# Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:38 -0500 From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com> Subject: ./l/lovin_spoonful/summer_in_the_city.crd "Summer in the City" (John Sebastian - Mark Sebastian - Steve Boone) Intro: organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X] v v v v -----------------| -----------------| -------------x---| -6-------5-------| -----------------| -4-------3-------| ^ echoed drums bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat): v v v v -----------------| -5-------5-------| -----------------| -----------------| Verse 1: [Notes: 1) I believe that the guitar is capoed at the third fret, in which case the chord progression transposes to the stock folkie riff Am-Am/G-D9/F#-Fmaj7-E. This is further confirmed by the voicings of the F and Bb chords in the chorus, which sound like root-position D and G capoed up. 2) The electric piano plays a variation of the second part of the instrumental break (q.v.) on the first four lines of the verse.]

^CmHot town, ^Cm/Bbsummer in the city F9/A [x03543] Abmaj7 G Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty ^CmBeen down, ^Cm/Bbisn't it a pity ^F9/ADoesn't seem to be a ^Abmaj7shadow in the ci^Gty

A^Gll around, ^G7/Bpeople looking half dead W^Cmalking on the sidewalk, h^Cotter than a match head

Chorus (w/autoharp):

^FBut at night it's a ^Bbdifferent world ^FGo out and ^Bbfind a girl ^FCome-on come-on and ^Bbdance all night ^FDespite the heat it'll ^Bbbe alright

And ^Dmbabe, don't you k^Gnow it's a pity Tha^Dmt the days ^Gcan't be like the nights In the ^Dmsummer, in the c^Gity In the ^Dmsummer, in the c^Gity

Verse 2: Cool town, evening in the city Dressing so fine and looking so pretty Cool cat, looking for a kitty Gonna look in every corner of the city Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop [repeat chorus] Instrumental break: guitar (doubled octave higher w/electric piano) w/sound effects

^Cmv v v v ^Ab7 v v v v -----------------|------------------| -----------------|------------------| -----------------|------------------| -5--3-3-5-3---3--|-6--4-4-6-4---4---| -----6------6----|-----6------6-----| -----------------|------------------|

organ: C (octaves; hold through next section) / / / / Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X] (Cm) (/Bb) (/A) (/Ab)(Gsus4) v v v v v v v v 15----15----1515--15-----|1515--15----1515-15--15--| 16----16----1516--16-----|1516--16----1615-15--15--| 17----17----1717--17-----|1717--17----1717-17--17--| -------------------------|-------------------------| -------------------------|-------------------------| guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7 G v v v v v v v v -------------------------|-------------------------| -------------------------|-------------------------| -------------------------|-------------------------| 10-10----10--8-------8---|-7--------7--6--------5--| -------------------------|-------------------------| -8--8-----8--6-------6---|-5--------5--4--------3--| 2: ^^ 1: ^^ [repeat first verse and chorus] [repeat instrumental break] [repeat first verse and chorus w/o vocals; fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

Lovin Spoonful - Summer in the city