Summer Song Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays459

Summer Song by Caroline Herring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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rd Fret 



Intro: G  C  G    C  G 

                 C             G 
It's been a hard summer in the mountains 
            Em   Am            C  D 
It's been a hard summer in the delta 
            G                    C 
It's been a hard summer in these hills 
         G 
In these hills 
         D 
In these hills 


          G        C              G 
Can't you feel the aching in your shoulders 
          Em       Am             C    D 
Can't you feel the aching in your shoulders 
        G                       C 
Can you feel the aching in your shoulders 
  G 
I do 
  D 
I do 

            Em   Am 
It's been a hard summer 
            Em   Am 
It's been a hard summer 
            C    D 
It's been a hard summer 
         G      C  G 
In these hills 


                  C                G 
The mourning dove sings out in the mountains 
           Em   Am              C  D 
The mockingbird sings on in the Delta 
            G                      C 
The whippoorwill sings on in these hills 
         G 
In these hills 
         D 
In these hills 

  
          G    C                   G  
There's a wind blowing through the redbuds 
          Em   Am                  C D 
There's a wind blowing through the cypress 
          G                        C 
There's a wind blowing through the pine trees 
      G 
On to us 
      D 
On to us 

 
          Em   Am 
There's a wind blowing 
          Em   Am 
There's a wind blowing 
          C    D 
There's a wind blowing 
      Em   Am 
On to us_____ 
      Em   Am    C   D 
On to us_____ 


            G    C             G 
It's been a hard summer in the mountains 
            Em   Am            C  D 
It's been a hard summer in the delta 
            G                    C 
It's been a hard summer in these hills 
         G 
In these hills 
         D 
In these hills 


         G     C                  G 
Mourning dove, don't you weep for me 
       Em    Am             C   D 
Mockingbird, don't you weep for me 
        G                           C 
Whippoorwill, please don't weep for me 
             G 
'Cause I can sing 
      D 
I can sing 


            Em   Am 
It's been a hard summer 
            Em   Am 
It's been a hard summer 
            C    D 
It's been a hard summer 
         G      C  G    C  G 
In these hills 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante