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The Summer Knows

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[Intro]
C7
[Verse 1]
The Fm9summer smiles, the C7-9/Esummer knows
And Fm9/Ebunashamed, she Dm7-5sheds her clothes
The Bbm9summer smooths the F7-9/Arestless sky
And lBbm9/Abovingly she Gm7-5warms the sand on C7sus4-9which you liC7-9e
[Verse 2]
The sFM7ummer knows, the Bbm6/Fsummer's wise
She sFM7ees the doubts withF9susin your eyesF7-9  
And BbM7so she takes her sBm-5ummer timE7-9e
Tells the AM7moon to E7-9wait and the AM7sun to Eb7-9linger
TwAbM7ists the Eb7-9world 'round her AbM9summer D7-9finger
GM7Lets you see the Gm7-5wonder of it C7-9all
[Verse 3]
And iFM7/Cf you've learned your Bbm6lesson well
There's FM7/Clittle more for Bbm6/Cher to tell
One Fm7/Clast carFdim/Cess, it's C7-9/Ctime to dress for Fm7fall
[Outro]
Dm7-5  Gm7-5 C7-9

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The Summer Knows

by Michel Legrand

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fm9

C7-9/E

Fm9/Eb

Dm7-5

Bbm9

F7-9/A

Bbm9/Ab

Gm7-5

C7sus4-9

C7-9

FM7

Bbm6/F

F9sus

F7-9

BbM7

Bm-5

E7-9

AM7

Eb7-9

AbM7

AbM9

D7-9

GM7

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Fm9 C7-9/E

The summer smiles, the summer knows

Fm9/Eb Dm7-5

And unashamed, she sheds her clothes

Bbm9 F7-9/A

The summer smooths the restless sky

Bbm9/Ab Gm7-5 C7sus4-9 C7-9

And lovingly she warms the sand on which you lie

[Verse 2]

FM7 Bbm6/F

The summer knows, the summer's wise

FM7 F9sus F7-9

She sees the doubts within your eyes

BbM7 Bm-5 E7-9

And so she takes her summer time

AM7 E7-9 AM7 Eb7-9

Tells the moon to wait and the sun to linger

AbM7 Eb7-9 AbM9 D7-9

Twists the world 'round her summer finger

GM7 Gm7-5 C7-9

Lets you see the wonder of it all

[Verse 3]

FM7/C Bbm6

And if you've learned your lesson well

FM7/C Bbm6/C

There's little more for her to tell

Fm7/C Fdim/C C7-9/C Fm7

One last caress, it's time to dress for fall

[Outro]

Dm7-5 Gm7-5 C7-9

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