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Summertime by Doc Watson - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            From the "The Elementary Doctor Watson!" album

[Chords]
       EADGBe
G6/F#  222000
G6     322000
Am6    x02212
Em6    022020


[Intro]
Em G6/F# G6 G6/F#  X4
Am  Am6  C  B7
Em G6/F# G6 G6/F# X2
G  Em  Am  C6  Em B7 

[Verse 1]
N.C.  Em G6/F# G6
Summertime
        G6/F#     Em   G6/F#  G6
And the living is easy,
G6/F#        Am             C         B7
Catfish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.
N.C.         Em  G6/F# G6      G6/F#         Em     G6/F# G6 G6/F# 
Your daddy's rich     and your momma's good lookin'
      G      Em    Am         C6 Em       G6/F# G6 
Hush, little baby, honey don't   you cry.

[Verse 2]
G6/F#        Em       G6/F# G6
One of these mornin's,
          G6/F#   Em      G6/F# G6
You gonna rise up singin'
      G6/F#           Am        C6          B7
Gonna spread out your wings and take to the sky.
N.C.       Em G6/F# G6        G6/F#         Em    G6/F# G6   G6/F# 
Until that day        you can hush up your crying
      G             Em     Am  C6  Em   G6/F#
Your daddy an' your momma standin' by.


[Instrumental]
G6 G6/F#
Em G6/F# G6 G6/F# X2
Am C  B7
Em G6/F# G6 G6/F# X2
G   Em Am C  Em  B7

[Verse 3]
       Em G6/F# G6  
Summertime
        G6/F#     Em   G6/F# G6
And the living is easy,
G6/F#       Am     Am6           C6        B7 
Catfish are jumpin' and that ole cotton is high.
N.C.         Em  G6/F# G6         G6/F#       Em     G6/F# G6 G6/F#
Your daddy's rich        and your mommas good lookin'
 G          Em    Am      C6         Em     G6/F# G6 G6/F#
Hush, little baby, honey don't   you cry.

[Outro]
G          Em    Am     C    Em  Em6
Hush, little baby, don't you cry.

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