Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime
Guitar chords and lyrics of In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry
Published 1970
Original key E
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| E – E | E – E |
| A – A | E – E |
| B – A | E – E |
. E
In the summertime, when the weather is high,
you can stretch right up and touch the sky,
. A E
when the weather’s fine, you got women, you got women on your mind.
. B
Have a drink, have a drive,
A E
go out and see what you can find.
. E
If her daddy’s rich, take her out for a meal,
if her daddy’s poor, just do what you feel.
. A E
Speed along the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-five.
. B
When the sun goes down,
. A E
you can make it make it good in a lay-by.
. E
We’re not bad people, we’re not dirty, we’re not mean,
we love everybody but we do as we please.
. A E
When the weather’s fine, we go fishing or go sailing in the sea.
. B
We’re always happy,
. A E
life’s for living, yeah, that’s our philosophy.
. E
Sing along with us, da da di di di
Da da da da, yeah we’re happy
A E
Da da da, di di di di di da da da
. B
Da da da da da,
A E
da da da da-da da
instrumental
| E – E | E – E |
| A – A | E – E |
| B – A | E – E |
E
When the winter’s here, yeah, it’s party time,
bring a bottle, wear your bright clothes, it’ll soon be summertime.
. A E
And we’ll sing again, we’ll go driving or maybe we’ll settle down.
. B
If she’s rich, if she’s nice,
. A E
bring your friends and we’ll all go into town.
instrumental
| E – E | E – E |
| A – A | E – E |
| B – A | E – E |
. E
In the summertime, when the weather is high,
you can stretch right up and touch the sky,
. A E
when the weather’s fine, you got women, you got women on your mind.
. B
Have a drink, have a drive,
A E
go out and see what you can find.
. E
If her daddy’s rich, take her out for a meal,
if her daddy’s poor, just do what you feel.
. A E
Speed along the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-five.
. B
When the sun goes down,
. A E
you can make it make it good in a lay-by.
. E
We’re not bad people, we’re not dirty, we’re not mean,
we love everybody but we do as we please.
. A E
When the weather’s fine, we go fishing or go sailing in the sea.
. B
We’re always happy,
. A E
life’s for living, yeah, that’s our philosophy.
. E
Sing along with us, da da di di di
Da da da da, yeah we’re happy
A E
Da da da, di di di di di da da da
. B
Da da da da da,
A E
da da da da-da da