Once Upon A Summertime Chords
Once Upon A Summertime by Johnny Mercer is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, Fm6, G7, Cm7, Cm6, D7, G7/9-, Gm7/C, C7, C7/9-, F7M, Bb9, C7M, Am7, Dm7, C, C9, F and G9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse one
Cm Fm6
Once upon a summertime IF you recall
G7 Cm7
We stopped beside a little flower stall
Cm6 D7
A bunch of bright forget-me-nots was all
G7/9- G7
You'd let me buy you
Verse two
Gm7/C C7 C7/9- F7M
Once upon a summertime like today
Bb9 C7M
We laughed the happy afternoon away
Am7 D7
And stole a kiss in ev'ry street cafe
Interlude: G7 G7/9-
Verse three
C7M Am7 Dm7
You were sweet er than the blossom son the tree
G7 C
I was as proud as any man could be
Am7 Dm7 G7
As if the may or had offered me the key to Paris
Verse four
Gm7/C C9 C7 F
Now, another winter time has come and gone
Bb9 C7M
The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
Am7 D7
But I remember when the vespers chime
Dm7 G9 G7/9- C
You loved me once upon a summertime
Gm7/C C9 C7 F
Now, another winter time has come and gone
Bb9 C7M
The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
Am7 D7
But I remember when the vespers chime
Dm7 G9 G7/9- C
You loved me once upon a summertime