Summertime Chords by Ella Fitzgerald

[Ebm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ Summertime [Eb] and _ [Bb] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] the livin' _ [Bbm]
[G] is [Bbm] _ easy
[Gb] _ [F] Fish [Bb] _
[Ebm] are [B] _ [Ebm] jumpin' and [E] the cotton is [Cm] high
[Gb] _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Bbm] Your [Eb] daddy's [Bbm] rich _ and your [Bb] ma [Bbm] is [Eb] good lookin' _
[Cm] _ [Bbm] So [Am] _ [Ab] _ [Db] hush little baby, [C] _ [Gbm] baby _ [Bbm] _ _
don't you [Bb] cry
[Bbm] _ [Fm] _ [Dm] One [Bbm]
of [Eb] these [Bbm] mornings _ [Eb] you're gonna [Bbm] rise up [Bbm] singin'
_ [Gb] _ [Abm] _
[Bm] _ [Gm] You're [B] gonna spread your _ [C] wings [Gb] and [Bb] you'll [Cm] take to the [Dbm] _ [C] sky _
[F] _ [Eb] But [Bbm] till that morning _ _ there's nothin' can [Eb] harm
_ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ [Am] _ [Db] With daddy and mommy, [C] _ [Cm] _ [F] mommy _ [Eb]
[B] standin' by
[C] _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ [Fm] _ [G] _ _
[F] Summertime and [Eb] the livin' is _ [Bbm] easy
[Ebm] Fish are [Bb] jumpin' [Eb] and the cotton is high
[B] Your [Bbm] _ daddy's rich and your ma is good [G] lookin'
[Ab] [Db] So be [C] quiet, keep still, [Ebm] shh, [Bb] hush little [Eb] baby don't you cry
[Bbm] [Eb] One of these mornings, one of these mornings [Bb] you're gonna wake [E] up [Ebm] singin'
You're gonna [C] spread your [Gb] wings [G] and you'll take to [Ab] the [F] [Bbm] sky
_ _ But till that morning [G] there's [Fm] nothin' can harm
With [Bb] daddy [Eb] and [F] mommy [G]
standin' [F] by
[E] They [Bbm] say [Gb] summertime, [Gm] the livin's [Ebm] easy
What [Bbm] makes it easy, [Ebm] you have to go out and [D] work
[C] So you go [D] out and you do a [F] day's work
It's [Eb] so warm, it's [F] so hot, you [G] [D] perspire
[Bb] Yes, you [G] perspire, [Ebm] and you [Fm] perspire
[Bbm] What do you get?
[Eb] [Db] Perspiration
[Bbm] You [Cm] don't mind it because [B] it's summertime and [G] the livin's easy
So you say, [Eb] [Ab] I think [Ebm] I'll go down, [B] let's [C] go down and [Dbm] dig [Bb] the real cool sounds [Eb] of Mr.
[Dm] Kelly's
[Eb] You come in Mr.
[Bbm] Kelly's and you [Gm] taste the wild
[B] [Db] Yes, [Fm] daddy, you [Db] drink a lot [Eb] and you drink
What do you get?
The check
[Bbm] You don't mind [Eb] it because it's summertime and the livin's easy
[Ebm] What do [B] you care, your [Ab] daddy's rich, [Dbm] you got a [C] good lookin' mother
[Bm] Imagine everybody [F] with a good lookin' [Bbm] mother and a rich daddy, ho ho
Summertime, that's what the [Bb] song says, the [Fm] livin's easy
[Ebm] Ha [Db] _ [Ebm] ha ha, oh [Bb] yeah, ha [F] ha
[C] _ [F] _ [G] _ [Bbm] Summertime, [Bb] _
[Eb] summertime, [Dm] _ [Cm] _ [F] summertime, [E] and the livin's [B] easy
[Bm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _