Summer Song Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays361

Summer Song by Roy Orbison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am7, C, F, Dm7, D, B, Abm7, Ebm, Em7, Em, Fm, Gm7, Db, A, Gb and Ab. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: G Am7 C F Dm7 D G  

#1. 
C          B    Abm7    Ebm   G     Em7 
Our summer song lingers on in my memory, 
F                 G  Em7 G   Dm7  C  Em7 F G 
since you've been go-ne......from me. 
C              B         F     G    Em7 
Summer's come again and again, I'm alone.. 
F                   G    Em7               C   F C 
wish you were near, when I hear our summer song. 

Bridge: 

Em  F   G   Fm         F      Gm7 F         C 
Our sum-mer song lives on and on  and on..inside  
       Db     D     G      Abm7 D                G 
of me, and it will, yes, until, you-ou return to me. 

#2. 
G            C           B             C 
Oh, when the leaves fall away from the trees.. 
A             F         C 
I'll still be blue, all winter long. 
         Dm7      Db  Gb  F    D   Ab    G  C   F C 
And I'll sing our sum-mer song and dream of you-oo.. 

OUTRO: 
     B    C   Dm7 Em7 F         Ab   G  C   Em7 F 
I'll sing our sum-mer song and dream of you-ooo-ooo- 
G      C 
oohhhh-aahhhhh..(Fade.) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante