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D Summer days, summer nights are gone G7 D Summer days and the summer nights are gone A7 D I know a place where there’s still somethin’ going onVerse 2:
D I got a house on a hill, I got hogs all out in the mud G7 D I got a house on a hill, I got hogs out lying in the mud A7 D Got a long-haired woman, she got royal Indian bloodVerse 3:
D Everybody get ready—lift your glasses and sing G7 D Everybody get ready to lift your glasses and sing A7 D Well, I’m standin’ on the table, I’m proposing a toast to the KingVerse 4:
D Well I’m drivin’ in the flats in a Cadillac car D The girls all say, “You’re a worn-out star” G7 D My pockets are loaded and I’m spending every dime A7 D How can you say you love someone else when you know it’s me all the time?Verse 5:
D Well, the fog’s so thick you can’t spy the land G7 D The fog is so thick that you can’t even spy the land A7 D What good are you anyway, if you can’t stand up to some old businessman?Verse 6:
D Wedding bells ringin’, the choir is beginning to sing G7 D Yes, the wedding bells are ringing and the choir is beginning to sing A7 D What looks good in the day, at night is another thingVerse 7:
D She’s looking into my eyes, she’s holding my hand G7 D She’s looking into my eyes, she’s holding my hand A7 D She says, “You can’t repeat the past.” I say, “You can’t? What do you mean, D you can’t? Of course you can.”Verse 8:
D Where do you come from? Where do you go? D Sorry that’s nothin’ you would need to know G7 D Well, my back has been to the wall for so long, it seems like it’s stuck A7 D Why don’t you break my heart one more time just for good luckVerse 9:
D I got eight carburetors, boys I’m using ’em all G7 D Well, I got eight carburetors and boys, I’m using ’em all A7 D I’m short on gas, my motor’s starting to stallVerse 10:
D My dogs are barking, there must be someone around G7 D My dogs are barking, there must be someone around A7 D I got my hammer ringin’, pretty baby, but the nails ain’t goin’ downVerse 11:
D You got something to say, speak or hold your peace G7 D Well, you got something to say, speak now or hold your peace A7 D If it’s information you want you can go get it from the policeVerse 12:
D Politician got on his jogging shoes D He must be running for office, got no time to lose G7 D He been suckin’ the blood out of the genius of generosity A7 D You been rolling your eyes—you been teasing meVerse 13:
D Standing by God’s river, my soul is beginnin’ to shake G7 D Standing by God’s river, my soul is beginnin’ to shake A7 D I’m countin’ on you love, to give me a breakVerse 14:
D Well, I’m leaving in the morning as soon as the dark clouds lift G7 D Yes, I’m leaving in the morning just as soon as the dark clouds lift A7 D Gonna break the roof in—set fire to the place as a parting giftVerse 15:
D Summer days, summer nights are gone G7 D Summer days, summer nights are gone A7 D I know a place where there’s still somethin’ going on
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