Summertime Summertime:The Jamies.
#26 on Top 100 on EPIC Records in 1958.
INTRO:
F Bb F C7
It's summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
F Bb F C7
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
F Bb F C7
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
F Bb F C7
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime,
F Bb F C7
summertime..i..i..ime. (Ba bomp bomp.)
#1.
F Bb
Well, shut them books and throw 'em away,
F Bb
and say goodbye to dull school days.
F Bb
Look alive and change your ways,
F Bb F
It's summerti.i..i..ime...(Ba bomp bomp.)
#2.
F Bb
Well, no more studying history.
C7 F
And no more reading ge..ography.
F Bb C7
And no more dull ge..ometry.
C7 G7 C7
Because it's su..ummertime...
CHORUS:
C7 F
It's time to head straight for them hills.
C7 F
It's time to live and have some thrills.
F
Come along and have a ball,
C
A regular free-for-all.
#3.
F Bb
Well, are you comin' or are you ain't?
F Bb
You slow-pokes are my one complaint.
F Bb
Hurry up before I faint.
F Bb F
It's summerti..i..i..ime.(Ba bomp bomp.)
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#4.
F Bb
Well, I'm so happy that I could flip.
C7 F
Oh, how I'd love to take a trip.
F Bb C7
I'm sorry teacher but, zip your lip.
C7 G7 C7
Because it's su..ummertime
CHORUS:
C7 F
It's time to head straight for them hills.
C7 F
It's time to live and have some thrills.
F
Come along and have a ball,
C
A regular free-for-all.
#5.
F Bb
Well, we'll go swimmin', every day.
F Bb
No time to work just, time to play.
F Bb
If your folks com..plain, just say,
F Bb F
It's summerti..i..i..ime.(Ba bomp bomp)
#6.
F Bb
And every night we'll, have a dance.
C7 F
Cause what's a vacation without romance?
F Bb C7
Oh, man this jive gets me, in a trance..
C7 G7 C7
Because it's su..ummertime.
CHORUS:
C7 F
It's time to head straight for them hills.
C7 F
It's time to live and have some thrills.
F
Come along and have a ball,
C F Bb F
A regular free-for-all....It's summerti..i..i..ime.
OUTRO:
F Bb F C7
It's summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
F Bb F C7
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
F Bb F C7
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
F Bb F C7
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime,
F Bb F F Bb F
summertime..i..i..ime.....It's summertime!
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
