Chords for How to play Summertime on guitar.
Tempo:
118.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
Dm
Em
B
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hello everybody, today I'm going to go over Summertime by George Gershwin.
It's quite an easy song to play but has a nice jazzy feel to it.
There's a few chords I'll go over first which you might not be familiar with.
It starts like this.
[Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[Em] [B] It's [A] Dm6, A7, [B] Dm6, [A] A7, [Em]
Dm6.
Take the [F#] Dm [Dm] shape, pick up your middle finger, you get Dm6.
So it's [A] [B]
Dm6, [A] A7.
Now there's one more [F] part in the song you might need to practice a little bit, which is this bit.
[Gm] Fish are jumping [A#] and the cotton [A] is high.
[C] Now that little run is based on a Gm [Am] chord.
Not the full bar G minor, [Cm] the small bar G minor.
[G] So it's, you move your finger down a fret at a [Gm] time.
[A#]
[A]
[Em] Fish are jumping [A#]
and the cotton [A] is high.
[F#] Okay, [C] now I'll start the [B] song and I'll put the chords on the screen as we go along.
[Dm] [Em]
[Dm] [Em] Fish [Dm] are jumping and the cotton is high.
Summertime [A] [Dm] and [A] the living [Dm] is [A] easy.
[Dm]
[Gm] Fish are jumping [F#]
[F] [A#] and the cotton [A] is [E] high.
[A] Your [Dm] daddy's [A] rich [Dm]
[A] and your mom's [Dm] poor.
[A]
[Dm] [F] So hush [Dm] little baby, [G] [A] don't you [Em] cry.
[B]
[E] One of [Dm] these [A] mornings
[Dm] [A] you're gonna rise [Dm] up singing.
[A]
[Dm] Then [Gm] you'll spread your [F#] [A#] wings and you'll take to the [A] sky.
[E] [A]
Until [Dm] that morning
[Dm] [A] there's a mountain [Dm] top high.
[A] [Dm]
[F] Daddy [Dm] and mommy [Gm]
[A] standing by.
[Em] [B] [E] [Dm] [A]
[Dm] [A]
[Dm]
[Gm] [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [Dm] [A]
[Dm] [A]
[C#] [A] [G] [D]
[F] [Dm] [Gm]
[A] [B]
[A]
It's quite an easy song to play but has a nice jazzy feel to it.
There's a few chords I'll go over first which you might not be familiar with.
It starts like this.
[Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[Em] [B] It's [A] Dm6, A7, [B] Dm6, [A] A7, [Em]
Dm6.
Take the [F#] Dm [Dm] shape, pick up your middle finger, you get Dm6.
So it's [A] [B]
Dm6, [A] A7.
Now there's one more [F] part in the song you might need to practice a little bit, which is this bit.
[Gm] Fish are jumping [A#] and the cotton [A] is high.
[C] Now that little run is based on a Gm [Am] chord.
Not the full bar G minor, [Cm] the small bar G minor.
[G] So it's, you move your finger down a fret at a [Gm] time.
[A#]
[A]
[Em] Fish are jumping [A#]
and the cotton [A] is high.
[F#] Okay, [C] now I'll start the [B] song and I'll put the chords on the screen as we go along.
[Dm] [Em]
[Dm] [Em] Fish [Dm] are jumping and the cotton is high.
Summertime [A] [Dm] and [A] the living [Dm] is [A] easy.
[Dm]
[Gm] Fish are jumping [F#]
[F] [A#] and the cotton [A] is [E] high.
[A] Your [Dm] daddy's [A] rich [Dm]
[A] and your mom's [Dm] poor.
[A]
[Dm] [F] So hush [Dm] little baby, [G] [A] don't you [Em] cry.
[B]
[E] One of [Dm] these [A] mornings
[Dm] [A] you're gonna rise [Dm] up singing.
[A]
[Dm] Then [Gm] you'll spread your [F#] [A#] wings and you'll take to the [A] sky.
[E] [A]
Until [Dm] that morning
[Dm] [A] there's a mountain [Dm] top high.
[A] [Dm]
[F] Daddy [Dm] and mommy [Gm]
[A] standing by.
