Summertime Magic Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays555

Summertime Magic by Childish Gambino is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
  C Dm          Em       Dm Em                    C             Em       Dm Em 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|5-6-6---------8-8-8-8-8-6-8-8---------8-8-8-8---5-------------8-8-8-8---6-8-8---------8-8-8-8---| 
G|5-7-7---------9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9---------9-9-9-9---5-------------9-9-9-9---7-9-9---------9-9-9-9---| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Pre-Chorus 
C Dm              Em        Dm 
   You feel like summertime 
  Em 
   You took this heart of mine 
C                Em               Dm Em 
   You'll be my valentine in the summer, in the summer 
C Dm          Em       Dm 
   You are my only one 
  Em 
   Just dancin' having fun 
C               Em                Dm Em 
   Out in the shining sun of the summer, of the summer 
 
C Dm 
   Do love me, do love me, do 
      Em 
   Do love me, do love me, do 
      Dm 
   I love you 
Em 
   Do love me, do love me, do 

   Do love me, do love me, do (ohh) 
                    C 
   Put no one else above you 

   Do love me, do love me, do 
      Em 
   Do love me, do love me, do (yeah) 
      Dm 
   I need you 
Em 
   Do love me, do love me, do 

   Do love me, do love me, do (oh!) 
C Dm 
   Do love me, do love me, do 
      Em 
   Do love me, do love me, do 
      Dm 
   I love you 
Em 
   Do love me, do love me, do 

   Do love me, do love me, do 
                    C 
   Put no one else above you 

   Do love me, do love me, do 
      Em 
   Do love me, do love me, do 
      Dm 
   I need you 
Em 
   Do love me, do love me, do 

   Do love me, do love me, do 

Verse 
C Dm        Em            Dm 
   Is it summertime magic 
Em                                     C 
   That makes me wanna dance all night long 
                Em            Dm 
   It's your summertime magic 
Em 
   Make me feel this way 

   Girl, oh your love 
C Dm    Em           Dm 
   Girl, oh you're my world 
Em 
   (Baby!) 
C 
   Baby girl 
Em 
   (Woo, ah!) 
Dm    Em 
   My whole world 
            C 
   Hoo, oh! 

Pre-Chorus 
C Dm              Em                     Dm 
   You feel like summertime (oh, yes you do) 
  Em                                         C 
   You took this heart of mine (you know you did) 
                 Em 
   You'll be my valentine (Valentine) 
           Dm Em 
   In the summer (in the summer) 

   In the summer 
 
C  Dm 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
       Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
      Dm 
   I love you 
Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 

   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
                    C 
   Put no one else above you 

   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
       Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
        Dm 
   Your style, your braids, your eyes 
Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 

   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
C  Dm 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
      Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
      Dm 
   So summertime 
Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 

   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
                         C 
   All I wanna do is let you shine 

   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
       Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
      Dm 
   I Love you 
Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 

   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
                    C 
   Put no one else above you 

   (Do love me, do love me, do) 
       Em 
   (Do love me, do love me, do) 

Outro 
           Dm Em 
It's your summertime 

It's your summertime magic 

C Dm   Em  Dm Em 
C      Em  Dm Em 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante