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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Summer Days</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Love And Theft</a> (2001)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <hr />
  21
  22 <p>The song is a fairly straightforward rockabilly number, but the guitar
  23 parts are far from straightforward. The left channel guitar alternates
  24 between the high, ringing playing of the intro and the interludes, and
  25 the middle-range alternative in the bridges. <br />
  26 In the right channel there is a guitar with a descending figure, which
  27 can even be combined with the intro (see the end of the page for these
  28 two tabs). In the bridges, there is a trace of the &ldquo;high version&rdquo; in
  29 this channel, which seems to have been mixed out.</p>
  30
  31 <p>During the verses, the guitar plays the Eb chords on the backbeat:</p>
  32 <pre class="tab">
  33   Eb
  34   :     .     .     .
  35 |-------------------------|
  36 |-------------------------|
  37 |----8------8-----8-----8-|
  38 |----8------8-----8-----8-|
  39 |---10-----10----10----10-|
  40 |-------------------------|
  41 </pre>
  42
  43 <p>In some verses the return from Bb to Eb in the last line passes
  44 through Ab.</p>
  45
  46 <p>I haven't written out the different solos in the interludes, but they
  47 follow the same chord pattern as the model in the intro. It can be
  48 played in different positions, of course, but if one plays the
  49 11-13-11-turn with the little finger and keeps a half barre on the 8th
  50 fret during the second Ab measure, it is playable as written below.</p>
  51
  52 <hr />
  53
  54 <p>Intro:</p>
  55 <pre class="tab">
  56               Eb7             Eb6               Eb+             Eb7     Ab
  57     .         :       .       .       .         :       .       .       .
  58 ------------|-11---11-11---11-11---11-11---11-|-11---11-11---11-11---11-11---11-|
  59 -11-13---11-|-14---14-14---14-13---13-13---13-|-12---12-12---12-11---11-13---13-|
  60 ------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------13---13-|
  61 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  62 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  63 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|</pre>
  64 <pre class="tab">
  65   Eb      Ab      Eb                                       Ab
  66   :       .       .     .       :       .     .     .      :    .    .    .
  67 |-11---11---------------------|--------------------------|----------------11---13-|
  68 |-11---11-9----9--8---8-8---8-|-8----8--8---8-8----------|-13-------------11---13-|
  69 |-12---12-8----8--8---8-8---8-|-8----8--8---8-8--------8-|-11---------------------|
  70 |---------10---10-8---8-9---9-|-10---10-9---9-8---8h10---|------------------------|
  71 |-----------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
  72 |-----------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|</pre>
  73 <pre class="tab">
  74                                 Eb
  75   :      .      .     .         :      .     .     .       :    .    .    .
  76 |-11--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
  77 |-11--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
  78 |------8-11--10-8-------------|-----8--------------------|/8------/8-----------|
  79 |--------------------8--------|--------------------------|---------------------|
  80 |----------------------11---9-|-10-----------------------|---------------------|
  81 |-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
  82 </pre>
  83 <pre class="tab">
  84   Ab7                                                        Eb
  85   :      .      .     .         :      .      .      .       :      .     .     .
  86 |-----------------------------|----------------------------|-----11-------11---------|
  87 |/13--13-----13------------13-|-----13-11-----13-----11----|-----11-------11---------|
  88 |/13--13-----13------------13-|-----13-12-----13-----11h12-|-----12-------12---------|
  89 |-----------------------------|(13)--------13----(13)------|-13----------------------|
  90 |-----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
  91 |-----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
  92 </pre>
  93 <pre class="tab">
  94 &nbsp;
  95   :     .      .     .
  96 |-11--------11-------------|
  97 |-11--------11-------------|
  98 |-12--------12-------------|
  99 |-13--------13-------------|
 100 |--------------------------|
 101 |--------------------------|
 102 </pre>
 103
 104 <pre class="verse">
 105 Eb
 106  Summer days, summer nights are gone,
 107 Ab7                               Eb
 108 Summer days and summer nights are gone,
 109          Bb7                                       Eb
 110 I know a place where there's still somethin' goin' on.
 111
 112 I got a house on the hill, I got hogs out in the mud,
 113 I got a house on the hill, I got hogs all out in the mud,
 114 I got a long-haired woman, she got raw Indian blood.
 115
 116 Everybody get ready, lift up your glasses and sing,
 117 Everybody get ready, lift up your glasses and sing,
 118 Well, I'm standin' on the table, I'm proposin' a toast to the king.
 119 </pre>
 120
 121 <pre class="tab bridge2">
 122 Well, I'm -
 123
 124   Eb7           Eb6             Eb+           Eb
 125   :      .      .      .        :      .      .       .
 126 |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 127 |-8---8--8---8--8---8--8---8--|-8----8-8----8-8----8--------|
 128 |-8---8--8---8--8---8--8---8--|-8----8-8----8-8----8--------|
 129 |-11--11-11--11-10--10-10--10-|-9----9-9----9-8----8-10--10-|
 130 |-----------------------------|----------------------11--11-|
 131 |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 132  drivin' in the flats  in a     Cadil -lac  car.         The
 133 </pre>
 134 <pre class="tab bridge2">
 135          Ab     Eb    Eb+     Eb6   Eb+   Eb   (Eb7)
 136   :      .      .     .       :     .     .     .
