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The Summer

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[Verse 1]
BmIf I could bottle up the Asea breeze I would take it over Dto your house and pour it
Aloose through your garden
So the Bmhinges on your windows would ruAst and colour like the bDoats pulled up on the
Asand for the summer
EmAnd your sweet clean clothes would go Dstiff on the line and there’d be sAand in your
pockets and nothEming in your mind
BmBut every year it gets a lAittle bit harder to get bDack the feeling of when Awe were 15
And we could Bmjump in the river upsAtream and let the current carry Dus to the beginning
where the riAver me the sea again
EmAnd all our days were a Dsun drenched haze while the Asalt spray crusted on the Emwindow
Panes
[Chorus]
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
[Verse 2]
BmAnd I’ll remember that suAmmer as the right one the sDtorms make the pavement sAteam
like a kettle
And Bmour first goodbyes always sAeemed like hours in the caDr park in between my hAouse
and yours
And if the Emsummer was a song we Dmight sing forever then the wAinter holds a bite we’d
never Emfelt before
[Chorus]
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
[Bridge]
But tiAme, is like the oA/Dcean, you can A/F#only hold a A/Glittle in your hands
So we Aswim, before we’re bA/Droken, before our A/F#bones become black cA/Goral in the sand
[Chorus]
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
DWe should be living like we lived in that summer
F#mI wanna live like we live in the summer
[Outro]
BmIf I could bottle up the seAa breeze I would take it out oDver to your house and pour it
Aloose through your garden

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The Summer

by Josh Pyke

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

A/D

A/F#

A/G

[Verse 1]

Bm A D

If I could bottle up the sea breeze I would take it over to your house and pour it

loose through your garden

Bm A D

So the hinges on your windows would rust and colour like the boats pulled up on the

sand for the summer

Em D A

And your sweet clean clothes would go stiff on the line and there’d be sand in your

pockets and nothing in your mind

Bm A D A

But every year it gets a little bit harder to get back the feeling of when we were 15

Bm A D

And we could jump in the river upstream and let the current carry us to the beginning

where the river me the sea again

Em D A Em

And all our days were a sun drenched haze while the salt spray crusted on the window

Panes

[Chorus]

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

[Verse 2]

Bm A D A

And I’ll remember that summer as the right one the storms make the pavement steam

like a kettle

Bm A D A

And our first goodbyes always seemed like hours in the car park in between my house

and yours

Em D A

And if the summer was a song we might sing forever then the winter holds a bite we’d

never felt before

[Chorus]

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

[Bridge]

A A/D A/F# A/G

But time, is like the ocean, you can only hold a little in your hands

A A/D A/F# A/G

So we swim, before we’re broken, before our bones become black coral in the sand

[Chorus]

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

We should be living like we lived in that summer

F#m

I wanna live like we live in the summer

[Outro]

Bm A D

If I could bottle up the sea breeze I would take it out over to your house and pour it

loose through your garden

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