"The First Day of Summer"
performed by Screeching Weasel
written by Ben Weasel
(C) 1996 Weasels, Inc.
from the Fat Wreck Chords release Bark Like a Dog (FAT 547-2)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)
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Notes:
* "E" refers to 022XXX, "E(VII)" refers to X799XXX
* (pm) = palm muted
* (chord)^ = chord is arpeggiated
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["The First Day of Summer"]
[Verse]
A A / G# / F#
Seasons will change and so will you
D E(VII)
I've seen the signs a million times before
D A
You try so hard to keep your cool
A A / G# / F#
What's the matter with today?
D
You're always planning something
E(VII) D A
And that something's always twenty years away
[Chorus]
E F# D E
Come on now, it's the first day of summer
F# D
Please don't let it slip by, just try
To squeeze all of the life out of it
A D
This is a summer day
A D
But I thought that I heard you say
A E(VII) A D / E(VII)
It's just another day, watch it go by
A D
This is a summer day
A D
But I thought that I heard you say
A E(VII) A
It's just another day, watch it go by
[Verse]
A(pm) A(pm) / G#(pm) / F#(pm)
The summer's starting so why aren't you?
D(pm)
We're getting older every day and
E(VII)(pm) D(pm) A(pm) (Release palm mute as you go
I can't stay here getting old with you into chorus.)
[Repeat Chorus]
[Bridge]
E^ F#^ D^ E^ E^ F#^ D(pm)
Did you ever notice that the summer's almost gone
E(VII)(pm) (pause) A / E(VII) / A
Just when it starts Please don't stop
D A / E(VII) / A / D A / E(VII) / A / D E(VII)
Don't stop, Don't stop, Don't stop
[Guitars cut out, solo drums for four bars, then bass and vocals enter.]
Here comes summer, here comes summer
[Guitars enter]
A D A D A D A D (All of these chords are palm muted)
Here comes summer, here comes summer
[A / D] x8 (w/ keyboards)
[Verse] (Play like the first verse, that is, with no palm mutes.)
The summer's starting so why aren't you?
We're getting older every day and
I can't stay here getting old with you
[Repeat Chorus]
[A / E(VII) / A / D] x8 (with vocals "Don't stop" "Here comes summer"
and "Please don't stop")
[End on A]
Keyboard part transcribed for guitar
\ = pull-off
E--12---10\9--9-9-10-9--12---10\9--9-9-10-9--
B--------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------
And repeat once.
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