[Em] [B] [E] [Dm] [A]
[Dm] [A]
[Dm]
[Gm] [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [Dm] [A]
[Dm] [A]
[C#] [A] [G] [D]
[F] [Dm] [Gm]
[A] [B]
[A]
Key:
A
Dm
Em
B
Gm
A
Dm
Em
_ Hello everybody, today I'm going to go over Summertime by George Gershwin.
It's quite an easy song to play but has a nice jazzy feel to it.
There's a few chords I'll go over first which you might not be familiar with.
It starts like this.
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] It's [A] Dm6, A7, _ [B] _ Dm6, [A] A7, _ [Em] _
_ Dm6.
Take the [F#] Dm [Dm] shape, _ pick up your middle finger, _ you get Dm6.
So it's [A] _ _ _ [B] _
Dm6, [A] A7.
_ Now there's one more [F] part in the song you might need to practice a little bit, which is this bit.
[Gm] Fish are jumping _ [A#] and _ the cotton [A] is high.
[C] Now that little run is based on a Gm [Am] chord.
Not the full bar G minor, [Cm] the small bar G minor.
[G] So it's, you move your finger down a fret at a [Gm] time.
_ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] Fish are jumping _ _ _ [A#] _ _
and the cotton [A] is high. _
[F#] Okay, [C] now I'll start the [B] song and I'll put the chords on the screen as we go along.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ Fish [Dm] are jumping and the cotton is high.
Summertime [A] _ _ _ [Dm] and [A] the living [Dm] is [A] easy.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Fish are jumping [F#] _ _
[F] _ [A#] _ and the cotton [A] is [E] high.
_ _ [A] _ Your _ _ [Dm] daddy's [A] rich _ [Dm] _ _
[A] and your mom's [Dm] poor.
_ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] So hush [Dm] little baby, [G] _ _ [A] don't you _ [Em] cry.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ One of [Dm] these [A] mornings _ _
[Dm] _ [A] you're gonna rise [Dm] up singing.
[A] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Then [Gm] you'll spread your [F#] _ _ [A#] wings and you'll take to the [A] sky.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ Until [Dm] that morning _
_ _ [Dm] _ [A] there's a mountain [Dm] top high.
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ Daddy [Dm] and mommy [Gm] _ _ _
[A] standing by.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's quite an easy song to play but has a nice jazzy feel to it.
There's a few chords I'll go over first which you might not be familiar with.
It starts like this.
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] It's [A] Dm6, A7, _ [B] _ Dm6, [A] A7, _ [Em] _
_ Dm6.
Take the [F#] Dm [Dm] shape, _ pick up your middle finger, _ you get Dm6.
So it's [A] _ _ _ [B] _
Dm6, [A] A7.
_ Now there's one more [F] part in the song you might need to practice a little bit, which is this bit.
[Gm] Fish are jumping _ [A#] and _ the cotton [A] is high.
[C] Now that little run is based on a Gm [Am] chord.
Not the full bar G minor, [Cm] the small bar G minor.
[G] So it's, you move your finger down a fret at a [Gm] time.
_ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] Fish are jumping _ _ _ [A#] _ _
and the cotton [A] is high. _
[F#] Okay, [C] now I'll start the [B] song and I'll put the chords on the screen as we go along.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ Fish [Dm] are jumping and the cotton is high.
Summertime [A] _ _ _ [Dm] and [A] the living [Dm] is [A] easy.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Fish are jumping [F#] _ _
[F] _ [A#] _ and the cotton [A] is [E] high.
_ _ [A] _ Your _ _ [Dm] daddy's [A] rich _ [Dm] _ _
[A] and your mom's [Dm] poor.
_ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] So hush [Dm] little baby, [G] _ _ [A] don't you _ [Em] cry.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ One of [Dm] these [A] mornings _ _
[Dm] _ [A] you're gonna rise [Dm] up singing.
[A] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Then [Gm] you'll spread your [F#] _ _ [A#] wings and you'll take to the [A] sky.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ Until [Dm] that morning _
_ _ [Dm] _ [A] there's a mountain [Dm] top high.
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ Daddy [Dm] and mommy [Gm] _ _ _
[A] standing by.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _