Summertime

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners12 chords

How to play it

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

B7Diagram coming soon

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F#mDiagram coming soon

GmDiagram coming soon

Am7

F#Diagram coming soon

Em7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Introdução: G Am C B7 Em Am Em B7  
                                                                                                                                                                      
B7 Em   B7 Em  
Summertime          
     A9        Em   Am Em Fm F#m Gm 
And the livin' is easy 
     Am      Am7+   
Fish are jumpin'           
Am7       C        B7  C B7        
And the cotton is high 
  Em     B7   Em 
Your daddy's rich    
    A9     Em   Am7   Em  Fm F#m  
And your mama's good-lookin' 
Am  G          Am    C7M   C7M/9 B7 Em Am Em B7 
So hush, little baby, don't    you cry 
B7        Em      B7 Em 
One of these mornin's        
         A9     Em  Am  Em  Fm F#m Gm 
You're gonna rise up singin' 
         Am      Am7+     Am7    C         B7   C  B7 
You're gonna spread your wings and take to the sky 
B7           Em   B7  Em  
But 'til that mornin'      
    A9        Em  Am   Em  Fm F#m 
Ain't nothin' can harm you 
Am    G G/F#   Em C7M C7M/9    B7 Em B7 Em7 Em6 Am7 B7 Em 
With daddy and mammy standin' by

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Chord set

G · Am · C · B7 · Em · A9 · Fm · F#m · Gm · Am7 · F# · Em7

Practice tip

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