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West Side Summer

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[Intro] 
C Em D C Em Bm
[Verse]
CI guess I feel it most in the summer months,
Emwhen the city reaGligns for a new love.
CYou can breathe a little deeper,
Gyou can see so far.Bm  
CThere are things to which I never could assign a price:
Ema quiet street, a sGmile shimmering in soft light.
AmThey’ll never find us.
They’ll never find us Chere.
[Chorus]
EmSo give me an endless west side Csummer.
EmGive me all the strength I need to stay.C  
EmGive me an endless Gwest side Fsummer.
[Verse]
CI guess I got a little rust in my blood.
EmA splash of red to Gcomplement a setting sun,
Cto split the clouds like a prisoner out of a cell.G  Bm  
CSo where’d you get a city made entirely of concrete?
EmDid you just need a place to Gstore up all your summer heat?
AmHide out for nine months and get born agaCin?
I’ll get born again.
[Chorus]
Into an endless west side Csummer.
EmGive me all the strength I need to stay.C  
EmGive me an endless Gwest side Fsummer.

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West Side Summer

by Signals Midwest

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C Em D C Em Bm

[Verse]

I guess I feel it most in the summer months,

Em G

when the city realigns for a new love.

You can breathe a little deeper,

G Bm

you can see so far.

There are things to which I never could assign a price:

Em G

a quiet street, a smile shimmering in soft light.

They’ll never find us.

They’ll never find us here.

[Chorus]

Em C

So give me an endless west side summer.

Em C

Give me all the strength I need to stay.

Em G F

Give me an endless west side summer.

[Verse]

I guess I got a little rust in my blood.

Em G

A splash of red to complement a setting sun,

C G Bm

to split the clouds like a prisoner out of a cell.

So where’d you get a city made entirely of concrete?

Em G

Did you just need a place to store up all your summer heat?

Am C

Hide out for nine months and get born again?

I’ll get born again.

[Chorus]

Into an endless west side summer.

Em C

Give me all the strength I need to stay.

Em G F

Give me an endless west side summer.

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