Ben Rector – Thank God For The Summertime (Guitar)

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Intro: | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . (g)(a)(c) | Drums (walkup) | C C/B | Am G | F Em | Dm G (g)(a)(c) | [Verse]
 C          C/B
 . Start my Saturday the right way 

 Am        G
 . Playing wiffle ball at Steve's place

 F               Em                          Dm G                 (g)(a)(c)
 . League champs since the third week of May .  .  Deal with that

 C                     C/B
 . While we're working out the lawn chair strike zone 

 Am          G
 . Go on and turn off your cell phone

 F         Em                    Dm         G
 . Whoever needs to call you can wait, yeah .
[Chorus]
(g)(a)(c)  C   C/B  Am       G                 F     Em         Dm G   
 Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh,  .  thank God for the summertime, yeah, yeah .  .

(g)(a)(c)  C   C/B  Am    G                   F
 Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh,  .  no cares and I'm doin' fine 

    Em                  Dm          G                |C <> |
 No cares and I'm doin' fine, thank God for the summertime
[Verse]
 C                  C/B
 . Tomorrow mornin' we could hit the river

 Am       G
 . Sit in inner tubes and simmer

 F           Em                    Dm G (g)(a)(c)
 . Work hard on a sunburn all day, .  .  mmmm 

 C          C/B
 . Or if we stay up late we'll sleep in 

 Am             G
 . 'Cause every day is like the weekend

 F           Em                   Dm   Em         F  G   
 . Thank God for the months after May, yeah, yeah .  .
[Chorus]
           C   C/B  Am       G                 F     Em         Dm G   
 Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh,  .  thank God for the summertime, yeah, yeah .  .

(g)(a)(c)  C   C/B  Am    G                   F
 Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh,  .  no cares and I'm doin' fine

    Em                  Dm          G               
 No cares and I'm doin' fine, thank God for the summertime
Bridge (see rhythm note below):
|Bb F |C                                      |                          
       . Every day feels just like the weekend 

|Bb F |C                                      |
       . Sam Cooke plays through the speakers

|Bb F       |Dm <> |Dm <>  |
     Oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
      |C   C/B |Am       G                    |F          Em
Lead:  Mmm-mmm, ah-ah-ah-ah, thank God for the summertime .
BGV:
                        |Dm          G                 |
Lead:  Thank God for the . thank God for the summertime
BGV:
      (g)(a)(c)  C   C/B         Am       G                       F  
Lead:            Oh, yeah, yeah
BGV: (Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh) . (Thank God for the summertime) .
                            Em                       Dm  G                
Lead:  And did I mention we were league champs baby? Oh, oh, oh
BGV:
      (g)(a)(c)  C     C/B              Am          G                 F
Lead:  Yeah, yeah,  mmm, thank God for, . thank God for the summertime
BGV: (Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh) . (No cares and I'm doin' fine)
                Em               Dm   G                      
Lead: Thank God for the summerti-ime, . yeah, yeah, yeah
BGV: (Thank God for the summertime) [Outro] | C | C | C <> | Notes: - Parentheses ( ) around a lower case letter means a note should be played instead of a chord. - The chords are "pushed" often falling before the beat. Charted by Dexex I write chord charts for my own use as a rhythm guitarist. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They're intended to be taken as my approach to a song, not to notate exactly how a song was played on a recording.