Summer And Lightning

Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: “Out of the Blue” (1977)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

[Intro] / [Interludes 1 and 2]
  D         A/D    G/D       A/D
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
D       x-x-0-2-3-2
A/D     x-x-0-9-10-9  or (closer to the D shape): x-x-0-2-2-0
G/D     x-x-0-7-8-7   or (        - „ -        ): x-x-0-0-0-3
D/F#    2-x-0-2-3-2

Intro

| D   A/D | G/D    A/D |
| D   A/D | G/D    A/D |
| D | % |

Verse 1

       D               A           G
I have waited for your love for so long
       A
How do I go on?
       D                A              G
I have told you so many times, it's no good
                A
You're treatin' me so wrong

Bridge

G    D/F#     Em   A
 Out there so far away (so far away)
G D/F#     Em       A
 Above the sky will say
   | Em7 | A | Gm7 | A |
For you

Chorus

| A |           |  D  G  |
   Here it comes again
A7     G    D   G
  It's all around me
A7   G       |  D  G  |
  It must be magic
A7 G              [ D ]
   Yeah, yeah, yeah

Interlude 1

| D   A/D | G/D    A/D |

Verse 2

      D
I can see you (I see you)
      A
In my mind (in my mind)
         G
The lost time (losin' time)
            A
That you're savin'
        D
I could reach out (I reach out)
    A
And touch you (touchin' you)
         G
What can I do (what can I do)?
              A
The sun ain't shinin'

Bridge

G    D/F#     Em   A
 Out there so far away
G D/F#     Em       A
 Above the sky will say
   | Em7 | A        | Gm7 | A |
For you,    only for you

Chorus

[ A ]             D            G  [ A7 ]
   Here it comes again
                  (Summer and li-ightning)
A7     G    D          G       [ A7 ]
  It's all around me
           (Summer and li-i-ightning)
A7   G       D          G       [ A7 ]
  It must be magic
            (Summer and li-i-ightning)
A7 G              [ D ]
   Yeah, yeah, yeah

Interlude 2

| D   A/D | G/D    A/D |
| Em7 | A | Gm7 | A              [ D ]
                   Here it comes again

Interlude 3

| D G | A G | D G | A G |
       D                 G                           A             G
(I can feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it – you, you, you ...)
| D G | A G | D G | A G |
| D G | A G |
| Em7 | A | Gm7 | A |

Chorus

[ A ]             D            G  [ A7 ]
   Here it comes again
                  (Summer and li-ightning)
A7     G    D          G       [ A7 ]
  It's all around me
           (Summer and li-i-ightning)
A7   G       D          G       [ A7 ]
  It must be magic
            (Summer and li-i-ightning)
A7 G                | D G | [ A7 ]
   Yeah, yeah, yeah

Chorus

A7       G      D            G  [ A7 ]
 Here it comes again
                  (Summer and li-ightning)
A7      G          D          G       [ A7 ]
  I can fee-ee-eel it
                  (Summer and li-i-ightning)
A7     G    D          G       [ A7 ]
  It's all around me
           (Summer and li-i-ightning)
A7 G                 D          G      [ A7 ]
   Yeah, yeah, yeah
                    (Summer and li-i-ightning)