Ricky Nelson – Summertime (Guitar)

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Summertime:Ricky Nelson. #111 CASH BOX and #89 on BB Hot 100 on IMPERIAL Records in 1962. Album - Album Seven By Rick. (A different take on an old standard.) INTRO: E G Em G..E G E G..E G D E G Em G.. #1.
Em
Summertime, and the livin' is easy.

G        D    Am  A              Bm B 
Fish are jump-in' and the cotton is high.

B    Em      G    Em       G          Em
Your Daddy's rich and your Ma is good lookin'.

G   Em          G     A     D   Em  G Em
So, hush little baby, don't you cry.
#2.
Gm7          E        Em     G          Em
One of these mornin's you're gonna rise up 
singin'.
G            A           G      A   G
You're gonna spread your wings, and take to 

    B
the sky.
#3.
B              Em           G            Em
But until that mornin', you know nothin' gonna

     G
harm you.

G                    A      Bm      Em       G
Cause your Daddy and Mommy, they're standin' by.
INTERLUDE: Em G Em G Em E G A B Gm7 Em G E G Em G A G Em G E #4.
E                           Em     G          Em
Well, one of these mornings you're gonna rise up 
singing.
G                 A               Am        A   
Gonna spread your wings (in summertime) and take 

Em     Bm    B
to the sky-y-y.

               Em                      G
But until that mornin' (in summertime) well, there's 

        Em                                       G
nothin' gonna harm you (in summertime) with your Daddy 

    Am     Em      G        Em
and Mommy, they're standin' by.
OUTRO:
Em          G           Em    G     Em
Awww, summertime (summertime) summertime (summertime)

            G                       Em
well, summertime (summertime) summertime..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.