Faded Summer Love Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays361

Faded Summer Love by Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, B7, A7, D7, G7, Ab, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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  			INTRO 
Play the chords below without singing 

C                          B7 
Leaves come tumbling down 'round my head 
C                       A7 
Some of them are brown, some are red 
D7                G7 
Beautiful to see, but reminding me 
C          Ab  G   C 
Of a faded sum-mer love 

C                  B7 
Swaying high above in the trees 
C                    A7 
They were so in love with the breeze 
D7                  G7 
Now the autumn wind brings to them the end 
C          Ab  G   C 
Of a faded sum-mer love 

Dm           Em               Dm            G7 
I'm like the poor leaves that sway with the breeze 
                        C 
I thought that life was sweet 
Dm          Em                Dm            G7 
You are the sweet breeze that tried hard to please 
D7                   G7 
Then swept me off my feet 

C                  B7 
Summer morning dew turns to frost 
C                         A7 
Leaves that once were new pay the cost 
D7                G7  
Beautiful to see, but reminding me 
C          Ab  G   C 
Of a faded sum-mer love 

Dm           Em               Dm            G7 
I'm like the poor leaves that sway with the breeze 
                        C 
I thought that life was sweet 
Dm          Em                Dm            G7 
You are the sweet breeze that tried hard to please 
D7                   G7 
Then swept me off my feet 

C                  B7 
Summer morning dew turns to frost 
C                         A7 
Leaves that once were new pay the cost 
D7                G7  
Beautiful to see, but reminding me 
C          Ab  G   C 
Of a faded sum-mer love 


Chords from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R72a3b6c0xg 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante