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Make Hay While The Sun Shines

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/-beginning/end of bar
|-beats in the bar
Standard 4/4 time
Standard Tuning
Capo 1
/G/G/G/G/
Intro
/ G|     |      |   /
Long hot summer days
/           G|               |       | / 
Get a little hotter when you look my way
/ C9|      |        |      /
Girl, your eyes are burning
/         G/
Blue
/                 G|             |       |        /
Don't know how you do it but you sure do something
/             G|      |            |   /
Temperature is rising just like an oven
/  C9|    |            |      /
Girl,  it only takes a kiss or
/        G/
Two
         /             D|         |      C9/
well the grass in the fields growin up high
/       D|         |       |    /
lets get lost baby you and i and
/      C9|            G|     /
make hay while the sun shines
/        D|                G|    /
Dance all night in the moon light
/     C9|                 G|    /
we both know we're good together
/         Am          G         C9     D/
and we aint gunna be young forever
/     C9|                      G|      /
take my hand take a chance baby jump in
/      D|           C9|/
aint no better time
/ C9|                       D|     /
for makin' hay while the sun shines
/    G          |          |             |   /
Lets you and me take about three or four days,
/          G|         |        |  /
little back road or a long highway
/ C9| |        |     /
Girl, we don't need a 
/   G/
plan,
/             G|           |       |   /
Laugh a little more and more every mile,
/        G|             |         |    /
I got the wheel and youve got the smile
/ C9| |                    |    /
Girl, cruisin' through the south
/    G/
lands,
/                D|         |              C9/
Lets take all our troubles, put em' in a sack,
/               D|           |          |       /
throw em out the window, and never look back and, 
/      C9|            G|     /
make hay while the sun shines
/        D|                G|    /
Dance all night in the moon light
/     C9|                 G|    /
we both know we're good together
/         Am          G         C9     D/
and we aint gunna be young forever
/     C9|                      G|      /
take my hand take a chance baby jump in
/      D|           C9|/
aint no better time
/ C9|                       D|     /
for makin' hay while the sun shines
/         D|           |        |      /
Girl, this world keeps spinnin' faster,
/      C9|            G|             /
So lets, make hay while the sun shines
/        D|                G|    /
Dance all night in the moon light
/     C9|                 G|    /
we both know we're good together
/         Am          G         C9     D/
and we aint gunna be young forever
/     C9|                      G|      /
take my hand take a chance baby jump in
/      D|           C9|/
aint no better time
/     C9|                      G|      /
Take my hand take a chance baby jump in,
/       D|         C9|/
ain't no better time,
/ C9|                       D|     /
for makin' hay while the sun shines

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Make Hay While The Sun Shines

by Steven Lee Olsen

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

/-beginning/end of bar

|-beats in the bar

Standard 4/4 time

Standard Tuning

Capo 1

G G G G

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Intro

/ | | | /

Long hot summer days

/ | | | /

Get a little hotter when you look my way

/ | | | /

Girl, your eyes are burning

/ /

Blue

/ | | | /

Don't know how you do it but you sure do something

/ | | | /

Temperature is rising just like an oven

/ | | | /

Girl, it only takes a kiss or

/ /

Two

D C9

/ | | /

well the grass in the fields growin up high

/ | | | /

lets get lost baby you and i and

C9 G

/ | | /

make hay while the sun shines

D G

/ | | /

Dance all night in the moon light

C9 G

/ | | /

we both know we're good together

Am G C9 D

/ /

and we aint gunna be young forever

C9 G

/ | | /

take my hand take a chance baby jump in

D C9

/ | |/

aint no better time

C9 D

/ | | /

for makin' hay while the sun shines

/ G | | | /

Lets you and me take about three or four days,

/ | | | /

little back road or a long highway

/ | | | /

Girl, we don't need a

/ /

plan,

/ | | | /

Laugh a little more and more every mile,

/ | | | /

I got the wheel and youve got the smile

/ | | | /

Girl, cruisin' through the south

/ /

lands,

D C9

/ | | /

Lets take all our troubles, put em' in a sack,

/ | | | /

throw em out the window, and never look back and,

C9 G

/ | | /

make hay while the sun shines

D G

/ | | /

Dance all night in the moon light

C9 G

/ | | /

we both know we're good together

Am G C9 D

/ /

and we aint gunna be young forever

C9 G

/ | | /

take my hand take a chance baby jump in

D C9

/ | |/

aint no better time

C9 D

/ | | /

for makin' hay while the sun shines

/ | | | /

Girl, this world keeps spinnin' faster,

C9 G

/ | | /

So lets, make hay while the sun shines

D G

/ | | /

Dance all night in the moon light

C9 G

/ | | /

we both know we're good together

Am G C9 D

/ /

and we aint gunna be young forever

C9 G

/ | | /

take my hand take a chance baby jump in

D C9

/ | |/

aint no better time

C9 G

/ | | /

Take my hand take a chance baby jump in,

D C9

/ | |/

ain't no better time,

C9 D

/ | | /

for makin' hay while the sun shines

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