Summer Side of Life — Gordon Lightfoot
Chords and lyrics for Summer Side of Life by Gordon Lightfoot (key of C, capo 2).
Intro
[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [Fmaj7] [C]
Verse 1
[C]He came down through fields of grain on the [G]summer side of [F]life
[C]His love was [G]ripe [F] [C]
[C]There was no illusions on the [G]summer side of [F]life [C]
[G]Only tenderness [F] [C] [E7]
Chorus
[Am]And if you saw him [G/B]now [F] [E7]
[Am]You wonder [G/B]why ahahy ahahy [F]he cried the whole day [C]long [F] [C]
Verse 2
[C]There were young girls everywhere on the [G]summer side of [F]life [C]
[G]They talked all [F]night [C]
[C]To the young men that they knew on the [G]summer side of [F]life [C]
[G]Goin off to [F]fight [C]
Chorus
[Am]And if you saw them [G/B]now [F] [E7]
[Am]You wonder [G/B]why ahahy ahahy [F]they would cry the whole day [C]long [F] [C]
Verse 3
[C]He came down through fields of grain on the [G]summer side of [F]life [C]
[G]He prayed all [F]night [C]
[C]Then he walked into a house where [G]love had been [Dm]misplaced [F] [C]
[G]His chance to [F]waste [C]
Chorus
[Am]And if you saw him [G/B]now [F] [E7]
[Am]You wonder [G/B]why ahahy ahahy [F]he would cry the whole day [C]long [F] [C]
Fade Out
[Am]And if you saw him [G/B]now [F] [E7]
[Am]You wonder [G/B]why ahahy ahahy [F]
[C]And if you saw him [G/B]now [F] [E7]
[Am]You wonder [G/B]why ahahy ahahy [F] [C]