Intro: | E – E | E – E | A – A | E – E | B – A | E – E | E In the summertime when the weather is high, you can stretch right up and touch the sky, A E when the weather is fine, you got women, you got women on your mind. B E Have a drink, have a drive, A E go out and see what you can find. E If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal, if her daddy's poor, just do as you feel. A E Speed along the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-five. B When the sun goes down, A E you can make it make it good in a lay-by. E We're not grey people, we're not dirty, we're not mean, we love everybody but we do as we please. A E When the weather is fine, we go fishing or go swimming in the sea. B We're always happy, A E life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy. E Sing along with us, da da di di di Da da da da yeah we’re happy A E Da da da da, di di di di di da da da B Da da da da , A E da da da da da da da da da da da da Piano solo | E – E | E – E | A – A | E – E | B – A | E – E | E When the winter's here, yeah, it's party-time, bring a bottle, wear your bright clothes, it'll soon be summertime. A E And we'll sing again, we'll go driving or maybe we'll settle down. B If she's rich if she's nice, A E bring your friend and we will all go into town. Motor Intstrumental: | E – E | E – E | A – A | E – E | B – A | E – E | E In the summertime when the weather is high, you can stretch right up and touch the sky, A E when the weather is fine, you got women, you got women on your mind. B Have a drink, have a drive, A E go out and see what you can find E If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal, if her daddy's poor, just do as you feel. A E Speed along the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-five. B When the sun goes down, A E you can make it make it good in a lay-by. E We're not grey people, we're not dirty, we're not mean, we love everybody but we do as we please. A E When the weather is fine, we go fishing or go swimming in the sea. B We're always happy, A E life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy. E Sing along with us, da da di di di Da da da da yeah we’re happy A E Da da da da, di di di di di da da da B Da da da da , A E da da da da da da da da da da da da {fade out} This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
In The Summertime chords by Mungo Jerry
Suggested strumisland strum
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d
&
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2
d
&
u
3
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&
u
4
d
&
u
Also works: busy upbeat 4/4 d – d u d u d u
How to play In The Summertime on ukulele
To play In The Summertime on ukulele, strum the island strum: d – d u – u d u. The groove sits around 150 bpm, a brisk pace, and it swings lightly. It is posted in its original key of E major. Nothing scary in the shapes, it sits on the easy ukulele songs list at the rookie level. Swing the up-strums hard for that lazy summer shuffle and let it bounce.
3 ukulele chords used in "In The Summertime" by Mungo Jerry: A, B and E
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You should make the ukulele to play along with the song so you could ply the song easier or make it instrumental karaoke.
I find UU Chuck a good strumming pattern to use throughout the whole song
-2 and capo on the 2nd fret 🙂
This song is fun to play! I finid that the best cords are on +3 🙂