The Lovin' Spoonful – Summer In The City (Guitar Tab)

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:38 -0500 From: Andrew Rogers <[email protected]> Subject: ./l/lovin_spoonful/summer_in_the_city.crd (John Sebastian - Mark Sebastian - Steve Boone) Intro: organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X]

	 v   v   v   v
	-----------------|
	-----------------|
	-------------x---|
	-6-------5-------|
	-----------------|
	-4-------3-------|
	             ^ echoed drums

bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat):

	 v   v   v   v
	-----------------|
	-5-------5-------|
	-----------------|
	-----------------|

Verse 1: [Notes: 1) I believe that the guitar is capoed at the third fret, in which case the chord progression transposes to the stock folkie riff Am-Am/G-D9/F#-Fmaj7-E. This is further confirmed by the voicings of the F and Bb chords in the chorus, which sound like root-position D and G capoed up. 2) The electric piano plays a variation of the second part of the instrumental break (q.v.) on the first four lines of the verse.] Cm Cm/Bb Hot town, summer in the city F9/A [x03543] Abmaj7 G Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Cm Cm/Bb Been down, isn't it a pity F9/A Abmaj7 G Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city G G7/B All around, people looking half dead Cm C Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head Chorus (w/autoharp): F Bb But at night it's a different world F Bb Go out and find a girl F Bb Come-on come-on and dance all night F Bb Despite the heat it'll be alright Dm G And babe, don't you know it's a pity Dm G That the days can't be like the nights Dm G In the summer, in the city Dm G In the summer, in the city Verse 2: Cool town, evening in the city Dressing so fine and looking so pretty Cool cat, looking for a kitty Gonna look in every corner of the city Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop [repeat chorus] Instrumental break: guitar (doubled octave higher w/electric piano) w/sound effects

	 Cm               Ab7
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|------------------|
	-----------------|------------------|
	-----------------|------------------|
	-5--3-3-5-3---3--|-6--4-4-6-4---4---|
	-----6------6----|-----6------6-----|
	-----------------|------------------|

organ: C (octaves; hold through next section) / / / / Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X]

	(Cm)       (/Bb)         (/A)        (/Ab)(Gsus4)
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	15----15----1515--15-----|1515--15----1515-15--15--|
	16----16----1516--16-----|1516--16----1615-15--15--|
	17----17----1717--17-----|1717--17----1717-17--17--|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
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	           guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7  G
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
	10-10----10--8-------8---|-7--------7--6--------5--|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
	-8--8-----8--6-------6---|-5--------5--4--------3--|
	2: ^^  1: ^^

[repeat first verse and chorus] [repeat instrumental break] [repeat first verse and chorus w/o vocals; fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers