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Summer In The City by The Lovin' Spoonful - Guitar Chords

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            Song: Summer in the city
Artist: The Lovin' Spoonful
Composers: John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian & Steve Boone
Album: Hums of The Lovin' Spoonful
Tabbed by: DJ   12th Dec 2012

Cut and paste this link for 1966 TV performance:
--.-/watch?ds49aU5bUmx-hk-c

CAPO: 3rd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Cm)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
F    = 133211    D9/F# = 200210    D  = xx0232
E    = 022100    Fmaj7 = 133210    G  = 320033
Am   = x02210    E7/G# = 420100    Bm = x24432
Am/G = 302210    A     = x02220

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[Intro]
   F     E       F     E        F     E        F     E
|  /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

[Verse 1]
Am           Am/G                D9/F#                Fmaj7     E
    Hot town summer in the city, back of neck getting dirty and gritty,
Am             Am/G              D9/F#                Fmaj7         E
    Been down, isn't it a pity?  Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city,
E               E7/G#
    All around, people looking half dead,
Am                        A
Walking on the side walk, hotter than a match head

[Chorus]
D                      G                 D             G
   But at night it's a different world,     go out and find a girl,
D                     G                D                      G
Come on, come on, and dance all night, despite the heat it'll be alright,
     Bm              E                     Bm         E
And, babe, don't you know, it's a pity the days can't be like the nights,
       Bm              E            Bm               E
In the summer...in the city, in the summer... in the city

[Verse 2]
Am             Am/G                 D9/F#                 Fmaj7      E
    Cool town, evening in the city, dressing so fine, and looking so pretty,
Am             Am/G                 D9/F#               Fmaj7         E
    Cool cat,  looking for a kitty, gonna look in every corner of the city,
E            E7/G#
    'Til I'm wheezing like a bus stop,
Am                           A
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

[Chorus]
D                      G                 D             G
   But at night it's a different world,     go out and find a girl,
D                      G                D                      G
Come on, come on,  and dance all night, despite the heat it'll be alright,
     Bm              E                     Bm         E
And, babe, don't you know, it's a pity the days can't be like the nights,
       Bm              E            Bm               E
In the summer...in the city, in the summer... in the city!

[Break]
     Am                              F
E |---0--------------------------|---1---------------------------| [x2]
B |---1--------------------------|---1---------------------------|
G |---2--------------------------|---2---------------------------|
D |---2--0------0---2--0------0--|---3--1------1---3--1------1---|
A |---0------3-------------3-----|---3------3-------------3------|
E |------------------------------|---1---------------------------|

  Am    Am/G   D9/F#  Fmaj7 E    Am    Am/G   D9/F#  Fmaj7 E
| /  /   /  / |  /  /   /   /  | /  /   /  / |  /  /   /   /  |

[Verse 3]
Am           Am/G                D9/F#                Fmaj7     E
    Hot town summer in the city, back of neck getting dirty and gritty,
Am             Am/G              D9/F#                Fmaj7         E
    Been down, isn't it a pity?  Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city,
E               E7/G#
    All around, people looking half dead,
Am                        A
Walking on the side walk, hotter than a match head

[Chorus]
D                      G                 D             G
   But at night it's a different world,     go out and find a girl,
D                     G                D                      G
Come on, come on, and dance all night, despite the heat it'll be alright,
     Bm              E                     Bm         E
And, babe, don't you know, it's a pity the days can't be like the nights,
       Bm              E            Bm               E
In the summer...in the city, in the summer... in the city

[Break]
     Am                              F
E |---0--------------------------|---1---------------------------| [x2]
B |---1--------------------------|---1---------------------------|
G |---2--------------------------|---2---------------------------|
D |---2--0------0---2--0------0--|---3--1------1---3--1------1---|
A |---0------3-------------3-----|---3------3-------------3------|
E |------------------------------|---1---------------------------|

[Coda]
   Am    Am/G    D9/F#  Fmaj7 E    Am    Am/G   D9/F#  Fmaj7 E
||: /  /   /  / |  /  /   /   /  | /  /   /  / |  /  /   /   / :|| [x2]

   E    E7/G#     Am     A
|  /  /   /  / |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  |

  D     G       D     G        D     G       D
| /  /  /  / |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |  /  ||

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