That Summer Feeling Chords by Jonathan Richman

[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] That summer feeling, [Bb] that summer feeling, [F] that summer [Bb] feeling. _ _
When [F] there's things to do, [Bb] not because you gotta.
[F] When you run for love, [Eb] not [Bb] because you oughta.
[F] When you trust your friends [Bb] with no reason notta.
The [F] joy I've made [C] shall not be tamed.
[Gm] And that summer feeling [Bb] is gonna haunt [C] you one day in your [F] life.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] When the cool of the pond [Bb] makes you drop down on it.
[F] When the smell of the lawn [Bb] makes you flop down on it.
[F] When the teenage cop [Bb] gets the cop down on it.
[F] That time is here [C] for one more year.
[Gm] And that summer feeling is gonna haunt [G] you one day [F] in your life.
_ _ [Bb] _ If _ [F] _
you've _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
forgotten what I'm [Bb] naming, _ _ [F] you're
gonna long to reclaim it [Cm] one [Em] day.
[Dm] Because [Gm] that summer feeling is [Eb] gonna haunt you one day in [F] your life.
Summer feeling, _ [Bb] summer feeling.
[G] And if [Dm] you wait until you're older, [Bb] _ _ [F] a sad resentment will [Dm] smolder [Cm] one day.
[C] [Gm] And then that summer [Cm] feeling's gonna [C] haunt you.
[Gm] And that summer [Am] feeling's [Eb] gonna taunt [Gm] you.
And then that [Cm] summer feeling [Bb] is gonna haunt you [C] one day in [F] your life.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] When _ [F] even fourth grade starts looking good, [Bb] which you [F] hated.
And first grade's looking good too, [Bb] _ overrated.
[F] And you boys long for some [Bb] little girl that you dated.
[F] Do you long for her [Dm] or [C] for the way you were?
[Gm] That summer feeling [Bb] is gonna haunt you [C] one day [F] in your life.
Summer feeling, [Bb] summer feeling, [F] summer feeling.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] When the Oldsmobile has [Bb] got the top down on it.
[F] When the catamaran has [Bb] got the drop down on it.
[F] When the flat of the land has [Bb] got the crop down on it.
[F] Some things were good before and [C] some things never [Gm] were.
But that summer feeling is gonna haunt you [C] one day [F] in your life.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Well, when [F] your friends are in town and [Bb] they've got time for you.
[F] When you and them are hanging around [Bb] and they don't ignore you.
[F] When you say what you will [Bb] and they still adore you.
[F] Is that not appealing?
[Gm] It's that [C] summer [Eb] feeling.
[Gm] That summer feeling is gonna haunt you [Cm] one day [F] in your life.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ It's [F] gonna haunt you.
_ [Bb] _ _ It's [F] gonna taunt you.
_ [Bb] _ _ You're [F] gonna want this feeling [Bb] inside. _
[F] One more time.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] It's gonna haunt you.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F]
It's gonna taunt you.
_ [Bb] _ _ You're [F] gonna want this feeling [Bb] inside.
One [F] more time.
_ [Bb] One more thing.
When [F] you're hanging around the park [Bb] with the water fountain.
[E] And there's [F] a little girl with the dirty ankles.
No, [Bb] she's on the swings, you know, the dust is kicking [F] up.
And you remember the ankle [Bb] locket and the way she flirted [F] with you.
For [Bb] all this time, [C] how come?
[Gm] Well, that summer feeling is gonna [C] haunt you one day in [F] your life.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Em] You'll [F] throw away everything, [Bb] boys.
_ You'll throw [F] away everything, boys.
[Bb] One more thing.
[F] Well, when the playground that just [Bb] was all dirt comes haunting.
[F] And that little girl who called [Bb] you a flirt, memory comes taunting.
[F] You pick these things apart, [Bb] they're not that appealing.
[F] You put them [Dm] together and you'll [C] get this certain [Gm] feeling.
That summer feeling is gonna haunt you [C] one day [F] in your life.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] It's [F] gonna haunt you.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] It's gonna taunt you.
_ [Bb] _ _ You're [F] gonna want this feeling [Bb] inside.
One [F] more time. _ _ _ _ _ _ _