Here comes summer    (video)    (intro)    (midi)

 

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1. Here comes summer, du du du du, school is out, oh happy days,

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  here comes summer, du du du du, I’m gonna grab my girl and run away,

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    here comes summer, du du du du, we’ll go swimming every day,

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    oh, let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home.

 

                   F

    Well, school's not so bad but summer is better,

     C

    gives me more time to see my girl,

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    walk through the park beneath the shiny moon,

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    oh, when we kiss she makes my flat top curl.

 

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2. It’s summer, du du du du, I feel her lips so close to mine,

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    here comes summer, du du du du, when we meet our hearts entwine.

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    It's the greatest, du du du du, let's have summer all the time,

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    oh, let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home.

 

(original moves up half a note capo 4th here)

 

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3. Here comes summer, (here comes s.), almost June, the sun is bright,

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    here comes summer, (here comes s.), drive-in movies every night,

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    double feature, (double feature), lots more time to hold her tight,

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    so let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

              F

    Well, I'll want to hold my girl beside me,

     C

    sit by the lake till one or two,

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    go for a drive in the summer moonlight,

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    dream of her love the whole night through.

 

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4. It's summer, du du du du, she'll be with me every day,

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    here comes summer, du du du du, meet the gang at Joe's café,

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    if she's willing, du du du du, we'll go steady right away,

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    oh, let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home.

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    Oh, let the sun shine bright, here comes summer time at last.

 

 (orig. = capo 3rd)    (Jerry Keller)