{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1449656,"song":"Summer Girl","artist":"Ralph McTell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11257846-summer-girl-chords-by-ralph-mctell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1449656?type=chord","rating":4.26487,"votes":9,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]                          \r\nThis summer will be different I will move across the town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPromenade above the beach until my face turns brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith my hands in my pockets and a casual stroll [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfrom the town beach to the dock[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe girls they walk in two's and three's, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\ntheir pretty cotton frocks teased by the breeze.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I will find a long-limbed summer girl for me.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI will assume the accent of some Yankee sailor boy\r\nStranded between merchant ships with some time to enjoy.\r\nA week or two down by the bay with tupp'ney ice-cream cones\r\nAnd petticoats and sandy kisses, breasts smooth as stones washed by the sea\r\nAnd I will find a long-limbed summer girl for me.\r\n\r\nAnd her name will be Pam or Ruth, so I'll be Chuck or Wayne,\r\nAnd we will know and love each other, then I will explain\r\nWhy I haven't found a ship and that I live in town\r\nBefore we share that cigarette, in waves of love, we'll drown down by the sea,\r\nMy long-limbed salt-teared summer girl and me.\r\n\r\nShe won't cry for my leaving, she will cry because I stay\r\nShe will cry for my deceiving that we can meet every day\r\nThis love affair it grew so strong because we'd have to part,\r\nAnd now we will do anyway and she will take my heart and I'll be free\r\nTo find another summer girl who'll give it back to me.","plain_text":"I will assume the accent of some Yankee sailor boy\nStranded between merchant ships with some time to enjoy.\nA week or two down by the bay with tupp'ney ice-cream cones\nAnd petticoats and sandy kisses, breasts smooth as stones washed by the sea\nAnd I will find a long-limbed summer girl for me.\n\nAnd her name will be Pam or Ruth, so I'll be Chuck or Wayne,\nAnd we will know and love each other, then I will explain\nWhy I haven't found a ship and that I live in town\nBefore we share that cigarette, in waves of love, we'll drown down by the sea,\nMy long-limbed salt-teared summer girl and me.\n\nShe won't cry for my leaving, she will cry because I stay\nShe will cry for my deceiving that we can meet every day\nThis love affair it grew so strong because we'd have to part,\nAnd now we will do anyway and she will take my heart and I'll be free\nTo find another summer girl who'll give it back to me.","chords":["C","Am","F","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}