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Verse 1:
E              A     B
I don't have a job
E            A       B
I never liked them
E            A    B      E        A    B
I just wanna play in the sunshine


E             A   B
They say I was wrong
E            A    B
But I know better
E                A        B
I live my life like I'm dying

Pre-chorus 1:
Gb
Gimme a chance
     A
I'll do my best to kick and scream and dance
Gb                             A
When winter comes I'll turn around

Chorus:
B                  E
Take me back to the sweet times
Dbm
The hot nights
A                   E
Everything is gonna be alright
       Gb
In the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
    B                          E
And even if I have to wait til next year
Dbm
I don't care
A                       E
All I know is that I'll meet you there
       Gb
In the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
B
That is where I'll be

Verse 2:
E                 A    B
I can't complain
E           A      B
'Cos I'm still breathing
E            A     B    E        A    B
There's nobody breathing down my neck now

Pre-chorus 2:
Gb
Gimme a go
A
Like an open furnace setting fire to snow
Gb                             A
When winter comes I'll ask the crowd

Chorus:
B                  E
Take me back to the sweet times
Dbm
The hot nights
A                   E
Everything is gonna be alright
       Gb
In the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
    B                          E
And even if I have to wait til next year
Dbm
I don't care
A                       E
All I know is that I'll meet you there
       Gb
In the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
B
That is where I'll be

Pre-chorus 3:
Gb
So let me run
A
I'll dream until my head weighs 16 tonnes
Gb                                        A
And when I wake sometime in June I'll say

Chorus:
B                  E
Take me back to the sweet times
Dbm
The hot nights
A                   E
Everything is gonna be alright
       Gb
In the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
    B                          E
And even if I have to wait til next year
Dbm
I don't care
A                       E
All I know is that I'll meet you there
       Gb
In the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
B
That is where I'll be


B                  E
Take me back to the sweet times
Dbm
The hot nights
A                   E
Everything is gonna be alright
       Gb
In the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
    B                          E
And even if I have to wait til next year
Dbm
I don't care
A                       E
All I know is that I'll meet you there
       Gb
In the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
      Ab   A
Baby, in the summertime
B
That is where I'll be
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