LOVIN SPOONFUL - "summer in the city" Tablature

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:38 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./l/lovin_spoonful/summer_in_the_city.crd

"Summer in the City"
(John Sebastian - Mark Sebastian - Steve Boone)

Intro:

organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X]

v v v v
-----------------
-----------------
-------------x---
-6-------5-------
-----------------
-4-------3-------
^ echoed drums

bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat):

v v v v
-----------------
-5-------5-------
-----------------
-----------------


Verse 1:

[Notes: 1) I believe that the guitar is capoed at the third fret,
in which case the chord progression transposes to the stock folkie
riff Am-Am/G-D9/F#-Fmaj7-E. This is further confirmed by the
voicings of the F and Bb chords in the chorus, which sound like
root-position D and G capoed up. 2) The electric piano plays a
variation of the second part of the instrumental break (q.v.) on
the first four lines of the verse.]

Cm Cm/Bb
Hot town, summer in the city
F9/A [x03543] Abmaj7 G
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Cm Cm/Bb
Been down, isn't it a pity
F9/A Abmaj7 G
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

G G7/B
All around, people looking half dead
Cm C
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

Chorus (w/autoharp):

F Bb
But at night it's a different world
F Bb
Go out and find a girl
F Bb
Come-on come-on and dance all night
F Bb
Despite the heat it'll be alright

Dm G
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
Dm G
That the days can't be like the nights
Dm G
In the summer, in the city
Dm G
In the summer, in the city

Verse 2:

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

[repeat chorus]

Instrumental break:

guitar (doubled octave higher w/electric piano) w/sound effects

Cm Ab7
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|------------------
-----------------|------------------
-----------------|------------------
-5--3-3-5-3---3--|-6--4-4-6-4---4---
-----6------6----|-----6------6-----
-----------------|------------------

organ:

C (octaves; hold through next section)
/ / / /

Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X]

(Cm) (/Bb) (/A) (/Ab)(Gsus4)
v v v v v v v v
15----15----1515--15-----|1515--15----1515-15--15--
16----16----1516--16-----|1516--16----1615-15--15--
17----17----1717--17-----|1717--17----1717-17--17--
-------------------------|-------------------------
-------------------------|-------------------------

guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7 G
v v v v v v v v
-------------------------|-------------------------
-------------------------|-------------------------
-------------------------|-------------------------
10-10----10--8-------8---|-7--------7--6--------5--
-------------------------|-------------------------
-8--8-----8--6-------6---|-5--------5--4--------3--
2: ^^ 1: ^^

[repeat first verse and chorus]

[repeat instrumental break]

[repeat first verse and chorus w/o vocals; fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers