{"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":74132,"song":"Summer Side Of Life","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/74132-summer-side-of-life-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/74132?type=chord","rating":4.6621,"votes":27,"content":"                       The Summer Side of Life\r\n\r\nGordon Lightfoot\r\nCapo 2nd fret          Intro chords:  C F 2x\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n1st verse:     He came down through fields of grain on the summer side of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n               His love was ripe[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n               There was no illusions on the summer side of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n               Only tenderness[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nChorus:        And if you saw him now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy  he cried   the whole day long[/tab]\r\n\r\n2nd verse:     There were young girls everywhere on the summer side of life\r\n               They talked all night\r\n               To the young men that they knew on the summer side of life\r\n               Goin off to fight\r\n\r\n[tab]Chorus:        And if you saw them now                                      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G/B[/ch],[ch]C[/ch]\r\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy  they would cry   the whole day long[/tab]\r\n\r\n3rd verse:     He came down through fields of grain on the summer side of life\r\n               He prayed all night\r\n               Then he walked in to a house where love had been misplaced\r\n               His chance to waste\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:        And if you saw him now\r\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy  he would cry   the whole day long\r\n\r\n\r\nFade out:      And if you saw him now\r\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy\r\n               And if you saw him now\r\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy\r\n               And if you saw him now\r\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy\r\n               And if you saw him now\r\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy\r\n\r\nSubmitted by: Keith Morgan","plain_text":"The Summer Side of Life\n\nGordon Lightfoot\nCapo 2nd fret          Intro chords:  C F 2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2nd verse:     There were young girls everywhere on the summer side of life\n               They talked all night\n               To the young men that they knew on the summer side of life\n               Goin off to fight\n\n\n\n3rd verse:     He came down through fields of grain on the summer side of life\n               He prayed all night\n               Then he walked in to a house where love had been misplaced\n               His chance to waste\n\n\nChorus:        And if you saw him now\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy  he would cry   the whole day long\n\n\nFade out:      And if you saw him now\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy\n               And if you saw him now\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy\n               And if you saw him now\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy\n               And if you saw him now\n               You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy\n\nSubmitted by: Keith Morgan","chords":["C","F","G","E","Am","G/B"],"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}