That Summer Chords & Tabs
Auther/Artist:Garth Brooks
Title:That Summer
Intro
(Steel Guitar) (Acoustic + Dist. Electric)
D E D C#m Bm
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(N.C) A
I went to work for her that summer
F#m
A teenage kid so far from home
D
She was a lonely widowed woman
E Esus
Hellbent to make it on her own
A Asus
We were a thousand miles from nowhere
F#m
Wheat fields as far as I could see
D Dsus
Both needin' somethin' from eachother
E A Asus A
Not knowing yet what that might be
(Dist. Electric Guitar)
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verse II
A
'Till she came to me one evening
F#m
Hot cup of coffee and a smile
D
In a dress that I was certain
E
She hadn't worn in quite a while
A
There was a difference in her laughter
F#m
There was a softness in her eyes
D
And on the air there was a hunger
E A
Even a boy could recognize
chorus
E D
She had a need to feel the thunder
A
To chase the lightning from the skies
D
To watch a storm in all it's wonder
E
Ragin' in her lovers eyes
F#m E D
She had to ride the heat of passion
A
Like a comet burnin' bright
D
Rushing head-long in the wind
E
Out where only dreams have been
A D A
Burnin' both ends of the night
verse III
The summer wind was all around us
Nothin' between us but the night
And when I told her that I never
She softly whispered, "That's alright"
And then I watched her hands of leather
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Turn to velvet in a touch
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/garth_brooks/that_summer_tab.html ]
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There's never been another summer
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When I have ever learned so much
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to chorus
Solo
*drop low "E" srting to "D" or play the () note an octave higher
(this is the way I saw it played in Worchester)
1 (dive w/ wham. bar)
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verse IV
I often think about that summer
The sweat the moonlight and the lace
Har.
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And I've rarely held another
When I havn't seen her face
Every time I pass a wheatfield
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And whatch it dancin'' in the wind
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Although I know it isn't real
I just can't help but feel
Her hungry arms again
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chorus
