British Summertime Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][C][G][Am][G][Em][C]
[Am][Em]

[Verse 1]
[C]Leav[Am]ing [Em]at dawn to beat the traf[Am]fic,
[C]do you remem[D]ber tha[Dm]t too[G]?[Gsus4]
[C]Curled [G]asleep [Em]on the back se[Am]at,
[C]do you remem[Dsus4]ber that [Dm]too?[G]
[C]The soundless [G]dark, [Em]the empty road,
[Am]do y[C]ou remembe[D]r that too?[G][Gsus4]
And that [C]child [G]asleep, [Em]only eight years [Am]old,
[C]do you rec[D]ognis[Dm]e as [G]you[C]?[Csus4]

[Verse 2]
[F]June, Ju[Bb]ly, [F]September,
[Bb]stretched ahea[F]d and out [Dm]of view.[A][E]
The [G]whole [Am]world [Dsus4]seemed a safe pl[G]ace,
[Dsus4]and never[G] ending[Dsus4] too.[Dm]
[G]But [C]it was nev[G]er as simple[Em] as you thou[Am]ght,
[C]there were just [D]things [Dsus4]you nev e[G]r knew,
[C]And up [G]ahead your parent[Em]s borne [Am]the weight of all their [C]worries [Dsus4]and yours too.[G]
[C][G]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Am][C][Dsus4][G][Gsus4][G][Em][Am][C][Dsus4]
[G][C][Csus4][F]
Windows [Bb]down on the coast

[Verse 3]
[F]road,
[Bb]wanting to be fi[F]rst to s[Dm]ee the s[A]ea.
The [G]whole world [Dsus4]seemed a [C]saf[Am]e place,
[Dsus4]temporari[C]ly.[Am][Dsus4]
[Dm]But [Em]it wa[G]s n[C]ever as si[G]mple as you [Em]thou[G]ght,[Am]
[C]and you[D] found out[Dm] as you[G] gre[C]w,
That up [G]ahead your parents [Em]had borne t[G]he w[Am]eight
of all their wor[C]ries [Dsus4]and yours too.[G][Em][C]
All their [Dm]worries [C]and yours too.

[Outro 1]
[Bb]
[Am][Eb][Ab][Gm][G][A][G][A]