Chords for Mungo Jerry Ray Dorset VH1 Interview

_ Back in 1970 though the hot tip was for an outfit called
[D] Mungo Jerry who had recorded a track simply called in the summertime now [G] that track went on to sell over
23 million copies around [D] the world Ray [E] Dorsett sang the song and fills us in now on the summertime
_ _ Last year was in nine movies
_ It gets used more and more for more ads
_ _ _ [F#m] It's kind of [A] an honor for me to have a song that [E] I wrote
That people want to associate with so many different [B] products and so many different [E] moods and feelings and
Events and it's become [B] my son
I mean the longer it goes [A] on it because more like happy [E] birthday because when everybody thinks of the summer
I think in the summertime _ _ _
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_ got women you [C#m] got women [E] on your mind all [G#m] right in some time must have been [B] about I don't know and a 68 [A] and I the melody
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_ _ _ The next day I was at it on my brain when I went in to work and I wrote the lyrics really [G#m] fast
Just sort [F#m] of an [E] anthem or tribute or whatever celebration of life
To _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ me I mean it's [B] got no chorus
It's all it's [E] got is a melody goes over again with a set of lyrics that kind of conjure up like as a simple like
Celebration of life if you're a young person, you know or from any time.
I mean the thing [F#m] is
_ [A] basically
[E] It's a great day
You've managed to get a [B] car preferably with a top-off
[E] Cruising around and if you're a guy you're picking up girls
And you can't have a drink and whatever or maybe or if it's a girl you get picked up by a guy
That's got the thing.
I mean that's basically what it's about now
I was [A] brought up on American movies [E] and I mean that's it, you know, like a teenage [C#] dream if you like
[C] So I mean what what more can you want?
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In 1995 Shaggy scored a US number one [Fm] hit with the song on several [F] stars to produce his own very unique rendition
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_ [Gm] _ _ Now I [C] enjoyed it more because I had my guitar on there
_ Which we got up for the re-recording and and my sample which was great
[G] And you know, I mean I I've had the chance to meet Shaggy's been around around but I've never
Got to say hello to him or anything, but maybe because I wouldn't give anything away from the song
I mean I was asked, you know, [B] do you want to do a buyout on the sample?
I don't want to if you don't want to pay percentage take it off, right?
If you want if you want a share of the lyric
Forget it, you know because the song's too big, you know, I [A#] can't I [E] don't mess around with my stuff
It's there and that's it.
You know, you take it or leave it _ _ _ _
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_ Yeah
In the summer times become like a commodity _
_ but I you know, I
Wouldn't say but people don't tend to forget about the other songs obviously on a bigger level
You don't have to say they make they forget my manga Jerry
They might even get the title, but if you go or go dad I know that one. _
So it's a good one to have written _ _ _ _