Jerry Keller, Here Comes Summer (1959)
Key: :[Ab] (w: Jerry Keller)
INTRO: [Ab] [Fm] [Db] [Eb]
VERSE 1:
Here comes
[Ab] summer
(do-do [Fm] do-do)
School is
[Db] out, oh happy
[Eb] days
Here comes
[Ab] summer
(do-do [Fm] do-do)
I'm gonna grab my
[Db] girl and run a-
[Eb]-way
CHORUS 1:
Here comes
[Ab] summer
(do-do [Fm] do-do)
We'll go
[Db] swimming every
[Eb] day
Oh let the
[Ab open] sunshine
[Ab7 open] bright
On my ^
[Db] happy ^
[Eb] summer
[Ab] home
BRIDGE 1:
Well
[Db] school's not so bad but summer is better
[Ab] Gives me more time to see my girl
[Db] Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon
Oh when we
[Eb open] kiss she makes my flat top curl
VERSE 2:
It's
[Ab] summer
(do-do [Fm] do-do)
I feel her
[Db] lips so close to
[Eb] mine
here comes
[Ab] summer
(do-do [Fm] do-do)
When we
[Db] meet our hearts en-
[Eb]-twine
CHORUS 2:
It's the
[Ab] greatest
(do-do [Fm] do-do)
Let's have
[Db] summer all the
[Eb] time
Oh let the
[Ab open] sunshine
[Ab7 open] bright
On my ^
[Db] happy ^
[Eb] summer ^
[Ab] home ^
[E open]
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [A]
BREAK: [A] [F#m] [D] [E]
VERSE 3:
(Here comes [A] summer) Here comes
[F#m] summer
Almost
[D] June, the sun is
[E] bright
(Here comes [A] summer) Here comes
[F#m] summer
Drive-in
[D] movies every
[E] night
CHORUS 3:
(Double [A] feature) Double
[F#m] feature
Lots more
[D] time to hold her
[E] tight
Oh let the
[A open] sunshine
[A7 open] bright
On my ^
[D] happy ^
[E] summer
[A] home
BRIDGE 2:
Well
[D] I'll want to hold my girl beside me
[A] Sit by the lake till one or two
[D] Go for a drive in the summer moonlight
[E open] Dream of her love the whole night through
VERSE 4:
It's
[A] summer,
(do-do [F#m] do-do)
She'll be
[D] with me every
[E] day
Here comes
[A] summer
(do-do [F#m] do-do)
Meet the
[D] gang at Joe's Ca-
[E]-fe
CHORUS 4:
If she's
[A] willing,
(do-do [F#m] do-do)
We'll go
[D] steady right a-
[E]-way
Oh let the
[A open] sunshine
[A7 open] bright
On my ^
[D] happy ^
[E] summer
[A] home
OUTRO:
Oh let the
[A] sunshine
[A7] bright
Here comes the ^
[D] summer ^
[E] time at ^
[A] last