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Sweet Summer

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[Verse]
GHe had a freezer full of bomb pops, Push ups,
Cdrum sticks and dreamcicles
GAnd a paint chipped change box full of
Csticky quarters, dimes and nickles
EmIt was automatic when you A7heard that song
Run hCome and get your money beD7fore he's gone
GLookin' underneath the Chrysler in the driveway
CHey, dad what ya doin'
GThe smell of summer twilight
There's always Csomebody barbeque'n
EmTruth or dare with the kA7ids on our road
CHide and seek till your D7mama calls you home
[Chorus]
GSweet G/CsummeGr, yeah I rememDber thaCt
GSweeD/F#t summAmer, lGet me tCake you back
[Verse]
GBoth our moms were best friends
And she was Cthe youngest of three daughters
GAn angel on a pink Schwinn, my first crush
CTo this day I ain't forgot her
EmThose days were never too long
AAnd never too hot
CEven though I was out of school
D7I was learnin' a lot
[Chorus]
GSweet G/CsummeGr, yeah I rememDber thaCt
GSweeD/F#t summAmer, lGet me tCake you back
[Bridge]
DThere's not a day that CI don't reGmember
From the eDnd of May to the fiErst of SeptembeArA/D  
[Chorus]
GSweet G/CsummeGr, yeah I rememDber thaCt
GSweeD/F#t summAmer, lGet me tCake you back

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Sweet Summer

by Diamond Rio

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/C

D/F#

A/D

[Verse]

He had a freezer full of bomb pops, Push ups,

drum sticks and dreamcicles

And a paint chipped change box full of

sticky quarters, dimes and nickles

Em A7

It was automatic when you heard that song

C D7

Run home and get your money before he's gone

Lookin' underneath the Chrysler in the driveway

Hey, dad what ya doin'

The smell of summer twilight

There's always somebody barbeque'n

Em A7

Truth or dare with the kids on our road

C D7

Hide and seek till your mama calls you home

[Chorus]

G G/C G D C

Sweet summer, yeah I remember that

G D/F# Am G C

Sweet summer, let me take you back

[Verse]

Both our moms were best friends

And she was the youngest of three daughters

An angel on a pink Schwinn, my first crush

To this day I ain't forgot her

Those days were never too long

And never too hot

Even though I was out of school

I was learnin' a lot

[Chorus]

G G/C G D C

Sweet summer, yeah I remember that

G D/F# Am G C

Sweet summer, let me take you back

[Bridge]

D C G

There's not a day that I don't remember

D E A A/D

From the end of May to the first of September

[Chorus]

G G/C G D C

Sweet summer, yeah I remember that

G D/F# Am G C

Sweet summer, let me take you back

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