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Beat This Summer

Brad Paisley

CountryAdvanced for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F#Diagram coming soon
A#mDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon
D#mDiagram coming soon
G#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

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Intro: 
 
F#  A#m  B   C#
  
F#                  A#m                B   C# 
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh, Oh 
 
 
Verse:
 
         F# 
Like the first wheel goes around and around 
         A#m 
Well the trouble with up is there's always a down 
          B 
First I'm holding your hand and we're on the boardwalk 
        C# 
There's heaven right here on these streets and these docks 
 
 
Verse:
        F# 
But the sun keeps settin', the days go fast 
        A#m 
And the sand the beach is like an hourglass 
B 
I can just feel it all slipping away 
    C# 
And babe I can already say that 
 
 
 
          F#               D#m  
As long I live, whatever I do 
   B 
As great as it is, you know what's a bummer 
C#                                       F# 
I ain't ever gonna beat this summer with you 
          D#m 
Baby it's true 
    B 
The taste of your kiss is so bittersweet 
              C#                                           F#  
I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you 
 
 
 
Instrumental: F#  D#m  B  C# 
 
Verse:
 
F# 
Before you know it it's all gonna stop 
           A#m 
They'll be rolling up windows and puttin' up tops 
     B 
Be a cold wind blowin' the leaves through the air 
    C# 
You won't find a tan line anywhere 
 
 
Verse:
 
F# 
Baby I know that it ain't over yet 
   A#m  
So let's make the most of what we have left 
         B 
But it's hard living for this moment we're in and 
C# 
Knowing it's all gonna end? 
 
 
 
          F#               D#m  
As long I live, whatever I do 
   B 
As great as it is, you know what's a bummer 
C#                                       F# 
I ain't ever gonna beat this summer with you 
          D#m 
Baby it's true 
    B 
The taste of your kiss is so bittersweet 
              C#                                           F#  
I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you 
 
 
 
Bridge: F#  D#m  B  C#, F#  D#m  B  G#m  C# 
 
C#                                       A#m  
Yeah looking at you, girl, standing there 
                                               B 
Got your wayfarers on and the sun in your hair 
                                                C#  
And just like the song in a seashell, you'll be stuck in my mind 
C# 
Bouncing around in my head and baby I can tell 
 
 
 
          F#                                 D#m 
As long I live (as long as I live), whatever I do (Whatever I do) 
   B 
As great as it is, you know what's a bummer 
C#                                       F#  
I ain't ever gonna beat this summer with you 
          D#m 
Baby it's true 
    B 
The taste of your kiss is so bittersweet 
              C#                                           F#   D#m  B  C# (fade) 
I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

F# · A#m · B · C# · D#m · G#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.