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Summer Nights – Grease

Summer Nights – Grease

“Summer Nights” is a popular song from the 1978 musical film Grease featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It became a massive hit in it’s own right both the United States and United Kingdom during the summer of the movie’s release.

A fun tune to play, enjoy the letter notes below 🙂

 

F# – D      G-E      A    F#   A   A
Summer lovin’ had me a blast

F#   – D     G-E       A – F#    A   A-G
Summer lovin’ happened so fast

F#   D   G   A-F#   A  B
Met a girl crazy for me

G#   E    A    G#   E   G#   A
Met a boy cute as can be

^D  –  A       B       A- B      A-F#
Summer days drifting away

B    G    E       B        A-B-A       D
To uh, oh those summer nights

 

F#      D       G    E       A    G   A   A-G
She swam by me, she got a cramp

F#   D   G    E       A    G     A     A-G
He ran by me, got my suit damp

D    F#   D     G      A    F#-A       B-A-B
I saved her life, she nearly drowned

G#       E          A       G#-E        G#-A
He showed off splashing around

^D-A B A-B A-F#
Summer sun, something’s begun

B     G   E        B        A-B-A       D
Oh uh, oh those summer nights

 

F#       D      G – E     A   F#   A-A-G
Took her bowling in the arcade

F#      D        G – E          A        G-A-A-G
We went strolling drank lemonade

F#     D        G     A-F#   A   B-A-B
We made out under the dock

G#        E       A     G#   E   G#-A
We stayed out till ten o’clock

^D  –  A        B       A        B      A     F#
Summer fling don’t mean a thing

B     G    E        B       A-B-A       D
Oh uh, oh those summer nights

 

G    D#    G#-F      Bb-G   Bb  Bb-G#
He got friendly holding my hand

^G ^D# ^G#-^F ^Bb  ^Bb ^Bb ^Bb-^G-^D#
She  got  friendly  down  in  the  sand   ~    ~

G      D#     G#     Bb       G       Bb-^D-^C
He was sweet, just turned eighteen ~

^F      ^F   ^F     ^F      ^F     ^F      ^F   ^F  ^F
Well she was good, you know what I mean

^D#-Bb   ^C     Bb  ^C   Bb     G
Summer heat, boy and girl meet

^C   G#  F    ^C    Bb-^C-Bb  ^D#
But uh, oh those summer nights

 

F#      D      G-E        A            G    A    A-G
It turned colder that’s where it ends

F#  D  G   E      A       A     A    G-E-D
So I told her we’d still be friends

F#       D      G        A      F#     A       B
Then we made our true love vow

G# – G#      A      G#    G#-G#   A
Wonder what she’s doing now

^D  –  A          B        ^C#   ^D  ^C#    B
Summer dreams ripped at the seams

B G ^D ^C#-^D-^C# ^E
But oh, those summer ~ nights

 

Summer Nights – Grease was last modified: October 15th, 2018 by nat
Categories: 1960-1980 Film