Summer side of life (intro) (midi)

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1. He came down through fields of green,

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on the summer side of life, his love was ripe.

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There were no illusions

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on the summer side of life, only tenderness.

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And if you saw him now, you'd wonder wh……….y

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he would cry the whole day long.

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2. There were young girls everywhere

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on the summer side of life, they talked all night

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to the young men that they knew

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on the summer side of life, going off to fight.

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And if you saw them now, you'd wonder wh……….y

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they would cry the whole day long.

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3. He came down through fields of green,

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on the summer side of life, he prayed all night.

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Then he walked into a house,

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where love had been misplaced, his chance to waste.

+ first CHORUS

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And if you saw him now, you'd wonder wh……….y ? (3x) …

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Gordon Lightfoot)