Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:38 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./l/lovin_spoonful/summer_in_the_city.crd
«Summer in the City»
(John Sebastian — Mark Sebastian — Steve Boone)
Intro:
organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X]
v v v v
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————-x—
-6——-5——-
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-4——-3——-
^ echoed drums
bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat):
v v v v
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-5——-5——-
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Verse 1:
[Notes: 1) I believe that the guitar is capoed at the third fret,
in which case the chord progression transposes to the stock folkie
riff Am-Am/G-D9/F#-Fmaj7-E. This is further confirmed by the
voicings of the F and Bb chords in the chorus, which sound like
root-position D and G capoed up. 2) The electric piano plays a
variation of the second part of the instrumental break (q.v.) on
the first four lines of the verse.]
Cm Cm/Bb
Hot town, summer in the city
F9/A [x03543] Abmaj7 G
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Cm Cm/Bb
Been down, isn’t it a pity
F9/A Abmaj7 G
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
G G7/B
All around, people looking half dead
Cm C
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
Chorus (w/autoharp):
F Bb
But at night it’s a different world
F Bb
Go out and find a girl
F Bb
Come-on come-on and dance all night
F Bb
Despite the heat it’ll be alright
Dm G
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
Dm G
That the days can’t be like the nights
Dm G
In the summer, in the city
Dm G
In the summer, in the city
Verse 2:
Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I’m wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop
[repeat chorus]
Instrumental break:
guitar (doubled octave higher w/electric piano) w/sound effects
Cm Ab7
v v v v v v v v
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-5—3-3-5-3—3—|-6—4-4-6-4—4—
——6——6—-|——6——6——
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organ:
C (octaves; hold through next section)
/ / / /
Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X]
(Cm) (/Bb) (/A) (/Ab)(Gsus4)
v v v v v v v v
15—-15—-1515—15——|1515—15—-1515-15—15—
16—-16—-1516—16——|1516—16—-1615-15—15—
17—-17—-1717—17——|1717—17—-1717-17—17—
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guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7 G
v v v v v v v v
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10-10—-10—8——-8—|-7———7—6———5—
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-8—8——8—6——-6—|-5———5—4———3—
2: ^^ 1: ^^
[repeat first verse and chorus]
[repeat instrumental break]
[repeat first verse and chorus w/o vocals; fade]
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
