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"Summer in the City"
(John Sebastian - Mark Sebastian - Steve Boone)

Intro:

organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X]

v   v   v   v
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-------------x---
-6-------5-------
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-4-------3-------
^ echoed drums

bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat):

v   v   v   v
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-5-------5-------
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Verse 1:

[Notes: 1) I believe that the guitar is capoed at the third fret,
in which case the chord progression transposes to the stock folkie
riff Am-Am/G-D9/F#-Fmaj7-E.  This is further confirmed by the
voicings of the F and Bb chords in the chorus, which sound like
root-position D and G capoed up.  2) The electric piano plays a
variation of the second part of the instrumental break (q.v.) on
the first four lines of the verse.]

CmCm Piano Chord 
        Cm/BbCm/Bb Piano Chord 

Hot town, summer in the city
F9/A [x03543]           Abmaj7        G
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
CmCm Piano Chord 
         Cm/BbCm/Bb Piano Chord 

Been down, isn't it a pity
F9/A                 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Piano Chord 
          GG Piano Chord 

Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

GG Piano Chord 
          G7/B
All around, people looking half dead
CmCm Piano Chord 
                       CC Piano Chord 

Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

Chorus (w/autoharp):

FF Piano Chord 
                   BbBb Piano Chord 

But at night it's a different world
FF Piano Chord 
          BbBb Piano Chord 

Go out and find a girl
FF Piano Chord 
                   BbBb Piano Chord 

Come-on come-on and dance all night
FF Piano Chord 
                      BbBb Piano Chord 

Despite the heat it'll be alright

DmDm Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
DmDm Piano Chord 
         GG Piano Chord 

That the days can't be like the nights
DmDm Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

In the summer, in the city
DmDm Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

In the summer, in the city

Verse 2:

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

[repeat chorus]

Instrumental break:

guitar (doubled octave higher w/electric piano) w/sound effects

CmCm Piano Chord 
               Ab7Ab7 Piano Chord 

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
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-5--3-3-5-3---3--|-6--4-4-6-4---4---
-----6------6----|-----6------6-----
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organ:

C (octaves; hold through next section)
/ / / /

Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X]

(Cm)       (/Bb)         (/A)        (/Ab)(Gsus4)
v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
15----15----1515--15-----|1515--15----1515-15--15--
16----16----1516--16-----|1516--16----1615-15--15--
17----17----1717--17-----|1717--17----1717-17--17--
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guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7  G
v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
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10-10----10--8-------8---|-7--------7--6--------5--
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-8--8-----8--6-------6---|-5--------5--4--------3--
2: ^^  1: ^^

[repeat first verse and chorus]

[repeat instrumental break]

[repeat first verse and chorus w/o vocals; fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers