In The Summertime
Mungo Jerry (Ray Dorset, 1970)
4/4 | D - - u D - - - |
1 2 & 3 4
Intro
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [A] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
Verse 1
In the | [D] summertime when the | weather is high
You can | [D] stretch right up and | touch the sky
When the | [G] weather's fine
You got | [G] women, you got women on your | [D] mind | [D]
Have a | [A] drink, have a drive
| [G] Go out and see what you can | [D] find | [D]
Verse 2
If her | [D] daddy's rich, take her | out for a meal
If her | [D] daddy's poor, just | do what you feel
Speed a- | [G] long the lane
Do a | [G] ton or a ton and twenty- | [D] five | [D]
When the | [A] sun goes down you can | [G] make it
Make it good in a lay- | [D] by | [D]
Verse 3
We're no | [D] threat, people, we're not | dirty, we're not mean
We love | [D] everybody but we | do as we please
When the | [G] weather is fine
We go | [G] fishing or go swimming in the | [D] sea | [D]
We're always | [A] happy
Life's for | [G] living, yeah, that's our philoso- | [D] phy | [D]
Sing a- | [D] long with us, dee dee | dee dee dee
Dah dah | [D] dah dah dah, yeah, we're | hap-happy
| [G] Dah dah dah | dee dah do dee dah do dah | [D] dah, | [D]
Dah de | [A] dah dah dah,
| [G] Dah dah ah do dah | [D] dah, | alright ah
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [A] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
When the | [D] winter's here, yeah, | it's party time
Bring a | [D] bottle, wear you're bright clothes
It'll | [D] soon be summertime and | [G] we'll sing again
We'll go | [G] drivin' or maybe we'll settle | [D] down | [D]
If she's | [A] rich, if she's nice
Bring your | [G] friends and we'll all go into | [D] town | [D↓]
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [A] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
(Optionally Repeat Verses 1, 2 & 3)
Sing a- | [D] long with us, dee dee | dee dee dee
Dah dah | [D] dah dah dah, yeah, we're | hap-happy
| [G] Dah dah dah | dee dah do dee dah do dah | [D] dah, | [D]
Dah de | [A] dah dah dah,
| [G] Dah dah ah do dah | [D↓] dah
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 10/15/18 JJ
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Mungo Jerry (Ray Dorset, 1970)
4/4 | D - - u D - - - |
1 2 & 3 4
Intro
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [A] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
Verse 1
In the | [D] summertime when the | weather is high
You can | [D] stretch right up and | touch the sky
When the | [G] weather's fine
You got | [G] women, you got women on your | [D] mind | [D]
Have a | [A] drink, have a drive
| [G] Go out and see what you can | [D] find | [D]
Verse 2
If her | [D] daddy's rich, take her | out for a meal
If her | [D] daddy's poor, just | do what you feel
Speed a- | [G] long the lane
Do a | [G] ton or a ton and twenty- | [D] five | [D]
When the | [A] sun goes down you can | [G] make it
Make it good in a lay- | [D] by | [D]
Verse 3
We're no | [D] threat, people, we're not | dirty, we're not mean
We love | [D] everybody but we | do as we please
When the | [G] weather is fine
We go | [G] fishing or go swimming in the | [D] sea | [D]
We're always | [A] happy
Life's for | [G] living, yeah, that's our philoso- | [D] phy | [D]
Sing a- | [D] long with us, dee dee | dee dee dee
Dah dah | [D] dah dah dah, yeah, we're | hap-happy
| [G] Dah dah dah | dee dah do dee dah do dah | [D] dah, | [D]
Dah de | [A] dah dah dah,
| [G] Dah dah ah do dah | [D] dah, | alright ah
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [A] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
When the | [D] winter's here, yeah, | it's party time
Bring a | [D] bottle, wear you're bright clothes
It'll | [D] soon be summertime and | [G] we'll sing again
We'll go | [G] drivin' or maybe we'll settle | [D] down | [D]
If she's | [A] rich, if she's nice
Bring your | [G] friends and we'll all go into | [D] town | [D↓]
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [A] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
(Optionally Repeat Verses 1, 2 & 3)
Sing a- | [D] long with us, dee dee | dee dee dee
Dah dah | [D] dah dah dah, yeah, we're | hap-happy
| [G] Dah dah dah | dee dah do dee dah do dah | [D] dah, | [D]
Dah de | [A] dah dah dah,
| [G] Dah dah ah do dah | [D↓] dah
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 10/15/18 JJ
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