SUMMERTIME  (Gershwin)


Progression 1:

   Am6     E9         Am6     E9         Am6     E9         Am6     E9
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|
|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|
|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
|----------0-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


Progression 2:

   Dm      Gm6        Fmaj7   Adim       E
|----1-------3-----|----5-------5-----|----0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|
|----3-------3-----|----5-------4-----|------------------|------------------|
|----2-------3-----|----5-------5-----|----1-------2-----|----3-------4-----|
|--0-----0-2-----2-|--3-----3-4-----4-|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--0-----0-2-----2-|--3-----3-4-------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


Progression 1b:

   Am6     E9         Am6     E9         Am6     E9         Am6
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------------|
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------------|
|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------7-----|----5-------------|
|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|----4-------6-----|----4-------------|
|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
|----------0-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|------0---3---5---|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


Progression 3:

   Cmaj7   Am7        F9+6    E7+5-9     Am6     E7         Am6     E7
|----3-------5-----|----3-------1-----|----2-------4-----|----2-------4-----|
|----5-------5-----|----3-------1-----|----1-------3-----|----1-------3-----|
|----4-------5-----|----2-------1-----|----0-------1-----|----0-------1-----|
|----5-------5-----|----1-------0-----|----2-------0-----|----2-------0-----|
|--3-----------3---|------3-------2---|--0---------------|--0---------------|
|------3---5-------|--1-------0-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


Progression-3b: (Ending)

   Cmaj7   Am7        F9+6    E7+5       Am6     E7         Am6
|--3-------5-------|--3-------0-------|----2-------4-----|--5---------------|
|--5-------5-------|--3-------1-------|----1-------3-----|--5---------------|
|--4-------5-------|--2-------1-------|----0-------1-----|--5---------------|
|--5-------5-------|--1-------0-------|----2-------0-----|--4---------------|
|--3---------------|------------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
|----------5-------|--1-------0-------|----------0-------|------------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


Summertime

Verse 1:

        Summertime
        And the living is easy
        Fish are jumpin'
        And the cotton is high

        Your daddy's rich
        And your mama's good lookin'
        So hush little baby now
          don't you cry

Verse 2:

        One of these mornin's
        You're gonna rise up singin'
        You're gonna spread your wings
        And take to the sky

        But til that mornin'
        Ain't nothin' can harm you
        With your daddy & your mammy
          standin' by


My arrangement:

  Intro:       prog-1
  Verse-1:     prog-1
               prog-2
               prog-1b
               prog-3
  Verse-2:     (same as Verse-1, except use chords from 2nd-half of
               prog-3 instead of chords from prog-1)
  Solo:
  Verse-1:
  Ending:      Repeat last line with prog-3 again, then
               repeat last line with prog-3b, very slowly.
               (It's nice to add a descending scale between the
               F9+6 & E7+5 chords.  Try an Fmaj scale from middle-F,
               and ending on the low-E.)


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From: David Wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)


SUMMERTIME -- alternate version

Gm 
summertime and the living's easy
Cm
fish are jumpin'
             D/F#
the cotton's high

Gm          
your daddy's rich, and your mama's good-lookin' 
   F        Gm   Cm  D/F#
so hush my baby, don't you cry

(chords are same as above)
one of these days you're gonna wake up singing
spread your little wings
reach the sky

'til that day, 'til that day
ain't nobody gonna harm/haunt you
so hush my baby, don't you cry, don't you cry

Gm Gm Gm Gm 
Cm Cm D/F# D/F#
Gm Gm Gm Gm
F Gm Cm D/F#
Gm Gm 

summer, summertime, summertime
and the living is easy, easy
fish are jumping, jumping
cotton's high
your daddy's rich, and your mama's good-looking
so hush my baby
don't, don't you cry
don't you cry

Gm 

ending:  hold a Gm for about 8 measures