Jerry Keller, Here Comes Summer (1959)
Key: :[C] (w: Jerry Keller)
INTRO: [C] [Am] [F] [G]
VERSE 1:
Here comes
[C] summer
(do-do [Am] do-do)
School is
[F] out, oh happy
[G] days
Here comes
[C] summer
(do-do [Am] do-do)
I'm gonna grab my
[F] girl and run a-
[G]-way
CHORUS 1:
Here comes
[C] summer
(do-do [Am] do-do)
We'll go
[F] swimming every
[G] day
Oh let the
[C open] sunshine
[C7 open] bright
On my ^
[F] happy ^
[G] summer
[C] home
BRIDGE 1:
Well
[F] school's not so bad but summer is better
[C] Gives me more time to see my girl
[F] Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon
Oh when we
[G open] kiss she makes my flat top curl
VERSE 2:
It's
[C] summer
(do-do [Am] do-do)
I feel her
[F] lips so close to
[G] mine
here comes
[C] summer
(do-do [Am] do-do)
When we
[F] meet our hearts en-
[G]-twine
CHORUS 2:
It's the
[C] greatest
(do-do [Am] do-do)
Let's have
[F] summer all the
[G] time
Oh let the
[C open] sunshine
[C7 open] bright
On my ^
[F] happy ^
[G] summer ^
[C] home ^
[G# open]
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [C#]
BREAK: [C#] [A#m] [F#] [G#]
VERSE 3:
(Here comes [C#] summer) Here comes
[A#m] summer
Almost
[F#] June, the sun is
[G#] bright
(Here comes [C#] summer) Here comes
[A#m] summer
Drive-in
[F#] movies every
[G#] night
CHORUS 3:
(Double [C#] feature) Double
[A#m] feature
Lots more
[F#] time to hold her
[G#] tight
Oh let the
[C# open] sunshine
[C#7 open] bright
On my ^
[F#] happy ^
[G#] summer
[C#] home
BRIDGE 2:
Well
[F#] I'll want to hold my girl beside me
[C#] Sit by the lake till one or two
[F#] Go for a drive in the summer moonlight
[G# open] Dream of her love the whole night through
VERSE 4:
It's
[C#] summer,
(do-do [A#m] do-do)
She'll be
[F#] with me every
[G#] day
Here comes
[C#] summer
(do-do [A#m] do-do)
Meet the
[F#] gang at Joe's Ca-
[G#]-fe
CHORUS 4:
If she's
[C#] willing,
(do-do [A#m] do-do)
We'll go
[F#] steady right a-
[G#]-way
Oh let the
[C# open] sunshine
[C#7 open] bright
On my ^
[F#] happy ^
[G#] summer
[C#] home
OUTRO:
Oh let the
[C#] sunshine
[C#7] bright
Here comes the ^
[F#] summer ^
[G#] time at ^
[C#] last