"SUMMERTIME" (Gershwin) ============ -- comp. 1935, for _Porgy_and_Bess_ (music: George Gershwin; lyrics: DuBose Heyward) -- chord "arr." by tcg, 198?, 1994 -- 4/4 // key of Am // Moderately // form: 16-Bar [A1(8)-A2(8)] -- a jazz-chord "supplement" to the folk-rock CRD(s) already available in the archives -- each chord name OR slash(/) over lyrics = one beat; most chords half-measure each (2 beats), as indicated over lyrics -- chords amenable to various arpeggio and/or "bass-run" arrangements, which I leave to your imagination. . . . CHORDS USED:: [(o)=optional open string] Am7 GM7/A* Dm7 Em7/D E7 E7#9 xo_o(o) xo_o(o) xxo___ xxo___ o___(o) o_____ 1 ||||1| 3 ||||1| 1 ||||11 3 ||||11 5 ||||1| 6 ||1||| ||2||| ||2||| |||2|| |||2|| ||2||| |2|3|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |3|4|| ||||4| CM7 Am7~ D7 G9sus4 D(m)7@ x____x _x___x x____x _x___x ______ xxo___ 3 |1|||| 5 2|333| 3 ||||1| 1 ||||1| |||||| 3 ||||1| |||2|| |||||| ||2||| |||2|| |||||| |||||| ||3|4| |||||| |3|4|| 3|4||| |||||| |||3|4 * --though better considered, harmonically, as a Bm-type chord [harmonic "backbone" here: i-ii dorian (Am-Bm)] ~ --2nd Am7 voicing at Am7~ over lyrics @ --nice substitute for 1st Dm7 at Dm7@ over lyrics VERSE 1:: Am7 / GM7/A / Am7 / GM7/A / Summertime an' the livin' is Am7 / GM7/A / Am7 / GM7/A / easy, Dm7 / Em7/D / Dm7@ / Em7/D / E7 /// E7#9 /// Fish are jumpin', an' the cotton is high. Am7 / GM7/A / Am7 / GM7/A / Oh, yo' daddy's rich, an yo' ma is good- Am7 / GM7/A / Am7 / GM7/A / lookin, CM7 / Am7~ / D7 / G9sus4 / So hush, little baby, don' you Am7 / GM7/A / Am7 / GM7/A / cry. VERSE 2:: [chords sim.] One of these mornin's you goin' to rise up singin', Then you'll spread yo' wings an' you'll take the sky. But till that mornin' there's a nothin' can harm you With Daddy an' Mammy standin' by. ---------------- "neat" intro/coda chord variant [2 beats a chord; repeat whole sequence at will]: Am7 Bm7/A Am9 Bm7/A ||: - 0 2 2 1 3 - 0 4 4 3 5 - 0 5 5 5 7 - 0 4 4 3 5 :||--tcg ================