Janis Joplin - Summertime
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DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin Summertime, time, time, Child, the living's easy. Fish are jumping out And the cotton, Lord, Cotton's high, Lord, so high. Your daddy's rich And your ma is so good-looking, baby. She's looking good now, Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, No, no, no, no, don't you cry. Don't you cry! One of these mornings You're gonna rise, rise up singing, You're gonna spread your wings, Child, and take, take to the sky, Lord, the sky. But until that morning Honey, n-n-nothing's going to harm you now, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Don't you cry, Cry. artist: Janice Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company song: Summertime album: Cheap Thrillstrans: mrr~date: 9/18/93intro: guitar 1 (starts solo, without guitar 2) e-|-------------------------------------------------14-17----15-14-15--------- B-|-------------------------------------13-15----16-------------------15------ G-|-------------------------12-14----15--------------------------------------- D-|----------------------12--------------------------------------------------- A-|----------------12-13------------------------------------------------------ E-|--3-----1----15------------------------------------------------------------ e-|-15-14-15-------15-14-15--------------------------------------------------- B-|----------16----------------15h16p15----------------------------------16-15 G-|-------------------------------------17-15-14-15-14----------14-15-17------ D-|----------------------------------------------------17-16-17--------------- A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-|-15-------------------------15--------------------------------------------- G-|----17-15-17----17-15-14-15-------17----15----14--------------------------- D-|-------------------------------------------------17-16--------------------- A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- guitar 1 continued, duet with guitar 2 (notated below) e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-|-------------------------15----16-15--------------------------------------- G-|-------14----15----17----------------17-15-14-15-14-------14--------------- D-|-17-------------------------------------------------17-16----17------------ A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- e-|-------------------------------------14-15--------------------------------- B-|----------------------------15--------------------------------------------- G-|-14-------15-------17------------------------------------------------------ D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- (end intro)guitar 2 (enters where indicated above) e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-|-----------------------------------4-----3-----------3--------3------------ G-|-----------------------------3--5--------------5--------5--------3--5------ D-|--------------------3--5--7------------------------------------------------ A-|-----------3--5--6--------------------------------------------------------- E-|--3--5--6------------------------------------------------------------------ e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-|--3------------------------------------------------------------------------ D-|-----7--5--3--5--7--5--3-----------------3--5------------------------------ A-|--------------------------6--5--3--5--6--------5--3------------------------ E-|-----------------------------------------------------6--5--6--5--3--------- (end intro)first few arpeggios after Janis enters singing "Summertime ..." 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