Chords for Teddy Thompson - Saratoga Summer Song, Belfast Ulster Hall 2012

[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ We [E] were [B] nice young adults, [E] we proved ourselves, we showed [B] results, like cats and dogs and
on and [G#m] on.
[E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Fashionably [B] cynical, _ [E] and love to us was clinical.
_ Long ago, _ [B] we gave up getting our [E] kids. _
[B] _ _ _ But the sunny sun came down on _ [E] us, fun to feel, fun [B] to fall,
_ we were too sloppy, too [E] lazy. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ Classifying and having questions, _ [E] doing lies to hide our blessings.
My God, [F#m] I thought I was [E] _ sixteen, _
[B] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] all alone, _ happy.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ turned the green _ buds into _ [F#] flowers. _ _
[B] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ This crazy summer is _ _ over.
[Em] _ _ _ [B] _ No more need, _ [C#] no _ more [G]
clover _ [B] in the road.
[F#] At the swimming pool, _ swingings by the [C#m] weight of [B] the _ world.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Two little girls come _ back to [Em] town, _ [B] _ _ all the freaks head [C#] _ _ [G] underground. _
_ [B] And we [C#m] grew [B] up free, _ swimming like [F#] the rope on [B] that tree. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ We [B] danced and played some [E] tennis, made love [B] with Fred or Dennis.
[E] We drank lots of [B] air and ate a whole lot of [E] food. _ _
[B] _ _ _ We put our bodies to the sun [E] for God to see and [B] everyone, [E] we swam, _
[B] do the swim.
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[B] _ _ _ [E] And the New York [B] City Ballet danced, [E] danced for all the neighborhood kids
just who were celebrating their birthdays under the sun. _
[B] _ _ _ [E] And all that sun marked open lust and we weren't too smart [B] and we had a bust.
[E] But no, _
[Bm] my heart slept [E] alone, _ _
[B] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] not caught up with day. _
_ _ _ _ _ Summer _
[D#m] _ [C#] went _ [F#] away. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ This crazy summer passed _ _ [Em] now.
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Sunrise, sunset is [C#] fading [G] _
fast _ now.
And [B] all _ [F#m] I [E] want is the [B] _ energy, [F#] the rope on [B] that tree. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So bring back the babies, bring [Em] back the lights.
_ [B] _ Let's have another, _ _ [C#] for another [G] equinox.
Bring back the [B] laughs, bring back [F#] the tears.
Bring back [B] the beers, bring [F#] back the dope and _ the _ [B] rope. _ _ _ _
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