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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8 Version 9 Version 10 Version 11 Version 12 Version 13 Version 14Summertime is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP. The song became a popular and much recorded jazz standard, described as "without doubt... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote. The song is recognized as one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music, with more than 33,000 covers by groups and solo performers. Em6 045450 B 099870 C#dim 005650 Am 577555 C7 335353 B7 224242 G 055430 C6 575555 *** PAY ATTENTION TO THE CHORDS STRUCTURE *** [Intro] Em6 B C#dim B Em6 Em6 B C#dim B Summertime Em6 B C#dim B And the living is easy Am Fish are jumping C7 B7 C7 B7 And the cotton is high Em6 B C#dim B Oh, your daddy's rich Em6 B C#dim B And your mamma's good looking G C6 So hush little baby C7 Em6 B C#dim B Don't you cry? Em6 B C#dim B One of these mornings Em6 B C#dim B You're going to rise up singing Am Then you'll spread your wings C7 B7 C7 B7 And you'll take to the sky Em6 B C#dim B But until that morning Em6 B C#dim B There's a’ nothing can harm you G C6 With your daddy and mammy C7 Em6 B C#dim B Standing by