Billie Holiday - Summertime Chords

Tempo:
98.75 bpm
Chords used:

Bbm

F

Gb

Ebm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billie Holiday - Summertime chords
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[Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] [Fm] [Bbm]
[Ebm] [G]
Summer [Gb] [F]
[Bbm] [A] [Bbm] time, [F] I'm [Bbm]
living it easy.
Three [Ebm]
shots jumping and the [Dm] cotton is [Cm] high.
[F] [Bbm] Oh, your [F] daddy's [Bbm] rich [F] and [Cm] your [Bbm] ma is good [F] looking.
[Bbm] [Db] [Bbm] So hush little baby, don't you cry.
[Gb] [Bbm] [F] [Bb] One [F] of [Cm] these [Bbm] mornings [F] you're going to [Bbm] rise up [F] singing.
[Bbm] Then [Ebm] you'll spread your wings [Gb] [C] and you'll [F] take the [C] sky.
[F] [Db] [Bbm] But till [F] that [Bbm] morning [F] never nothing [Bbm] can [F] harm [Bbm] you.
With daddy and [Gb] mammy [Bbm] standing [C] by.
[F] [Bbm]
[F] [Bbm]
[F] [Bbm] [Ebm]
[Gb] [G] [F]
[C] [F] [Bbm]
[F] [Bbm] [F] [Bbm]
[G] [Dbm] [Bbm]
[Gb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Bbm] One of [Am] these [F] [Bbm] mornings [F] you're going to [Bbm]
rise up singing.
[Ebm] Then you'll [Gb] spread your wings and [F] you'll take the [Gm] sky.
[F] But [Bbm]
till [F] that [Bbm] morning [F] never [Bbm] nothing can harm you.
[Gb]
[Bbm] With daddy [Gb] and mammy [Ab] standing [Db] [A] by.
[B] [Dbm] [Bbm] [N]
Key:  
Bbm
13421111
F
134211111
Gb
134211112
Ebm
13421116
C
3211
Bbm
13421111
F
134211111
Gb
134211112
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To learn Billie Holiday, Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Joe Bushkin, Arthur Peterson, Cozy Cole - Summertime chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - F, Bbm and F. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 49 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 99 BPM. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: Bb Minor.

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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Summer _ [Gb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [A] [Bbm] time, _ [F] I'm [Bbm]
living it _ easy.
Three _ [Ebm] _
shots jumping _ _ and the [Dm] cotton is [Cm] high.
[F] _ _ _ [Bbm] Oh, your [F] daddy's [Bbm] rich [F] and [Cm] your [Bbm] ma is good [F] looking.
[Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ [Bbm] So hush little baby, _ _ don't you cry.
[Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] One [F] of [Cm] these [Bbm] mornings [F] you're going to [Bbm] rise up [F] singing.
[Bbm] _ _ Then [Ebm] you'll spread your wings [Gb] [C] and you'll [F] take the [C] sky.
[F] _ _ [Db] _ [Bbm] But till [F] that [Bbm] morning [F] never nothing [Bbm] can [F] harm [Bbm] you.
_ _ With daddy and [Gb] mammy _ [Bbm] standing [C] by.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] One of [Am] these [F] [Bbm] mornings [F] you're going to [Bbm]
rise up singing.
_ _ [Ebm] Then you'll [Gb] spread your wings and [F] you'll take the [Gm] sky.
_ [F] _ But [Bbm] _
till [F] that [Bbm] morning [F] never [Bbm] nothing can harm you.
[Gb] _ _
[Bbm] With daddy [Gb] and mammy [Ab] standing [Db] [A] by.
[B] _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [N] _

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Featured within the album The Jazzy Side of Porgy and Bess is this song, written by Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and George Gershwin.

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