Blame It On The Summer Chords by Basia

Tempo:
164 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

Eb

D

Dm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Basia - Blame It On The Summer chords
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[Gm] [Bb]
[Dm]
[Gm]
[Dm] [C] [Dm]
[Gm] Day by day and night by night, life's a dream heaven [D]
sent.
[Gm] I am yours [D] and you're mine, [Gm] what more can [D] I pray for?
But [Gm] every minute, every hour, I play a waiting [Eb]
game.
[Gm] Cause once again, the spring is all around.
[Am]
[Gm] I know so well your smiling face that greets me every [D]
day.
[Gm] You stand by me, [D] I stand by [Gm] you, all's good [D] and well.
So [Gm] I day by day and night by night, I play a waiting [Eb]
game.
[Gm] Cause my world will soon be turning upside [Am] down.
[Gb] In [D] summer,
[Gm] I can't help how summer makes me [Am]
feel.
[Gm] Late in the summer, I don't care if what I feel [A] is real.
[Gm] Late in the summer, I can't explain what summer makes me [C] do.
I [Gm] want to break away [Eb] and fly away, [Gm] cause summer makes [Cm] me run away from you.
[Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Gm] Years go by, I play for time, reside, come [D] what may.
[Gm] You keep on loving [A] me and [Gm] I still keep [D] on wishing.
Cause [Gm] every hour here in silence, the game remains [Eb] the same.
[Gm] And the summer makes my world turn upside [Am] down.
[Gb] Oh [D] summer,
[Gm] late in the summer, I can't help how summer makes me [Am]
feel.
[Gm] Late in the summer, [D] I don't care [Gm] if what I feel [A] is real.
[Gm] Late in the summer, I can't explain what summer makes me [Am] do.
I [Gm] want to break away [Eb] and fly away, [Gm] cause summer makes me [D] run away from [Gm] you.
[Eb]
[Gm] [Eb]
I [Gm] want to break away and [Eb] fly [E] [Eb]
[Gm] away, cause summer makes [Dm] me run away.
[Gm] Summer makes [Eb] me run away.
[Gm] Summer makes [C] me run away.
[Gm] Summer makes [A] me run [D] away from [Bb] you.
[D]
[Eb] [Ebm]
[B]
[Ebm] [Abm]
Oh yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah.
[Abm] Late in the summer, I can't help how summer makes [Bbm] me feel.
[Abm] Late in the summer, I don't care if what I feel [Bb] is real.
[Abm] Late in the summer, I can't explain what summer makes me [Bb] do.
I [Abm] want to break away [E] and fly away, cause summer [B] makes me [Dbm] run away [Gm] from [F] you. From you.
[Gm]
[Dm] [Gm]
[Dm] [Eb]
[Dm] [Gm]
Late in the summer,
Late in the [Eb] summer,
[Gm]
Late in the [A] summer, yeah yeah.
[Gm] Late in the summer,
I want to break away and [G] fly [Gm] away, yeah yeah.
Late in the summer,
Cause summer makes [A] me run away from [Dm] you.
Late in the summer,
[Eb] From you.
[A] [Gm] [Eb]
[Dm] [Gm]
[N]
Key:  
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
D
1321
Dm
2311
A
1231
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
D
1321
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To learn Basia - Blame It On The Summer chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Gm, Eb, Gm, D and Gm. Kick off your practice at a gentle 82 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 164 BPM. With an eye on the song's key Bb Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Gm] Day by day and night by night, life's a dream heaven [D] _
sent.
_ [Gm] I am yours [D] and you're mine, [Gm] what more can [D] I pray for?
But [Gm] every minute, every hour, _ I play a waiting [Eb] _
game.
[Gm] Cause once again, the spring is all _ around.
_ [Am] _ _
_ [Gm] I know so well your smiling face that greets me every _ [D]
day.
[Gm] You stand by me, [D] I stand by [Gm] you, _ all's good [D] and well.
So [Gm] I day by day and night by night, I play a waiting [Eb] _
game.
[Gm] Cause my world will soon be _ turning upside _ _ _ _ [Am] down.
_ [Gb] In _ _ [D] summer, _
[Gm] _ _ I _ _ _ can't help how summer makes me [Am] _
feel.
_ [Gm] Late in the summer, I don't care if what I feel [A] is _ real.
[Gm] Late in the summer, I can't explain what summer makes me [C] do.
I [Gm] want to break away [Eb] and fly away, [Gm] cause summer makes [Cm] me run away from you.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Years go by, I play for time, reside, come [D] what may.
[Gm] You keep on loving [A] me and [Gm] I still keep [D] on wishing.
Cause [Gm] every hour here in silence, the game remains [Eb] the same.
[Gm] And the summer makes my world turn upside _ _ _ _ [Am] down.
_ [Gb] Oh _ _ [D] summer, _
_ _ [Gm] late in the summer, I can't help how summer makes me [Am] _
feel.
_ [Gm] Late in the summer, [D] I don't care [Gm] if what I feel [A] is _ real.
[Gm] Late in the summer, I can't explain what summer makes me [Am] do. _
I [Gm] want to break away [Eb] and fly away, [Gm] cause summer makes me [D] run away from [Gm] you.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
I [Gm] want to break away and [Eb] fly _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Gm] away, cause summer makes [Dm] me run away.
[Gm] _ Summer makes [Eb] me run away.
[Gm] Summer makes [C] me run away.
_ [Gm] Summer makes [A] me run [D] away from [Bb] you.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ Oh yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah.
[Abm] _ Late in the summer, I can't help how summer makes [Bbm] me feel.
_ [Abm] Late in the summer, I don't care if what I feel [Bb] is _ real.
[Abm] Late in the summer, I can't explain what summer makes me [Bb] do.
I [Abm] want to break away [E] and fly away, cause summer [B] makes me [Dbm] run away [Gm] from _ _ [F] you. From you.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Late in the summer,
_ _ _ _ Late in the [Eb] summer,
_ _ _ _ [Gm]
Late in the [A] summer, yeah yeah.
[Gm] Late in the summer,
_ _ I want to break away and [G] fly _ _ [Gm] away, yeah yeah.
Late in the summer,
_ _ _ Cause summer makes [A] me run away from [Dm] you.
Late in the summer,
_ _ _ [Eb] From you.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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The Its That Girl Again album includes this song.