This Summer Chords

KeyEm Capo6st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays433

This Summer by Rufus is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em      C 
  We all made plans 
Em      C                   Em        C 
  We all made plans to go out this summer 

  Em  C 
  Lo---st in brightness 
     Em  C 
  Feeli---ng, I want this 
       Em   C 
  To last    a lifetime 
  Em       C 
  On and on and on and on... 

  Em   C  
  Ski---es surround us 
       Em  C     
  You wanted to notice 
          Em   C  
  The light      around us 
       Em        C   
  Is gone is gone is gone is gone... 

  Em           C 
  Lost in brightness 
  Em         C 
  Skies surround us 
  Em           C 
  Lost in brightness 
  Em            C 
  Feeling, I want this... 

Em      C  
  We all made plans to go out 
Em      C                   Em        C            Em        C 
  We all made plans to go out this summer, to go out this summer 
Em      C     
  We all made plans to go out at night 
Em      C                   Em        C            Em        C 
  We all made plans to go out this summer, to go out this summer 

  Em  C  
  Fl---y right through me 
          Em   C                      Em 
  The wind knows the reason to breathe  
     C 
  into me 
         Em      C   
  Tonight tonight tonight tonight... 

  Em           C 
  Lost in brightness 
     Em        C 
  I want this feeling... 

Em      C   
  We all made plans to go out 
Em      C                   Em        C            Em        C 
  We all made plans to go out this summer, to go out this summer 
Em      C                    
  We all made plans to go out at night 
Em      C                   Em        C            Em        C   
  We all made plans to go out this summer, to go out this summer 

 
    	

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