Summertime

(KCH version)

Words & Music:

Ira & George Gershwin & Dubose Heyward

Arr. Kristin Hall

 

This is a combination of the original & Janis Joplin versions, arranged so I could play it solo with guitar.  I do play the classic Big Brother guitar lines at the beginning & end, but in Am instead of the original Gm, of course.  I take many liberties with where the words go, so the arrangement above is just an approximate, simple version of what I actually do on stage.

 

 

      Am  Am/G#  Am/G Am/F#  Am/F             Am  Am/G#  Am/G  Am/F#  Am/F

Summertime-------------------and the living's easy.

         Dm    Dm7                 E  F/E  E  E7

Fish are jumping and the cotton is high

             Am  Am/G#  Am/G Am/F#  Am/F              Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Am/F

Your daddy's rich--------------- and your mama's good-looking.

    C                     E     E7  Am   E+

So, hush, little darling, don't you cry.

 

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE:

 

One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing.

You're gonna spread your wings and take to the sky.

Until that morning nothing's gonna harm you, now.

So, hush, little darling, don't you cry.