 137 |---------------------------|-------------------------|
 138 |--------9---9--8-----8-----|-8-----8-----8-----8-----|
 139 |-8---8--8---8--8-----8-----|-8-----8-----8-----6-----|
 140 |-8---8--10--10-8-----9-----|-10----9-----8-----8-----|
 141 |-10--10--------------------|-------------------------|
 142 |---------------------------|-------------------------|
 143   girls  all    say you're a  worn  out   star
 144 </pre>
 145
 146 <pre class="bridge">
 147    Ab7                                       Eb
 148 My pockets are loaded and I'm spendin' every dime.
 149             Bb7
 150 How can you say you love someone else,
 151                                   Eb
 152         You know it's me all the time.
 153
 154 [intro]
 155 </pre>
 156
 157 <pre class="verse">
 158 Well, the fog's so thick you can't spy the land,
 159 The fog is so thick that you can't even spy the land,
 160 What good are you anyway if you can't stand up to some old businessman.
 161
 162 Weddin' bells are ringin' and the choir is beginnin' to sing,
 163 Yes, the weddin' bells are ringin' and the choir's  beginnin' to sing,
 164 What looks good in the day, at night is another thing.
 165
 166 She's lookin' into my eyes, and she's a-holdin' my hand,
 167 She lookin' into my eyes, she's holdin' my hand,
 168 She says, &quot;You can't repeat the past,&quot;
 169     I say &quot;You can't? What do you mean you can't? Of course, you can.&quot;*)
 170 </pre>
 171
 172 <pre class="bridge">
 173 &quot;Where do you come from?&quot; &quot;Where do you go?&quot;
 174 Sorry, that is nothin' you would need to know.
 175 Well, my back's been to the wall so long, it seems like it's stuck.
 176 Why don't you break my heart one more time just for good luck?
 177
 178 [intro]
 179 </pre>
 180
 181 <pre class="verse">
 182 I got eight carburetors, boys, I'm usin' 'em all,
 183 Well, I got eight carburetors and, boys, I'm usin' 'em all,
 184 I'm short on gas, my motor's startin' to stall.
 185
 186 My dogs are barkin', there must be someone around,
 187 My dogs are barkin', there must be someone around,
 188 I got my hammer ringin', pretty baby, but the nails ain't goin' down.
 189
 190 If you got somethin' to say, speak or hold your peace,
 191 Well, you got somethin' to say, speak now or hold your peace,
 192 If it's information you want, you can get it from the police.
 193 </pre>
 194
 195 <pre class="bridge">
 196 Politician's got on his joggin' shoes,
 197 He must be runnin' for office, got no time to lose,
 198 Suckin' the blood out of the genius of generosity.
 199 You been a-rollin' your eyes, you been teasin' me.
 200
 201 [intro]
 202 </pre>
 203
 204 <pre class="verse">
 205 Standing by God's river, my soul's beginnin' to shake,
 206 Standing by God's river, my soul's beginnin' to shake,
 207 I'm countin' on you, love, to give me a break.
 208
 209 Well, I'm leavin' in the mornin' as soon as the dark clouds lift,
 210 Yes! I'm leavin' in the mornin' just as soon as the dark clouds lift,
 211 Gonn' break in the roof, set fire to the place as a parting gift.
 212
 213 Summer days, summer nights are gone,
 214 Summer days, summer nights are gone,
 215 I know a place where there's still somethin' goin' on.
 216
 217 Eb  Ab/eb Eb       Eb9
 218 </pre>
 219
 220 <hr />
 221
 222 <p>2nd guitar, intro:</p>
 223 <pre class="tab">
 224 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 225 ---------3--|-4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|-3----3--3----3------------------|
 226 -3--5-------|---------------------------------|-----------------6----6--5-----5-|
 227 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 228 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 229 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 230 </pre>
 231 <pre class="tab">
 232 |-----------------------------|-------
 233 |-----------------------------|-------
 234 |-3----3----------------------|-------
 235 |---------6----6--5---5-3---3-|------- etc
 236 |-----------------------------|-6-----
 237 |-----------------------------|-------
 238 </pre>
 239
 240 <p>1st and 2nd guitars, combined (the 3rd string has to be damped - it's
 241 a bit awkward, but it can be done...):</p>
 242 <pre class="tab">
 243               Eb7             Eb6               Eb+             Eb7     Ab
 244     .         :       .       .       .         :       .       .       .
 245 ------------|-11---11-11---11-11---11-11---11-|-11---11-11---11-11---11-11---11-|
 246 -11-13---11-|-14---14-14---14-13---13-13---13-|-12---12-12---12-11---11-9----9--|
 247 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 248 ------------|-13---13-13---13-13---13-13---13-|-12---12-12---12-11---11-10---10-|
 249 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 250 ------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 251 </pre>
 252 <pre class="tab">
 253   Eb      Ab      Eb
 254   :     .       .       .       :    .    .    .
 255 |-----------------------------|---------------------
 256 |-8---8-----------------------|---------------------
 257 |-8---8-----------------------|---------------------
 258 |-8---8-10---10-8----8--------|---- etc ------------
 259 |-------11---11-10---10-8---8-|---------------------
 260 |-----------------------------|-11------------------
 261 </pre>
 262
 263 <hr />
 264
 265 <p>*) Here's the full quotation from <em>The Great Gatsby</em>:</p>
 266 <p class="quote">&ldquo;You can't repeat the past.&rdquo;<br />
 267  &ldquo;Can't repeat the past?&rdquo; he cried incredulously. &ldquo;Why of course you can!&rdquo;<br />
 268  &ldquo;I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before,&rdquo; he said, nodding determinedly, &ldquo;She'll see.&rdquo;
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