In The Summertime – Mungo Jerry

In The Summertime Chords

Perfromed by Mungo Jerry

Verse 1

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In the summertime,
When the weather is hot
…………….E
You can stretch right up
And touch the sky
………………..A
When the weather’s right
You got women,
………………………………………..E
You got women on your mind
…………..B
Have a drink, have a drive
A                                            E
Go out and see what you can find

………..E
If her daddy’s rich,
Take her out for a meal
………..E
If her daddy’s poor,
Just do what you feel
…………..A
Speed along the lane,
…………………………………………..E
You can turn or return to 25
……………….B
When the sun goes down,
…………….A
You can make it
…………………………………..E
Make it good in a lay by

………………E
We’re no threat, people,
We’re not dirty, we’re not mean
…………….E
We love everybody,
But we do as we please
………………..A
When the weather’s fine,
We go fishing or
…………………………………E
Go swimming in the sea
…………B
We’re always happy,
………………A
Life’s for living
……………………………………..E
Yeah, that’s our philosophy

…………E
Sing along with us
Dee-dee-dee, dee-dee
………………E
Dah-dah-dah, dah-dah
Yeah we’re hap-happy
A
Dah dah-dah
Dee-dah-do, dee-dah-do,
…………….E
Dah-do-dah
………………………B
Yeah, dah-do, dah-dah-dah
A                                 E
Dah-dah-dah, do-dah-dah

Music:

………………..E
When the winter’s here,
Yeah it’s party time
…………………E
Bring your bottle,
Wear your bright clothes
…….E
It’ll soon be summertime
………………A
And we’ll sing again,
We’ll go driving
…………………………………..E
Or maybe we’ll settle down
…………..B
If she’s rich, if she’s nice,
………………….A
Bring your friends
…………………………………E
And we’ll all go into town

In the summertime,
When the weather is hot
You can stretch right up
And touch the sky
When the weather’s right
You got women,
You got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find

If her daddy’s rich,
Take her out for a meal
If her daddy’s poor,
Just do what you feel
Speed along the lane,
You can turn or return to 25
When the sun goes down,
You can make it
Make it good in a lay-by

We’re no threat, people,
We’re not dirty, we’re not mean
We love everybody,
But we do as we please
When the weather’s fine,
We go fishing or go swimming in the sea
We’re always happy,
Life’s for living
Yeah, that’s our philosophy

Sing along with us
Dee-dee-dee, dee-dee
Dah-dah-dah, dah-dah
Yeah we’re hap-happy
Dah dah-dah
Dee-dah-do, dee-dah-do,
Dah-do-dah
Yeah, dah-do, dah-dah-dah
Dah-dah-dah, do-dah-dah

End