Summer (The first time)
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G D
1. It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June,
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Em
and the
sun was a demon.
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The clouds were afraid, one
ten in the shade,
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the pavement was steamin.
G D
2. I told Billy Ray in his red Chevrolet,
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I needed time for some
thinkin'.
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I was just walking by when I
looked in her eye,
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and I swore it was winkin'.
C Am
She was thirty-one, and I was
seventeen,
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I knew nothing about love, she
knew everything.
C Am
But I sat down beside her on
that front porch swing,
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and wondered what the coming
night would bring.
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3. The sun closed her eyes as it climbed in the skies,
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and it started to swelter.
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The sweat trickled down the
front of her gown,
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I thought it would melt her.
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4. She threw back her hair like I wasn't there,
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she sipped on a julep.
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Her shoulders were bare, and I
tried not to stare,
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when I looked at her two lips.
C Am
And when she looked at me, I
heard her softly say,
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“I know you're young, you
don't know what to do or say.
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But stay with me until the sun
has gone away,
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and I will chase the boy in
you away.
Em C
And then she smiled, then we
talked for a while,
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and we walked for a mile to
the sea.
Em C
We sat on the sand, and the
boy took her hand,
Bm E
but he saw the sun rise as a
man.
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(2x) - A ~ ~
G D
5. Ten years have gone by since I looked in her eyes,
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Em
but the memory lingers.
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I go back in my mind to the
very first time,
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feel the touch of her fingers.
+ repeat verse 1 and
fade ….
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Bobby
Goldsboro)