Summertime Summertime:The Jamies. 
#26 in 1958. 
           (Capo 5th fret.) 
INTRO: 
C                F           C       G7 
It's summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime.. 
C           F           C       G7 
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime.. 
C           F           C       G7 
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime.. 
C           F           C       G7 
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime, 
C           F     C     G7 
summertime..i..i..ime. (Ba bomp bomp.) 

#1. 
      C                   F 
Well, shut them books and throw 'em away, 
    C              F 
and say goodbye to dull school days. 
C              F 
Look alive and change your ways, 
           C  F     C 
It's summerti.i..i..ime...(Ba bomp bomp.) 

#2. 
C                      F 
Well, no more studying history. 
G7                      C 
And no more reading ge..ography. 
C      F             G7 
And no more dull ge..ometry. 
G7               D7   G7 
Because it's su..ummertime... 

Chorus: 
     G7                    C 
It's time to head straight for them hills. 
     G7               C 
It's time to live and have some thrills. 
C 
Come along and have a ball, 
  G 
A regular free-for-all. 

#3. 
C                       F 
Well, are you comin' or are you ain't? 
C                     F 
You slow-pokes are my one complaint. 
C          F 
Hurry up before I faint. 
           C   F     C 
It's summerti..i..i..ime.(Ba bomp bomp.) 

#4. 
C                       F 
Well, I'm so happy that I could flip. 
G7                  C 
Oh, how I'd love to take a trip. 
C   F                  G7 
I'm sorry teacher but, zip your lip. 
G7               D7   G7 
Because it's su..ummertime 

Chorus: 
     G7                    C 
It's time to head straight for them hills. 
     G7               C 
It's time to live and have some thrills. 
C 
Come along and have a ball, 
  G 
A regular free-for-all. 

#5. 
C                        F 
Well, we'll go swimmin', every day. 
C                     F 
No time to work just, time to play. 
        C                 F 
If your folks com..plain, just say, 
           C   F     C 
It's summerti..i..i..ime.(Ba bomp bomp) 

#6. 
C                      F 
And every night we'll, have a dance. 
      G7                    C 
Cause what's a vacation without romance? 
C   F                      G7 
Oh, man this jive gets me, in a trance.. 
G7               D7   G7 
Because it's su..ummertime. 

Chorus: 
     G7                    C 
It's time to head straight for them hills. 
     G7               C 
It's time to live and have some thrills. 
C 
Come along and have a ball, 
  G                                  C   F     C 
A regular free-for-all....It's summerti..i..i..ime. 

OUTRO: 
C                F           C       G7 
It's summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime.. 
C           F           C       G7 
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime.. 
C           F           C       G7 
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime.. 
C           F           C       G7 
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime, 
C           F     C       C               F C 
summertime..i..i..ime.....It's summertime! 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.