Groovy Little Summer Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays396

Groovy Little Summer by James Otto is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, Em, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			 
 

Intro: 
| D  Em | G  A | G  A | D | 

Verse 
         G                                 Em 
When the days start gettin' warmer and the sun starts sinkin' slower 
D                         A 
Weekends go by faster and beer starts tasting colder 
      G                        A 
Wanna tune into a station that takes me on a soul vacation 
A 
Hey there mister DJ, come on, won't you please play 

D               A        G             Em 
One that we can dance to start a big romance to 
D              A            G             A 
Make it pretty simple so we all can sing along 
      D                 A         G           Em 
While cruisin' with the top down, crank it up real loud 
  D             A      D 
A groovy little summer song, yeah 

| D  A | G  A | G  A | D | 

G                          Em 
Make me feel the rhythm of one tropical island 
D                            A 
Take me to a beach somewhere everyone is smilin' 
G                      A 
Sippin' margaritas and eyein' senoritas 
      A 
I can almost see 'em swayin' once ya start playin' 

D               A        G             Em 
One that we can dance to start a big romance to 
D              A            G             A 
Make it pretty simple so we all can sing along 
      D                 A         G           Em 
While cruisin' with the top down, crank it up real loud 
  D             A      D 
A groovy little summer song 

| D  A | G  A | D  A  A | 
| D  A | G  Em | D  A  D | 

D                      A                          G 
Play something sexy to make her fall in love with me 
          A 
Won't you please---play 

D               A        G             Em 
One that we can dance to start a big romance to 
D              A            G             A 
Make it pretty simple so we all can sing along 
      D                 A         G           Em 
While cruisin' with the top down, crank it up real loud 
  D             A      D 
A groovy little summer song 

D               A        G             Em 
One that we can dance to start a big romance to 
D              A            G             A 
Make it pretty simple so we all can sing along 
      D                 A         G           Em 
While cruisin' with the top down, crank it up real loud 
  D             A      D 
A groovy little summer song 

         G             A      D 
Yeah, my groovy little summer song, hmm 

Outro 
| D  Em | G  Em | D  A | G  A | 2x 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
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