Summer Nights (chromatic)

SUMMER NIGHTS
By: Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs
From: “Grease”
Key: D, Eb, E, D

Key: D

-6* -5   7   6  -7 -6*-7  -7 7
Sum-mer lov-in’ had me a blast 
-6* -5   7   6  -7   -6*  -7  -7 
Sum-mer lov-in’ hap-pened so fast 
-6*-5  7   -7 -6* -7  -8  
Met a girl cra-zy for me 
7*  6 -7   7*   6  7* -7 
Met a boy cute as can be 
-9  -7   -8   -7   -8 -7 -6* 
Sum-mer days drift-ing a-way 
-8-7 7  6   -8  -7-8 -7    -5
to  uh oh  those sum-mer nights 

-3  -3 -4  -4   5   5 -5 
Well a well a  well a huh 
-7   -7  -8    -8  -8  -8 
Tell me more, tell me more 
-8  -8  -7  -8 -7 -6* 
Did you get ver-y far? 
-7   -7  -8    -8  -8  -8 
Tell me more, tell me more 
-8    -8  -7  -8 -7 -6* 
Like does he have a car? 
 
-6*  -5  7  6   -7  -6*-7  -7
She swam by me, she got a cramp 
-6* -5 7   6  -7 -6*  -7  -7 7 
He ran by me, got my suit damp 
-6*   -5    7   -7  -6*  -7   -8 
saved her life, she near-ly drowned 
7*   6    -7     7*    6  7* -7 
He showed off, splash-ing a-round 
-9  -7  -8    -7    -8    -7 -6* 
Sum-mer sun, some-thing's be-gun, 
-8-7 7  6  -8   -7-8-7   -9 
but uh-oh those sum-mer nights 

 

Key: Eb

-7* -7*  8     8   8   8 
Tell me more, tell me more 
8    8   -7*   8 -7*   7
But you don’t got to brag 
-7* -7*   8     8  8   8 
Tell me more, tell me more 
8       8   -7*   8  -7* -9*
’Cause he sounds like a drag 

7   7   7   7   7* 7*  7*  7* 
Shu-da bop bop Shu-da bop bop
-7*-7* -7* -7*  7* 7*  7*  7*
Shu-da bop bop Shu-da bop bop

7  -5*   7*   -6 -7*   7 -7* -7*7*
He got friend-ly hold-ing my hand
7   -5*   7*   -6 -7* -7* -7* 7*7-5*
She got friend-ly down in the  sand
7  -5*   7*   -7*    7     -7*   8
He was sweet, just turned eight-een
-6  -6   -6   -6   -7   -6 -6  -6
She was good, you know what I mean 

-9* -7*   8   -7*  8  -7*   7
Sum-mer heat, boy and girl meet.
8-7* 7* -6   8   -7*8-7*  -9* 
but  uh-oh those sum-mer nights

Key: E

-8   -8  8*    8*  8*  8*
Tell me more, tell me more 
8*   8*   -8    8* -8   7*
How much dough did he spend?
-8   -8  8*    8*  8*  8*
Tell me more, tell me more 
8*     8* -8  8*-8   -9*
Could she get me a friend?

Key: D

-6*  -5     7  6    -7     -6*  -7 -7 7
It turned cold-er, that’s where it ends
-6*-5  7   6   -7    -7  -7   7 6
So I told her we’d still be friends
-6*  -5  7   -7   -6*  -7  -8
Then we made our true love vow
7*   6   -7    7*   7* 7*  -7
Won-der what, she’s do-in’ now
-9  -7    -8      -7   -8 -7   -6*
Sum-mer dreams, ripped at the seams
-8-7 7   -8   -7-8-7   7*-7
But oh, those sum-mer nights
-7   -7  -8    -8  -8  -9
Tell me more, tell me more