G
I was in your presence
       C
For an hour or so
   D
Or was it a day
        G
I truly don't know

        G
For the sun never set
         C
For the trees hung low
D                        G
By that soft and shining sea

G                      C
Did you respect me for what I did
D                            G
Or did I lose my mind when I tried to get big
G                      C
Did I lose my mind when I tried to get hid
D                   G
From everything you see

[Chorus]
       G
In the summer time
 C
(Summer time)
D            G
Ooohh in the summer time
       G
In the summer time
 C
(Summer time)
D            G
When you were with me

[Solo]
G C D G x2

G                       C
I got the heart and you got the blood
D                          G
We cut through iron and we cut through mud
G                       C
But then came the storm before the flood
   D               G
That set everybody free

G                 C
Fools they made a mock of sin
    D            G
Our loyalty they tried to win
G                               C
But you were closer to me than my next of kin
     D                      G
They didn't want to know or see

[Chorus]
       G
In the summer time
 C
(Summer time)
D            G
Ooohh in the summer time
       G
In the summer time
 C
(Summer time)
D            G
When you were with me

[Solo]
G C D G x2

G                   C
Strangers meddle in our affairs
D               G
Our poverty and shame was theirs
G               C
But all that is not to be compared
D              G
With the glory that is to be

G                           C
Now I'm still carrying that gift you gave
D                           G
It's a part of me it's been cherished and saved
G                      C
And it will be with be until the grave
   D                 G
And into eternity


[Chorus]
       G
In the summer time
 C
(Summer time)
D            G
Ooohh in the summer time
       G
In the summer time
 C
(Summer time)
D            G
When you were with me

       G
In the summer time
 C
(Summer time)
D            G
Ooohh in the summer time
       G
In the summer time
 C
(Summer time)
D            G
When you were with me