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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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                         "Bummer In The Summer"
                              (Arthur Lee)
Intro:
	(D)         E    G/D       E    G/D     E     G  A  
	 /      /   /   /   /      /   /   /   /
	(acoustic guitar, 2X; continue into verse):
	 Dv       v       Cv       v
	---------------------------------|
	-----3-------3-------------------|
	-----2---0h2---------------------|
	-0-----------------------2h3-----|
	-----------------0h2h3-----------|
	---------------------------------|
Verse 1:
	Well I remDember when you used to lCook so good
	And I dDid everything that I pCossibly could for yDouC  D  C  
	We used to rDide around all oCver town
	But they're pDuttin' you down for bCein' around with DmeC  D  C  
	But you can Ego ahead if you G/Dwant Eto
	'CG/Dause I aiEn't got Gno papers Aon yDouC  D  C  
Verse 2:
	In the middle of the summer I had a job bein' a plumber
	Just to pass till the fall it was you I wanna ball all day
	Ah-we were walkin' along, honey, hand in hand
	I'm a-thinkin' of you, mama, when you're thinkin' of another man
	But you can go ahead if you want to
	'Cause I ain't got no papers on you
	(No, I don't   I ain't got no papers on myself)
Break ("Bo Diddley" beat):
	D/ / / G/  D/ / / C/  D/ / / G/  D/ / / C/
[repeat intro]
	(guitar solo over D-C intro riff [8X])
Verse 3:
	All alone on the bone when I didn't have a home
	When I saw the way I was and I knew where I was supposed to be
	I was twitchin' so I turned and it's really hard to learn
	That everyone I saw was just another part of me
	But you can go ahead if you want to
	'Cause nobody's got no papers on you
	(No, babe, it's just a falsehood)
[repeat break]
[repeat intro; end cold on D]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Bummer In The Summer

by Love

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G/D

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"Bummer In The Summer"

(Arthur Lee)

Intro:

D E G/D E G/D E G A

()

/ / / / / / / / /

(acoustic guitar, 2X; continue into verse):

D C

v v v v

---------------------------------|

-----3-------3-------------------|

-----2---0h2---------------------|

-0-----------------------2h3-----|

-----------------0h2h3-----------|

---------------------------------|

Verse 1:

D C

Well I remember when you used to look so good

D C D C D C

And I did everything that I possibly could for you

D C

We used to ride around all over town

D C D C D C

But they're puttin' you down for bein' around with me

E G/D E

But you can go ahead if you want to

G/D E G A D C D C

'Cause I ain't got no papers on you

Verse 2:

In the middle of the summer I had a job bein' a plumber

Just to pass till the fall it was you I wanna ball all day

Ah-we were walkin' along, honey, hand in hand

I'm a-thinkin' of you, mama, when you're thinkin' of another man

But you can go ahead if you want to

'Cause I ain't got no papers on you

(No, I don't I ain't got no papers on myself)

Break ("Bo Diddley" beat):

D G D C D G D C

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

[repeat intro]

(guitar solo over D-C intro riff [8X])

Verse 3:

All alone on the bone when I didn't have a home

When I saw the way I was and I knew where I was supposed to be

I was twitchin' so I turned and it's really hard to learn

That everyone I saw was just another part of me

But you can go ahead if you want to

'Cause nobody's got no papers on you

(No, babe, it's just a falsehood)

[repeat break]

[repeat intro; end cold on D]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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