Summer Of Last Year Chords by The Pyramid

Tempo:
129.3 bpm
Chords used:

B

A

E

C

C#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Pyramid - Summer of Last Year (1967) chords
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[B] The sun was up at the sea, the sun was up at [B] the sea, [A] the sun was up [C#m] at the sea.
Search the sun for the last year.
[C] [E] I just passed [C#m] through the place where [A] the sea was warm and [B] clear,
[E] and the sun was [C#m] always up in [A] the summer of [B] last year.
[C]
Now in [Em] this winter's [A] rain [F] I [Dm] started [C] [G] reminiscing
[C] on all those [Em] 40 [Am] days [Fm] that I [D] have since [Em] been missing.
[D#] [A]
I [E] remember [B] all the [C#m]
[E] girls in [A] the swimming suits [B] they wore,
[E] her clean [B] white summer [C#]
clothes [E] they'd bought down some old store.
[B] [B] I [E]
remember the [C#] color of their [E] eyes and [A] the color of [B] their hair
as [E] it waved [B] and blew a [C#] bell [B] out in [A] the warm soft summer [B] air.
The summer of last year, the summer of last [A] year,
[E] the [B] summer of last, [A]
the [B] summer of last
[C#m] year.
[C] [B]
We had an easy [C#m] time [A] all that hot show last [G#m] year,
[E]
Walking by [C#m] the warm blue sea or [A]
swimming by the [B] pier
[C] I just got to [Am] the state of [Em] days where [C] the sea was warm and [G]
clear
[C] And the summer [Em] got hot, and the [D] summer of last [G]
year
[D] The summer of last [Em]
year
[Dm] The summer, [G] summer of last year
The [Am] summer, summer [G] of last year
[A#] The summer, summer of last year
The summer, summer of last year
[F] The summer, [D#] summer [A#]
of last year
[D#] The summer, [A#]
summer of last year
[D#] The [A#]
summer, summer of last [G#] year
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B
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A
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E
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C
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C#m
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B
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A
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E
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To jam and learn The Pyramid - Summer Of Last Year chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: E, A, B, E, B, A and E. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 64 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 129. With E Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] The sun was _ up at the sea, the sun was up at [B] the sea, [A] the sun was _ _ up [C#m] at the sea.
_ Search the sun for the last _ year. _
[C] _ _ _ [E] I just passed [C#m] through the _ place where [A] the sea was warm and [B] clear,
[E] and the sun was [C#m] always _ up in [A] the summer of [B] last year.
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
Now in [Em] this winter's [A] rain [F] I [Dm] started _ [C] _ [G] reminiscing
[C] on all those [Em] 40 _ [Am] _ days [Fm] that I [D] have since [Em] been missing. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [A] _
_ I [E] remember [B] all the [C#m] _
[E] girls in [A] the swimming suits [B] they wore,
_ [E] her clean [B] white summer [C#] _
clothes [E] they'd bought down some old store.
[B] _ _ [B] _ _ I [E]
remember the [C#] color of their [E] eyes and [A] the color of [B] their hair
as [E] it waved [B] and blew a [C#] bell [B] out in [A] the warm soft summer [B] air. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The summer of last year, the summer of last _ _ [A] year,
_ [E] the [B] summer of last, [A]
the _ _ [B] summer of last _
[C#m] _ year.
[C] _ _ [B] _ _
We had an easy [C#m] _ time [A] all that hot show last [G#m] year,
_ _ [E]
Walking by [C#m] the warm blue sea or [A]
swimming by the [B] pier _ _ _
_ [C] _ I just got to [Am] the state of [Em] days where [C] the sea was warm and [G]
clear
[C] And the summer [Em] got _ _ hot, and the [D] summer of last [G]
year
_ [D] The summer of last [Em]
year
_ [Dm] The summer, [G] summer of last year
The [Am] summer, summer [G] of last year
[A#] The summer, summer of last year
The summer, _ summer of last year
[F] The summer, [D#] summer [A#] _
of last year
[D#] The summer, _ _ [A#]
summer of last year
[D#] The _ _ _ [A#]
summer, summer of last [G#] year _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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The 1960s Ultimate Psychedelic Experience, Vol. 3 album includes this song.

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