Summer (The First Time)

Intro:   D    Am    D    Am


         C                  G
It was a hot afternoon  the last day of June
    D         Am       D   Am
The sun was a demon
    C                      G
One ten in the shade  the clouds were afraid
    D             Am       D     Am
the pavement was steamin"


  C                        G
I told Billy Ray   in his red Chevrolet
         D              Am         D    Am
I needed time for some thinkin'
       C                       G
I was just walking by  when I looked in her eye
         D            Am         D    Am
I could swear it was winkin'

Fmaj7                     Dm7
She was thirty one I was seventeen
Em7                                A7sus4        A7
I knew nothing about love she knew everything
    Fmaj7                         Dm7
But I sat down beside her on that front porch swing
    Esus4              E                 Am    D
And wondered what the coming night would bring

C    G     D   Am    D    Am

    C                           G
The sun closed her eyes   as it rose in the sky
    D           Am        D    Am
It started to swelter
    C                         G
The sweat trickled down   the front of her gown
   D                Am        D   Am
I thought it would melt her
    C                      G
Her shoulders were bare  I tried not to stare
   D                Am        D    Am
I looked at her two lips
    C                          G
She threw back her hair   like I wasn't there
     D           Am        D     Am
And sipped on a julep



     Fmaj7                            Dm7
And when she looked at me I heard her softly say
  Em7                                    A7sus4   A7
I know you're young you don't know what to do or say
     Fmaj7                         Dm7
But stay with me until the sun has gone away
    Esus4            E           Am    D
And I will chase the boy in you away

C     G    D

Fmaj7                     Dm7
And then she smiled    We talked for a while
    Em7                      A7sus4   A7
And walked for a mile to the sea
   Fmaj7                Dm7
We sat on the sand  the boy took her hand
       Em7                   A7sus4  A7
But he saw the sun rise as a man

Fmaj7    Dm7   Esus4     E

Am  D  C   G   D  Am   D   Am


     C                           G
Ten years have gone by  since I looked in her eyes
         D      Am          D    Am
But the memory lingers
     C                        G
I go back in my mind   to the very first time
       D            Am       D     Am
To the touch of her fingers
         C                   G
It was a hot afternoon   the last day of June
     D        Am        D      Am
The sun was a demon
    C                      G
One ten in the shade   the clouds were afraid

    D        Am   D   Am
The pavement
      D      Am    D
was steamin'