Chords for Summertime (how to play and sing): Very easy for guitar
Tempo:
112 bpm
Chords used:
Am
D
E
C
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Hello, Summertime, George Gershwin.
It's an old standard, a classic, bluesy, jazzy song.
Most of these old songs are quite difficult to play, but this one is remarkably easy.
I'm going to take you through it really, with the real, really easy chords,
and then we'll do it a second time, making it a little bit more difficult,
just to make it more interesting.
So, you need A minor, and you need a D minor, [Dm]
[E] and an E, and a C, [C]
and also [C#] an E7.
An E7 [E] is E, and you just take the third finger off, and you've got the E7.
And the strumming pattern we're just going to use is a [Am] down, down, up, down.
[N] So the first line, we're going to make it really easy, we're not going to do a lot of chord changes,
we're just going to do it so you can sing it and accompany yourself.
A minor, the first line is A minor.
[A]
[Am] Summertime, and the living is easy.
D minor, fish [D] are jumping, and the cotton [E] is high.
E.
Your dad is [Am] rich. A minor.
And your mama's good-look.
C.
[C] Summer rush, [G] baby.
[Bm]
E7.
Don't you [Am] cry.
A minor.
That's the [F#] easiest way of doing it, but if you want to make it a little bit more interesting,
you just need to do a few more chord changes.
So you're really going to have to learn to go from A minor [D] to D, back [Am] to A minor.
Like this.
[D]
[Am] Summertime, and the living is easy.
[D] Fish [D] are jumping, and the cotton is [E] high.
[F] That's going from E to F, [E] back to E.
You don't have to do that, you just stay on E if you want.
Your dad [Am] is rich.
[D] And [Am] your mama's good-look.
[D] [Am]
[C] Summer rush, baby.
[Bm]
Don't you [Am] cry.
[D]
The second verse, of course, as well.
That's it, basically.
Quite an easy song, but good fun.
I think people are surprised when suddenly you go into one of these [F] really oldies.
But it never goes out of fashion.
It's an old standard, a classic, bluesy, jazzy song.
Most of these old songs are quite difficult to play, but this one is remarkably easy.
I'm going to take you through it really, with the real, really easy chords,
and then we'll do it a second time, making it a little bit more difficult,
just to make it more interesting.
So, you need A minor, and you need a D minor, [Dm]
[E] and an E, and a C, [C]
and also [C#] an E7.
An E7 [E] is E, and you just take the third finger off, and you've got the E7.
And the strumming pattern we're just going to use is a [Am] down, down, up, down.
[N] So the first line, we're going to make it really easy, we're not going to do a lot of chord changes,
we're just going to do it so you can sing it and accompany yourself.
A minor, the first line is A minor.
[A]
[Am] Summertime, and the living is easy.
D minor, fish [D] are jumping, and the cotton [E] is high.
E.
Your dad is [Am] rich. A minor.
And your mama's good-look.
C.
[C] Summer rush, [G] baby.
[Bm]
E7.
Don't you [Am] cry.
A minor.
That's the [F#] easiest way of doing it, but if you want to make it a little bit more interesting,
you just need to do a few more chord changes.
So you're really going to have to learn to go from A minor [D] to D, back [Am] to A minor.
Like this.
[D]
[Am] Summertime, and the living is easy.
[D] Fish [D] are jumping, and the cotton is [E] high.
[F] That's going from E to F, [E] back to E.
You don't have to do that, you just stay on E if you want.
Your dad [Am] is rich.
[D] And [Am] your mama's good-look.
[D] [Am]
[C] Summer rush, baby.
[Bm]
Don't you [Am] cry.
[D]
The second verse, of course, as well.
That's it, basically.
Quite an easy song, but good fun.
I think people are surprised when suddenly you go into one of these [F] really oldies.
But it never goes out of fashion.
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Am
D
E
C
Bm
Am
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E
Hello, Summertime, George Gershwin.
It's an old standard, a classic, bluesy, _ jazzy song.
