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SUMMER '79 - The Ataris
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Tabbed by: Ryan R.
Email: arreyn00@centre.edu
*A Great song off of "So Long, Astoria"....listen to the song to figure out the strumming *
Tuning: E A D G B E (standard)
Intro:
" Our....Summer.....Nineteen 79...................tonight"
Guitar1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------5*-------7*----4444------5555-7777-----------------------|
D|--5*-----2*-------5*-------7*----4444-2222-5555-7777-----------------------|
A|--5*-----2*-------3*-------5*----2222-2222-3333-5555-----------------------|
E|--3*-----0*---------------------------0000---------------------------------|
Guitar2:
e|---------------------------------|
B|----8-------5--------8------//---|
G|------7-0-----4--------7-0-------|
D|----------------5----------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
1st Verse:
(pm all except last chord)
"Out at the drive in...................................................."
pm pm pm pm pm pm pm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-77777777-44444444----------55555555--777777*--|
D|--55555555-22222222-55555555-77777777-44444444-22222222-55555555--777777*--|
A|--55555555-22222222-33333333-55555555-22222222-22222222-33333333--555555*--|
E|--33333333-00000000----------------------------00000000--------------------|
Chorus:
"We are................." "Cruisin.............."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----55-77--------55-7777----------55-77--------55-77-----------------------|
D|-22-55-77-5-4-22-55-7777-------22-55-77-5-4-22-55-77-----------------------|
A|-22-33-55-5-4-22-33-5555-------22-33-55-5-4-22-33-55-----------------------|
E|-00-------3-2-00---------------00-------3-2-00-----------------------------|
2nd Verse:
"Down at...roller rink..................................................by"
Muted pm pm pm pm pm pm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-77777777-44444444----------55555555--777777*--|
D|-xxxxxxxx--22222222-55555555-77777777-44444444-22222222-55555555--777777*--|
A|-xxxxxxxx--22222222-33333333-55555555-22222222-22222222-33333333--555555*--|
E|-xxxxxxxx--00000000----------------------------00000000--------------------|
Chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/ataris/summer_79_tab.html ]
"We are................." "Cruisin.............."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----55-77--------55-7777----------55-77--------55-77-----------------------|
D|-22-55-77-5-4-22-55-7777-------22-55-77-5-4-22-55-77-----------------------|
A|-22-33-55-5-4-22-33-5555-------22-33-55-5-4-22-33-55-----------------------|
E|-00-------3-2-00---------------00-------3-2-00-----------------------------|
Bridge:
"Sneak..............back"
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-5*--7*----------5*--7*----------------------|
D|-5*--7*--5*--2*--5*--7*----------------------|
A|-3*--5*--5*--2*--3*--5*----------------------|
E|---------3*--0*------------------------------|
3rd Verse:
"Climb out.................below us.................stop"
Guitar1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------5*-------7*------4444------5555-7777---------------------|
D|--5*-----2*-------5*-------7*------4444-2222-5555-7777---------------------|
A|--5*-----2*-------3*-------5*------2222-2222-3333-5555---------------------|
E|--3*-----0*-----------------------------0000-------------------------------|
Guitar2:
e|----------------------------------|
B|----8-------5--------8-------//---|
G|------7-0-----4--------7-0--------|
D|----------------5-----------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
"Nah nah nah ........................................................."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-77777777-44444444----------55555555--7777*----|
D|--55555555-22222222-55555555-77777777-44444444-22222222-55555555--7777*----|
A|--55555555-22222222-33333333-55555555-22222222-22222222-33333333--5555*----|
E|--33333333-00000000----------------------------00000000--------------------|
**Full REST, but let previous chord ring**
Final Chorus/Outro (Repeat Chorus 2x):
"We are................." "Cruisin.............."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----55-77--------55-7777----------55-77--------55-77-//-//-----------------|
D|-22-55-77-5-4-22-55-7777-------22-55-77-5-4-22-55-77-----------------------|
A|-22-33-55-5-4-22-33-5555-------22-33-55-5-4-22-33-55-----------------------|
E|-00-------3-2-00---------------00-------3-2-00-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----55-77--------55-7777----------55-77--------55-77*----------------------|
D|-22-55-77-5-4-22-55-7777-------22-55-77-5-4-22-55-77*----------------------|
A|-22-33-55-5-4-22-33-5555-------22-33-55-5-4-22-33-55*----------------------|
E|-00-------3-2-00---------------00-------3-2-00-----------------------------|
|- pm = palm mute
|- * = let ring
|- / = pick slide up