THE BEACH BOYS - SUMMERS GONE CHORDS

Tuning: E A D G B E

This is the fourth and final song in the That's Why God Made the Radio ending suite. The acoustic guitar in this song is pretty low in the mix so this is really just a transposition of the entire song's instrumentation onto one guitar. It's actually very simple chord-wise for the bulk of the song. The intro is played on a tack piano. I tabbed it out here and wrote the chord progression without tab below it. I just fingerpick it but a pick could also be used. This piano part plays through a lot of the song but this is really the only vital part. For the first verse, I hear a Bb6 in place of the normal Bb. It might just be because the keyboard and melody play a G but it sounds nice as written. In that vein, I've included some more chords for inflection for the rest of the song too. The D7sus2 might just be result of the production and it sounds more like a D9, but I just made it a suspended chord for ease of playing. Well, that's it. I really enjoyed transcribing these songs. Let me know in the comments if there are any other songs you'd like me to have a go at. No capo Intro: Am7 Dm/A Am Am7 Dm/A Am e|--------3-----1-----0-----------3-----1-----0-----| B|--------5-----3-----1-----------5-----3-----1-----| G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Fmaj7 Dm/F Fmaj7 C/G G7 C/G e|--------0-----1-----0-----------0-----1-----0-----| B|--------1-----3-----1-----------1-----3-----1-----| G|-----------------------------0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-----3-----3-----3-----3--------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Am7 Dm/A Am Am7 Dm/A Am e|--------3-----1-----0-----------3-----1-----0-----| B|--------5-----3-----1-----------5-----3-----1-----| G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Am7 Dm/A Am X2 Fmaj7 Dm/F Fmaj7 C/G G7 C/G Am7 Dm/A Am X2 Verse 1:

^Fmaj7Summer’s gone (Fmaj7) Summer’s gone away ^DmGone ^D7sus2a - ^Dmway With ^Bb6yesterday ^C

Verse 2:

Old ^Fmaj7friends have gone (Fmaj7) They’ve gone their separate ways Our ^Dmdreams hold on For ^Bbthose who still have ^Cmore to say

Instrumental bridge Fmaj7 D7sus2-Dm7 Bb C Verse 3:

^Fmaj7Summer’s gone (Fmaj7) Gone like yesterday The ^Dm7nights grow cold, it’s time to go I’m ^Bbthinking maybe ^CI’ll just change

Bridge:

^Fmaj7Oooooooooooh Aaaa- ^D7sus2Ahhhhh ^Dm7Na na na na na ^DmAnother summer ^Bbgone Ahhh^Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Verse 4:

^Fmaj7Summer’s gone ^D7sus2 It’

s ^Dm7finally sinking in One ^Bbday begins, another ends I ^Clive them all and back again

Verse 5:

^Fmaj7Summer’s gone I’m ^Dm7gonna sit and watch the waves We ^Bblaugh, we cry, we live then die And ^Cdream about our yesterday

Outro: Fmaj7 Dm7 Bb C Chords Intro Am7 XXX253 Dm/A XXX231 Am XXX210 Fmaj7 XX3X10 Dm/F XX3X31 C/G XXX010 G7 XXX031 Verse/Bridge Fmaj7 133210 Dm XX0231 Dm7 XX0211 D7sus2 XX0210 Bb X13331 Bb6 X13333 Previous song: Pacific Coast Highway http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/beach_boys/pacific_coast_highway_ver2_crd_1744188id_12062015date.htm

The Beach Boys - Summers gone