The Summer Side of Life
Gordon Lightfoot
Capo 2nd fret Intro chords: C F 2x
C G F C
1st verse: He came down through fields of grain on the summer side of life
G F C
His love was ripe
C G F C
There was no illusions on the summer side of life
G F C E
Only tenderness
Am G/B F E
Chorus: And if you saw him now
Am G/B F C F C F
You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy he cried the whole day long
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2nd verse: There were young girls everywhere on the summer side of life
They talked all night
To the young men that they knew on the summer side of life
Goin off to fight
Chorus: And if you saw them now C F C F,C,G/B,C
You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy they would cry the whole day long
3rd verse: He came down through fields of grain on the summer side of life
He prayed all night
Then he walked in to a house where love had been misplaced
His chance to waste
Chorus: And if you saw him now
You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy he would cry the whole day long
Fade out: And if you saw him now
You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy
And if you saw him now
You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy
And if you saw him now
You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy
And if you saw him now
You wonder why--ahahy--ahahy
Submitted by: Keith Morgan