Summertime Chords & Tabs

by Joanne Shaw Taylor

[Version Description]
Joanne Shaw Taylor's interpretation of Janis Joplin's Summertime cover. Originally composed by George Gershwin.
Strumming Patterns:
Verse (Em Part):
BPM: 61
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202]
Verse (Am Part):
BPM: 61
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202]
Verse (B7 Part):
BPM: 61
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [203, 202, 202, 3, 203, 202, 203, 202, 202, 3, 203, 202, 3, 202, 202, 3, 202, 202, 3, 202, 202, 3, 202, 202]
Chorus (G Part):
BPM: 61
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 3, 203, 202, 1, 202, 202, 3, 203, 202, 1, 202, 202, 3, 203, 202, 1, 202, 202, 3, 203, 202]
Chorus (Em Part):
BPM: 61
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 203, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 203, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202]
Time Signature: 12/8

[Intro]
  Em B7             
| Em  D | G  B7 | x4

[Verse 1]
      Em Em/D# Em/D  A7         C/D      
Summertime,             and the livin' is
Em Em/D# Em/D A7 D7
easy
         Am      Am/G#  Am/G         Am       
Fish are jumpin'             and the cotton is
B7 C7  B7 Am G      F#dim7 
high           Your Daddy's
Em Em/D# Em/D  A7          C/D          
rich,             and your Momma's  good
Em Em/D# Em/D A7 D7
lookin'

[Chorus]
   G           Em7             Am B7
So hush little baby, don't you cry
          Em Em/D# Em/D           Am B7
don't you cry,          don't you cry

[Link]
| Em D | G B7 |
| Em D | G B7 |

[Verse 2]
             Em Em/D# Em/D  A7               C/D   
One of these mornings,         you're gonna rise up
Em     Em/D# Em/D A7 D7
singing
                        Am  Am/G#  Am/G            Am         
Then you'll spread your wings,          and you'll take to the
B7  C7        B7 Am G     F#dim7   
sky    to the sky     But till that
Em      Em/D# Em/D  A7           C/D         
morning,               there's a nothin'  can
Em      Em/D# Em/D A7 D7
harm you

[Chorus]
     G         Em7             AmB7
With Daddy and Momma, standing by
         Em Em/D# Em/D          AmB7
standing by,           standing by

[Link]
| Em D | G B7 |
| Em D | G B7 |

[Instrumental]
| Am   Am/G# | Am/G   Am       |
| B7   C7    | B7 Am  G F#dim7 |
| Em D | G B7 |
| Em D | G B7 |

[Link]
| E | Em  Am B7 |

[Verse 3]
      Em Em/D# Em/D  A7         C/D      
Summertime,             and the livin' is
Em Em/D# Em/D A7 D7
easy
         Am      Am/G#  Am/G         Am       
Fish are jumpin'             and the cotton is
B7 C7  B7 Am G      F#dim7 
high           Your Daddy's
Em Em/D# Em/D  A7          C/D          
rich,             and your Momma's  good
Em Em/D# Em/D A7 D7
lookin'

[Chorus]
   G           Em7             Am B7
So hush little baby, don't you cry
          Em Em/D# Em/D           Am B7
don't you cry,          don't you cry

[Outro]
| Em D | G B7 |
| Em D | G B7 | E |