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In The Summertime:Roger Miller.
Album - The Return Of Roger Miller -
#2 on Country Albums and #4 on BB Hot
200 on SMASH Records in 1965.
INTRO: 1-2-3!!
#1.
EIn the summertime when all the trees and 
leaves are green and the redbird Bsings, 
I'll be blue..cause you don't Ewant my love.
ESome other time, that's what you say when 
I want you..then you laugh at me and Bmake 
me cry..cause you don't Ewant my love.
CHORUS:
You don't Aseem to care a thing about me.
AYou'd rather live without me than to Ehave 
my arms around you when the nights are cold 
and you're so all aBlone.
#2.
In the Esummertime when all the trees and 
leaves are green and the redbird Bsings, 
I'll be blue..cause you don't Ewant my love.
INTERLUDE:  E   B  E  
#3.
EOnce upon a time you used to smile and wave 
to me and walk with me, but Bnow you don't.
Cause you don't Ewant my love.
ESome other guy is takin' up all your time
Now, you don't have Btime for me.
Cause you don't Ewant my love.
CHORUS:
You don't Aseem to care a thing about me.
AYou'd rather live without me than to Ehave 
my arms around you when the nights are cold 
and you're so all aBlone.
OUTRO:
In the Esummertime when all the trees and 
leaves are green and the redbird Bsings, 
I'll be blue..cause you don't Ewant my love.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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In The Summertime

by Roger Miller

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In The Summertime:Roger Miller.

Album - The Return Of Roger Miller -

#2 on Country Albums and #4 on BB Hot

200 on SMASH Records in 1965.

INTRO: 1-2-3!!

#1.

In the summertime when all the trees and

leaves are green and the redbird sings,

I'll be blue..cause you don't want my love.

Some other time, that's what you say when

I want you..then you laugh at me and make

me cry..cause you don't want my love.

CHORUS:

You don't seem to care a thing about me.

A E

You'd rather live without me than to have

my arms around you when the nights are cold

and you're so all alone.

#2.

In the summertime when all the trees and

leaves are green and the redbird sings,

I'll be blue..cause you don't want my love.

E B E

INTERLUDE:

#3.

Once upon a time you used to smile and wave

to me and walk with me, but now you don't.

Cause you don't want my love.

Some other guy is takin' up all your time

Now, you don't have time for me.

Cause you don't want my love.

CHORUS:

You don't seem to care a thing about me.

A E

You'd rather live without me than to have

my arms around you when the nights are cold

and you're so all alone.

OUTRO:

In the summertime when all the trees and

leaves are green and the redbird sings,

I'll be blue..cause you don't want my love.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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