Summertime George Gershwin
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George Gerschwin - Summertime
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difficulty: intermediate
Based on a tab from "guitar techniques", dec 2000
To my surprise, i couldn't find any good tabs of this classic
jazz piece. Well luckily i have a good one for y'all.
My guitar teacher gave me this as practise, it's a very good
transcription for guitar because it covers both melody and
rhythm, which gives it a full sound.
But the version from the magazine is very staccato, and lacked
that jazzy groove that the original from the Porgy and Bess
musical has. So i made a tab of how i always play it; a slightly
different arrangement with some additional arpeggio's.
Play it slow and gently, with a jazzy shuffle groove.
I haven't heard any versions of the song that have a similar
arrangement, but just play it a couple of times untill you
get the feel of it.
Make sure you put extra accent in the melody line.
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standard tuning
X mute
~~~~~~~~ let note ring
/ slide
C(number) barre at (number) fret
C(number)======== barre at (number) fret until ==== ends
(number) play very softly
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||â?¢ begin repeat â?¢||
||â?¢ loop loop â?¢||
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(intro)
C2 C3 C2============
e|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| B|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2------3--2------| G|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----4~~~~----2------------2---| D|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----5~~~~----2----------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2----------------|
C2 C3 C2============
e|------0-X---------------------|------------------------------| B|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2------3--2------| G|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----4~~~~----2------------2---| D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----5~~~~----2----------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2----------------|
C2 C3 C2============
e|------0-X---------------------|------------------------------| B|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2------3--2------| G|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----4~~~~----2------------2---| D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----5~~~~----2----------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|----3~~~~----2----------------|
(end intro) sum mer
[C2]
e|------0-X--------------------||-------------------5/7----3---| B|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~||---3-----3~~~~~~--------------| G|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~||â?¢--2-----2~~~~~~--------------| D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~~||â?¢--1-----1~~~~~~--------------| A|--------X--------------------||---2-----2~~~~~~--------------| E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~~||------------------------------|
tiiiime and the living is
[C2] [C3]
e|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------|-------5---3---5----7----3----| B|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|--3~~~~~~~~~------------------| G|------0-X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|--4~~~~~~~~~------------------| D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~~-|--5~~~~~~~~~------------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X--------2~~~~~~~~~~~-|--3~~~~~~~~~---2--------------|
eeeaaa--- zzzyyyy
C7============
e|--0~~~~--X--------------------|-----------------------7------| B|------0--X--------0-----------|--------------------------8---| G|------0--X--------2------(2)--|--------------------------7---| D|------0--X--------2-------(2)-|----2-X-----------------------| A|---------X--------------------|--------------6/7~~~~~~~~~~---| E|--0~~~~--X--------2-----------|--0~~~X-----------------------|
C5=== C3=========================
e|--5~~~~--X--------------------|------3--------3-----5-----3--| B|------5--X----------5---------|---------5-----3~~~~~~~~~~~~--| G|------5--X----------5---------|---------4-----3~~~~~~~~~~~~--| D|------5--X----------4---------|------------------------------| A|---------X------5-------------|---------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~--| E|--5~~~~--X--------------------|--3~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
summmmmer -
[C2]
e|--2---------------------------|---X--------------7-----3-----| B|-----(2)----------2/3~~~~-----|-2-X--------------------------| G|-----(2)----------2/3~~~~-----|-2-X--------3\4---------0-----| D|-----(2)----------1/2~~~~-2---|---X--------------------------| A|------------------2/3~~~~---3-|-2-X--------------------------| E|--2-------2-------------------|---X--------------------------|
tiiiime
[C2] [C3]
e|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------|-------5---3---5----7----3----| B|------0-X-----------2---------|--3---------------------------| G|------0-X-----------2---------|--4---------------------------| D|--------X-----------2---------|--5---------------------------| A|--------X---------------------|------------------------------| E|--0-----X--------2------------|--3------------2--------------| e|--0~~~~--X--------------------|---------------X--------------| B|------0--X--------0~~~~~~~~---|-------------0-X-------5---4--| G|------0--X-----------2--------|--------4----0-X--------------| D|------0--X--------------4---0-|------0--------X--------------| A|---------X--------------------|---------------X--------------| E|--0~~~~--X--------2~~~~~~~~---|--3~~~~~~----0-X--------------|
C3====== C7==========================
e|------------------------3--X--|----7-------------------------| B|--3~~~~~~~~3-----4/5---(5)-X--|---------10-------8-----8~~~~~| G|--------0--------------(3)-X--|---------9--------8-----8~~~~~| D|-----4---------------------X--|---------7--------7-----7~~~~~| A|-----------------3---------X--|--9------7--------------------| E|--3~~~~~~~~~---------------X--|----------------7-------7~~~~~|
C2 C3 C2============
e|--0~~~~--X--------------------|------------------------------| B|------0--X------2~~~~~~~~~~---|----3~~~~----2------3--2------| G|------0--X------2~~~~~~~~~~---|----4~~~~----2------------2---| D|------0--X------2~~~~~~~~~~---|----5~~~~----2----------------| A|---------X--------------------|------------------------------| E|--0~~~~--X------2~~~~~~~~~~---|----3~~~~----2----------------|
closing chord:
C2 (slow rake, let it ring))
e|------0-X----------------------|| 7 B|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~---|| 7 G|--0---0-X-----------2~~~~~~~--â?¢|| 6 D|--------X-----------2~~~~~~~--â?¢|| 5 A|--------X----------------------|| 0 E|--0-----X-----------2~~~~~~~---|| 0
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