For The Summer Chords
For The Summer by Ray Lamontagne is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A7, C, G, Am7, A and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A7 C G x2
D Am7 C G D A7 C G
Rollin' through these hills I've known I'd be coming
D Am7 C G D A7 C G
There ain't a man alive that likes to be alone
D Am7 C G D A7 C G
It's been a while since I seen my lady smile
D Am7 C G D A C G
Have I been have I been away so long
C G
I'm tired
C G
I am tired
D Am7
Can I come home for the summer
G F
I could slow down for a little while
D Am7
Get back to lovin' each other
G Am7
Leave all those long and lonesome miles behind
D Am7 C G x2
D Am7 C G D Am7 C G
Through the years I have learned some things worth the tellin'
D Am7 C G
And you'd be right in guessin' that each and every lesson they were
D Am7 C G
hard won
C G
I'm tired
C G
I am tired
D Am7
Can I come home for the summer
G F
I could slow down for a little while
D Am7
Get back to lovin' each other
G Am7
Leave all those long and lonesome miles behind
D Am7 C G x4
D Am7 D Am7
You'll follow her wherever she goes
D Am7 G F D
You love her and you just wanted to know
D Am7 D Am7
That you'll follow her, you'll find a way
D Am7 G F D
'Cause you love her and you just wanted to know