
[F] Then it goes back to A minor [Am]
7.
[Em] To E7 sharp 9.
[F] Let me play it once real slow.
[D] [F]
[Am] [D]
[F] [Dm]
[Em] Minor [A] 7, here.
[Am] [B] B minor 11.
[E] E7 sharp [Am] 9.
A minor 7, [D] B minor 7.
[Am] This is like the beginning.
Here we go up to [A] A minor 7 to D9.
Then a [Em] little run.
[Am] [D#] [F]
[Am] A minor 7, [E] E7 sharp 9.
[Am] And these chords are like jazz ways of jazz fingering.
Instead of just doing a bar, minor 7 shape.
You can do it this way.
[G] [Am]
[D]
[F] [Em]
[Am]
Yeah, it's a neat little fingering.
[C#] Alright, thank you.
And I just got all the shower heads from my hair is all wet.
[N]
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Am
2311
F
134211111
A
1231
Em
121
Dm
2311
Am
2311
F
134211111
A
1231
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm going to try to show you a version of Summertime.
_ _ It's like a _ jazz arrangement here.
Soul [F] piece. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ Alright. _ _
Let me show you what I'm doing.
[F#] First part is second string, _ [F] fifth fret.
_ _ _ Third string, fifth fret.
_ Back to the second string.
It's like a little bar there. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Then I do an A minor 7. _ _
Second finger is on the sixth string, fifth fret. _
Third finger is on the _ _ _ _ _ fourth, third, and [C#] second _ string on the fifth [Am] fret.
_ [D#] I'm just moving up a [B] whole step to the seventh fret.
Fifth [Am]
fret, seventh.
[D] _ _ _ [N] And my finger is there already on the seventh fret, _ _ _ third string. _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ Third string down to the [Cm] fifth fret.
_ [D#] Back to the [Dm] seventh.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ Second string, fifth fret.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _
Third string, fifth fret.
_ And [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [F] _
then I [A] go to the fourth string, _ _ _ seventh fret.
And I do a little bar on the fourth and fifth.
I go to the fourth string, seventh fret.
_ [E] _ _ _ Then the fifth string, seventh fret.
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] Back [Am] to the A minor [Bm] 7.
_ B minor 7.
[C#] Then I go to the second string, fifth fret. _ _ _
_ _ _ My first [F] finger _ to _ the third string, fifth fret.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Dm]
To the _ [B] third string, [F] seventh fret. _
[Dm] _ _ _ Then I do _ an E minor 7.
_ So my index [Em] finger is barring.
I don't do the whole thing like that.
I'm just _ doing my first finger barring _ all _ _ the strings on the seventh fret.
Then my second finger is on the eighth fret, second string.
And I pluck the fifth, _ the third, _ _ _ the second, and the first.
_ _ _ _ And I go [A] up a whole step to F sharp minor [Em] 7.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ Then I go to the fourth string, seventh [A#] fret.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ To the third string, _ _ fifth fret.
[F] _ _ [D#] [Em] Back to the [B] fourth string, seventh fret.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Then back to the third string, fifth string. _ _
_ _ I mean, _ [G] third [F] string, fifth fret.
_ [B] _ _ _
Down to the third [F] string, to the fourth fret.
_ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Then it goes to _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] B minor 11.
And that's my second finger is on the sixth string, _ _ _ _ seventh fret.
My third finger is on the _ _ _ _ _ fourth string, seventh fret.
My pinky is on the third string, seventh fret.
And my index [F] is on the second [B] string, fifth fret.
_ And all these chords, I'm plucking them when I name off [A] _
where my fingers [Am] are at.
_ [F#] I'm using my [A] thumb, index, middle, [Am] ring just to get those.
I'm not just _ [Bm] going_
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] Okay, back to the [B] B minor 11. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ The E7 sharp 9.
And that is my second finger is on the fifth string, [F] _
_ seventh fret.
My first finger is on the fourth string, sixth fret.
[G] My [Dm] third finger is on the third string, [C#] seventh fret.
And my pinky [Em] is on the second string, eighth fret.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ Back to the little [F] beginning thing.
_ _ _ [Am] This is a_
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [A] So you do that exact same thing like you did in the beginning.
And after that it goes to [Am] A minor 7.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
And D9.
[F] _ And that is my second finger is on the fifth string, fifth fret.
My first finger is on the fourth string, fourth fret.
_ And my third finger is on the third and _ second [A] string, fifth fret.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Then it does this little lick.
Sometimes I slide into it.
_ [D] _ _ _
It's the fifth string, _ _ _ seventh fret.
[Em] _ _ Fourth string, fifth fret.
_ _ _ _ Back to the fifth string, seventh. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ Okay, [B] back to the fourth string.
[Em] Okay, we got it.
_ _ _ Then the fourth string, fifth [Gm] fret.
_ _ _ [Dm] Fourth string, seventh fret.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ Third [F] string, third fret.
_ _ [A] _ _ Back to the fourth string, [Em] seventh fret.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ Then I go [F] up _ _ to the third string, eighth fret.
_ [A] _ To the seventh on [D] the third string.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ Then I do a hammer-on pull-off on the _ [C#] third string, _ _ fifth fret.
And I hammer-on and pull-off on the seventh on the third string. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hammer-on pull-off _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] to the fourth string, seventh fret. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, [F] _ _
[A] _ I left off [Dm] on the fourth string, seventh fret.
_ _ _ Fourth [Gm] string, fifth fret. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Fourth string, fifth fret.
Back to [A] the fourth string, seventh fret.
_ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F] Then it goes back to A minor [Am]
7.
_ [Em] _ To E7 sharp 9.
_ _ [F] Let me play it once real slow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] _ Minor [A] 7, here. _
[Am] _ _ _ [B] _ _ B minor 11.
_ _ [E] _ E7 sharp [Am] 9. _
_ _ _ A minor 7, [D] B minor 7.
_ _ [Am] This is like the beginning.
_ _ Here we go up to [A] A minor 7 to D9.
Then a [Em] little run.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D#] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] A minor 7, _ [E] _ _ E7 _ _ sharp 9.
_ _ [Am] And these chords are like jazz ways of jazz fingering.
Instead of just doing a _ _ bar, minor 7 shape.
_ _ _ _ You can do it this way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, it's a neat little fingering. _
_ _ _ [C#] Alright, thank you.
And I just got all the shower heads from my hair is all wet.
_ [N] _

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