Most of these old songs are quite difficult to play, but this one is remarkably easy. _ _
_ I'm going to take you through it really, with the real, really easy chords,
and then we'll do it a second time, making it a little bit more difficult,
just to make it more interesting.
So, you need A minor, _ _ _ and you need a D minor, [Dm] _
_ _ [E] _ and an E, _ _ and a C, [C] _ _
and also [C#] an E7.
An E7 [E] is E, and you just take the third finger off, and you've got the E7.
_ _ _ _ And the strumming pattern we're just going to use is a [Am] down, down, up, down. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] So the first line, we're going to make it really easy, we're not going to do a lot of chord changes,
we're just going to do it so you can sing it and accompany yourself.
A minor, the first line is A minor.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ Summertime, _ _ _ _ and the living is easy. _
_ _ D minor, _ fish [D] are jumping, _ _ _ and the cotton [E] is high.
E.
_ _ Your dad is [Am] rich. A minor.
_ _ _ And your mama's good-look. _ _ _ _
C.
_ [C] Summer rush, [G] baby.
[Bm]
E7.
_ Don't you [Am] cry.
A minor. _
_ _ _ _ _ That's the [F#] easiest way of doing it, but if you want to make it a little bit more interesting,
you just need to do a few more chord changes.
So you're really going to have to learn to go from A minor [D] to D, back [Am] to A minor.
Like this. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] Summertime, and the living is easy.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Fish [D] are jumping, _ _ _ and the cotton is [E] high.
[F] _ _ _ That's going from E to F, [E] back to E.
You don't have to do that, you just stay on E if you want.
_ _ _ Your dad [Am] is rich.
[D] And _ [Am] _ your mama's good-look.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] Summer rush, baby.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
Don't you [Am] cry.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
The second verse, of course, as well.
That's it, basically.
Quite an easy song, but good fun.
I think people are surprised when suddenly you go into one of these [F] really oldies.
_ _ But it never goes out of fashion. _
It's an old standard, a classic, bluesy, _ jazzy song.
Most of these old songs are quite difficult to play, but this one is remarkably easy. _ _
_ I'm going to take you through it really, with the real, really easy chords,
and then we'll do it a second time, making it a little bit more difficult,
just to make it more interesting.
So, you need A minor, _ _ _ and you need a D minor, [Dm] _
_ _ [E] _ and an E, _ _ and a C, [C] _ _
and also [C#] an E7.
An E7 [E] is E, and you just take the third finger off, and you've got the E7.
_ _ _ _ And the strumming pattern we're just going to use is a [Am] down, down, up, down. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] So the first line, we're going to make it really easy, we're not going to do a lot of chord changes,
we're just going to do it so you can sing it and accompany yourself.
A minor, the first line is A minor.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ Summertime, _ _ _ _ and the living is easy. _
_ _ D minor, _ fish [D] are jumping, _ _ _ and the cotton [E] is high.
E.
_ _ Your dad is [Am] rich. A minor.
_ _ _ And your mama's good-look. _ _ _ _
C.
_ [C] Summer rush, [G] baby.
[Bm]
E7.
_ Don't you [Am] cry.
A minor. _
_ _ _ _ _ That's the [F#] easiest way of doing it, but if you want to make it a little bit more interesting,
you just need to do a few more chord changes.
So you're really going to have to learn to go from A minor [D] to D, back [Am] to A minor.
Like this. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] Summertime, and the living is easy.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Fish [D] are jumping, _ _ _ and the cotton is [E] high.
[F] _ _ _ That's going from E to F, [E] back to E.
You don't have to do that, you just stay on E if you want.
_ _ _ Your dad [Am] is rich.
[D] And _ [Am] _ your mama's good-look.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] Summer rush, baby.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
Don't you [Am] cry.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
The second verse, of course, as well.
That's it, basically.
Quite an easy song, but good fun.
I think people are surprised when suddenly you go into one of these [F] really oldies.
_ _ But it never goes out of fashion. _