Hello summertime
G Bm Em G C Am
1. Birds and bees and all the flowers and trees, fishes on the line,
D D7
D D7
C G
- D
girls
and guys and yellow butterflies, singing hello, summertime !
G Bm
Em
G C
Am
A homemade boat and the river
to float, with nothing on our mind,
D D7 D D7 C G
summer
moon above two people in love, singing hello, summertime !
D
Summertime (laying back in the sun),
G E
yes, summertime (having
summertime fun),
Am
D G
it's a time for two, just me and
you, and the summertime.
(orig. moves up half a step
to capo 2nd here)
G Bm Em G C Am
2. Swing from a limb, drop in for a swim, hey, the water sure looks
fine,
D D7 D D7 C
G - D
ain’t nothing wrong, just floating along, singing
hello, summertime !
G Bm Em G C
Am
Summertime grins, lots of good
friends, we’re all feeling fine,
D
D7 D
D7
watch
the sun go down, hear the summer sounds,
C G
singing
hello, summertime !
+ CHORUS (orig. moves up half a step to capo 3rd
here)
+ G - Bm - Em - G - C - Am, D -
D7 - D - D7 - C - G
+ CHORUS + G - Bm - Em - G - C - Am, D -
D7 - D - D7 - C - G …
(orig. = capo 1st) (Bobby
Goldsboro)