Summertime Sadness
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Ebm C#
Everything I want I have
B
Money, notoriety and rivieras
Ebm C# B
I even think I found God
B
In the flash bulbs of the pretty cameras
Ebm C#
Pretty cameras, pretty cameras
B
Am I glamorous? Tell me am I glamorous?
F#
Hello? Hello?
C#
C|-can you hear me
G#m
I can be your china doll
B
If you want to see me fall
F#
Boy you're so dope
C#
Your love is deadly
G#m
Tell me life is beautiful
B
They all think I have it all
Ebm C# G#m
I've nothing without you
B Ebm
All my dreams and all the lights mean
C# G#m B
Nothing without you
Ebm C#
Summertime is nice and hot
B
And my life is sweet like vanilla is
Ebm C#
Gold and silver line my heart
B
But burned into to my brain are these stolen images
Ebm C#
Stolen images, baby, stolen images
B
Can you picture it
Babe, the life we could've lived?
F#
Hello? Hello?
C#
Can you hear me
G#m
I can be your china doll
B
If you want to see me fall
F#
Boy you're so dope
C#
Your love is deadly
G#m
Tell me life is beautiful
B
They all think I have it all
Ebm C# G#m
I've nothing without you
B Ebm
All my dreams and all the lights mean
C# G#m B
Nothing without you
Ebm C#
We were two kids, just tryin'to get out
B F# C#
Lived on the dark side of the American dream
Ebm C#
We would dance all night, play our music loud
B
When we grew up nothing was what it seemed
F#
Hello? Hello?
C#
Can you hear me
G#m
I can be your china doll
B
If you like to see me fall
F#
Boy you're so dope
C#
Your love is deadly
G#m
Tell me life is beautiful
B
They think that I have it all
Ebm C# G#m
I've nothing without you
B Ebm
All my dreams and all the lights mean
C# G#m B
Nothing without you
B
All my dreams and all the lights will
F# C# G#m
Nothing if I can't have you
How to play Summertime Sadness
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Ebm. 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.