Summertime

Sam Cooke

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Summertime

Year: 1957 - Album: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

Written by M: George Gershwin; L: DuBose Heyward

Key: Am

Summertime Key EmEm

Summertime Key FmFm

Summertime Key F#mF#m

Summertime Key GmGm(one step down)

Summertime Key G#mG#m(half step down)

Summertime Key AmAm(original key)

Summertime Key A#mA#m(half step up)

Summertime Key BmBm(one step up)

Summertime Key CmCm

Summertime Key C#mC#m

Summertime Key DmDm

Summertime Key D#mD#m

	  		Am  
Summertime and the livin' is easy,  
    Dm                             E      E7  
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.  
Am  
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good-lookin'.  
C                    Dm-E       Am  
Hush, little baby, don't you cry.  

Am  Am — Dm - E — E7  

Am  
One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing.  
          Dm                                     E       E7  
Then you’ll spread your wings and take the sky.   (sky)  
Am  
But till that morning there is nothing can harm you now,  
          C                      Dm- E    Am  
With daddy and mommy standing by.  

Am  Am — Dm — E — E7  

Am  
Summertime and the livin' is easy.  
    Dm                             E      E7  
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high. (high)  
Am  
Your daddy's rich and your mama's so good-looking,  
C                         Dm-E       Am  
So hush, little baby, don't you cry.

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