Summer In The City

(início)

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:38 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./l/lovin_spoonful/*
                          "Summer in the City"
Intro:
        organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X]

                     ^ echoed drums
        bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat):

Verse 1:
        [Notes: 1) I believe that the guitar is capoed at the third fret,
         in which case the chord progression transposes to the stock folkie
         riff Am-Am/G-D9/F#-Fmaj7-E.  This is further confirmed by the
         voicings of the F and Bb chords in the chorus, which sound like
         root-position D and G capoed up.  2) The electric piano plays a
         variation of the second part of the instrumental break (q.v.) on
         the first four lines of the verse.]
        Cm        Cm/Bb
        Hot town, summer in the city
        F9/A [x03543]           Abmaj7        G
        Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
        Cm         Cm/Bb
        Been down, isn't it a pity
        F9/A                 Abmaj7          G
        Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
         G          G7/B
        All around, people looking half dead
         Cm                       C
        Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
Chorus (w/autoharp):
        F                   Bb
        But at night it's a different world
        F          Bb
        Go out and find a girl
        F                   Bb
        Come-on come-on and dance all night
        F                      Bb
        Despite the heat it'll be alright
            Dm               G
        And babe, don't you know it's a pity
                 Dm         G
        That the days can't be like the nights
               Dm              G
        In the summer, in the city
               Dm              G
        In the summer, in the city
Verse 2:
        Cool town, evening in the city
        Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
        Cool cat, looking for a kitty
        Gonna look in every corner of the city
        Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
        Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

repeat chorus

Instrumental break:
        guitar (doubled octave higher w/electric piano) w/sound effects
         Cm               Ab7
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

repeat chorus

        organ:
        C (octaves; hold through next section)
        / / / /
        Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X]
        (Cm)       (/Bb)         (/A)        (/Ab)(Gsus4)
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        15----15----1515--15-----|1515--15----1515-15--15--|
        16----16----1516--16-----|1516--16----1615-15--15--|
        17----17----1717--17-----|1717--17----1717-17--17--|

repeat chorus

                   guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7  G
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v

repeat chorus

        2: ^^  1: ^^