Mungo Jerry, In The Summertime (1970)
Key: :[F] (w: Ray Dorset)
BASS TIPS: [F](*4*) //
[A#](*2*) [F](*2*) //
[C](*1*) [A#](*1*) [F](*2*)
VERSE 1:
In the
[F] summertime when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the
[A#] weather's fine, you got women, you got women on your
[F] mind
Have a
[C] drink, have a drive,
[A#] go out and see what you can
[F] find
VERSE 2:
If her
[F] daddy's rich, take her out for a meal
If her daddy's poor, just do as you feel
Speed a-
[A#]-long the land, do a ton, or a ton and twenty-
[F]-five
When the
[C] sun goes down, you can
[A#] make it, make it good in a lay-
[F]-by
VERSE 3:
We're not
[F] grey people, we're not dirty, we're not mean
We love everybody, but we do as we think
When the
[A#] weather is fine, we go fishing or go swimming in the
[F] sea
We're always
[C] happy, live's for
[A#] living, yeah, that's our philoso-
[F]-phy
VERSE 4:
Sing a-
[F]-long with us, dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Da-da-da-da-da... Yeah, we're happy happy
Da da
[A#] da-da-da-da-dah
[F]
[C] [A#] [F]
VERSE 5:
When the
[F] winter's here, then it's party time
Bring a bottle, wear you're bright clothes, It'll soon be summertime
And we'll
[A#] sing again, we'll go drivin' or maybe we'll settle
[F] down
If she's
[C] rich, if she's nice, bring you're
[A#] friends and we'll all go into
[F] town