Summer

Words & Music by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss
from Rocky Mountain High (1972)
version sung by J.Denver in An Evening With John Denver (1975)


Unusual chord:
Bb/F : 113331


 C            Em              F            C
Silently the morning mist is lying on the water
 F                 Am                C    G
captive moonlight waiting for the dawn
 C             Em               F                C
Softly like a baby's breath a breeze begins to whisper,
     F             Am                G
the sun is coming quick you must be gone.

  C             Em            F                C
Smiling like a superstar the morning comes in singing,
      F          Am            C     G
the promise of another sunny day.
    C               Em          F                 C
And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine,
   F               Am                  G  
I do believe that summer's here to stay.

 F                             C
Do you care what's happening around you,
	 F                                 C   G
Do your senses know the changes when they co---ome,           
	 F                              C
Can you see yourself reflecting in the season,          
	F                              C  Bb/F  F  C  Bb/F  F  C  Bb/F  F  
Can you understand the need to carry on.

 C             Em         F                 C
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
    F            Am           C           G
so many ways and oh so many things
   C              Em                  F                C
Rejoicing in the diff'rences there's no one just like me
	F               Am                    G  
yet as diff'rent as we are we're still the same.

    F                       C
And oh, I love the life within me
   F                           C          G
I feel a part of everything I see
    F                       C
And oh, I love the life around me,
   F                             C
a part of everything is here in me.
   F                             C
A part of everything is here in me.
	  F                      C  Bb/F  F  C  Bb/F  F  C  Bb/F  F  
A part of everything is here in me.