[Verso 1]
 
C7sus2 
 Summers in New Jersey 
F 
 I always hated Jersey 
F9                                          Bb 
 The good times evaded me, no matter what I did 
C7sus2 
 All the girls were older 
F 
 When you're thirteen everyone's older 
F9                                                      Bb 
 Even the thirteen year old girls treated me like I was just some kid 


[Refrão]
 
G7     Cm              G 
 Please take me to the boardwalk 
Bb                            Eb 
 And let me try to beat those games 
           Gm             Gmmaj7/F#       Gm7/F           Gm6/E 
I love the crooked midway barkers and the bosses youngest daughter 
      F                  G7/D               Cm 
And I can't wait for fall so I can go home again 
                           G 
I blew all my money on the boardwalk 
Bb                              Eb 
 Every year I try to beat those games 
        Gm           Gmmaj7/F#     Gm7/F      Gm6/E 
Then I stumpled over bodies on the overcrowed beaches 
    F                         G7/D 
Its lights and private parties where no one knows your name 



[Verso 2]

C7sus2 
 Summers in New Jersey 
F 
 Even the weather's lousy 
F9                                     Bb 
 Comic books and TV won't keep me entertained 
C7sus2 
 Summers last forever 
F 
 When you're thirteen everything lasts forever 
      F9                                                         Bb 
You believe you can come back, every year it will all remain the same 



[Refrão]

G7     Cm              G 
 Please take me to the boardwalk 
Bb                            Eb 
 And let me try to beat those games 
           Gm             Gmmaj7/F#       Gm7/F           Gm6/E 
I love the crooked midway barkers and the bosses youngest daughter 
      F                  G7/D               Cm 
And I can't wait for fall so I can go home again 
                           G 
I blew all my money on the boardwalk 
Bb                              Eb 
 Every year I try to beat those games 
        Gm           Gmmaj7/F#     Gm7/F      Gm6/E 
Then I stumpled over bodies on the overcrowed beaches 
    F                         G7/D 
Its lights and private parties where no one knows your name 


Outro: 
| C7sus2  | C7sus2  | F       | F       | F9      | F9      | 
| Bb      | Bb      | Bb      | Bb      |