Jerry Keller, Here Comes Summer (1959)
Key: :[F] (w: Jerry Keller)
INTRO: [F] [Dm] [Bb] [C]
VERSE 1:
Here comes
[F] summer
(do-do [Dm] do-do)
School is
[Bb] out, oh happy
[C] days
Here comes
[F] summer
(do-do [Dm] do-do)
I'm gonna grab my
[Bb] girl and run a-
[C]-way
CHORUS 1:
Here comes
[F] summer
(do-do [Dm] do-do)
We'll go
[Bb] swimming every
[C] day
Oh let the
[F open] sunshine
[F7 open] bright
On my ^
[Bb] happy ^
[C] summer
[F] home
BRIDGE 1:
Well
[Bb] school's not so bad but summer is better
[F] Gives me more time to see my girl
[Bb] Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon
Oh when we
[C open] kiss she makes my flat top curl
VERSE 2:
It's
[F] summer
(do-do [Dm] do-do)
I feel her
[Bb] lips so close to
[C] mine
here comes
[F] summer
(do-do [Dm] do-do)
When we
[Bb] meet our hearts en-
[C]-twine
CHORUS 2:
It's the
[F] greatest
(do-do [Dm] do-do)
Let's have
[Bb] summer all the
[C] time
Oh let the
[F open] sunshine
[F7 open] bright
On my ^
[Bb] happy ^
[C] summer ^
[F] home ^
[C# open]
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [F#]
BREAK: [F#] [D#m] [B] [C#]
VERSE 3:
(Here comes [F#] summer) Here comes
[D#m] summer
Almost
[B] June, the sun is
[C#] bright
(Here comes [F#] summer) Here comes
[D#m] summer
Drive-in
[B] movies every
[C#] night
CHORUS 3:
(Double [F#] feature) Double
[D#m] feature
Lots more
[B] time to hold her
[C#] tight
Oh let the
[F# open] sunshine
[F#7 open] bright
On my ^
[B] happy ^
[C#] summer
[F#] home
BRIDGE 2:
Well
[B] I'll want to hold my girl beside me
[F#] Sit by the lake till one or two
[B] Go for a drive in the summer moonlight
[C# open] Dream of her love the whole night through
VERSE 4:
It's
[F#] summer,
(do-do [D#m] do-do)
She'll be
[B] with me every
[C#] day
Here comes
[F#] summer
(do-do [D#m] do-do)
Meet the
[B] gang at Joe's Ca-
[C#]-fe
CHORUS 4:
If she's
[F#] willing,
(do-do [D#m] do-do)
We'll go
[B] steady right a-
[C#]-way
Oh let the
[F# open] sunshine
[F#7 open] bright
On my ^
[B] happy ^
[C#] summer
[F#] home
OUTRO:
Oh let the
[F#] sunshine
[F#7] bright
Here comes the ^
[B] summer ^
[C#] time at ^
[F#] last