Summer Water
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Intro
A E7sus4
verse 1
A E7sus4
Sometimes that lake got angry, as the lightnin' went and crashed
A E7sus4
Sometimes it was so still, it looked like a sheet of glass
A E7sus4
But it washed away our beer cans, and it washed away our sins
A E7sus4
It talked us out of all our clothes, and begged us to jump in
[Refrão]A D
There was magic in the summer water
A
Learned to swim in the summer water
E
All the small town sons and daughters
A A7
Were baptized a thousand times
D
Built fire by it like an altar
A
Gave it every song we could offer
E
Memories float on it like a bobber
A E7sus4 A E7sus4
Out there on the summer water
verse 2
A E7sus4
When a heart was broken, it was better than a church pew sanctuary
A E7sus4
A lot of long kiss, rocks skip, sun drenched orange crush bottle caps got buried
A E7sus4
It's where you spend your first night with your first love before the mercury starts fallin'
A E7sus4
It's where you spend the last with your first love, before somebody goes to college
[Refrão] A D
There was magic in the summer water
A
Learned to swim in the summer water
E
All the small town sons and daughters
A A7
Were baptized a thousand times
D
Built fire by it like an altar
A
Gave it every song we could offer
E
Memories float on it like a bobber
A
Out there on the summer water
Solo
D A E
verse 3
D
There was somethin' 'bout the summer water
A
Every girl that's where you brought her
E
It's where you slipped that ring you bought her
A
On her shakin' hand
D
Built fire by it like an altar
A
Gave it every song we could offer
E
Memories float on it like a bobber
A E7sus4 A E7sus4
Out there on the summer water
Outro
A
Yeah out on the summer water
How to play Summer Water
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.