Summerday Sands Chords
by Jethro Tull
Summerday Sands by Jethro Tull is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dsus4/6/9, D, Dsus4, D5, Am/D, G, Em, Cmaj7, Cadd/b9, C, A7, D/C, D/B, D/A, D/Bb and Bb4+. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
intro Dsus4/6/9* arpeggio D Dsus4
D Dsus4 D5 Am/D* G
I once met a girl with the life in her hands
D G D
Dsus4
and we lay together on the summerday sands.
D Dsus4 D5 Am/D* G
I gave her my raincoat and told her, ``Lady, be
good!''
D G
D Dsus4
And we made truth together, where no one else
would.
D Dsus4 D5
Am/D* G
I smiled through her fingers and ran the dust
through her hands ---
D G D
the hour-glass of reason on the summerday sands.
Em Cmaj7
We sat as the sea caught fire.
Cadd/b9 C A7
Waited as the flames grew higher
D D/C D/B D/A
in her eyes.
Em Cmaj7
We watched the eagle born ---
Cadd/b9 C A7
wings clipped, tail feathers shorn
D D/C D/B D/Bb Bb4+
but we saw him rise ---
Bb4+ D Dsus4
over summerday sands.
(Rest the same)
Came the ten o'clock curfew.
She said, ``I must start my car.
I'm staying with someone I met last night in a
bar.''
I called from my wave top ---
``At least tell me your name!''
She smiled from her wheelspin
and said, ``It's all the same.''
I thought for a minute, jumped back on dry land ---
left one set of footprints on the summerday sands.
I once met a girl with the life in her hands
and we lied together on the summerday sands.
words and music by Ian Anderson
Am/D = *XX0555
Dsus4/6/9*=XX0000