Summertime — R.E.M.

Progression 1: Am6 E9 Am6 E9 Am6 E9 Am6 E9

Progression 2: Dm Gm6 Fmaj7 Adim E

Progression 1b: Am6 E9 Am6 E9 Am6 E9 Am6

Progression 3: Cmaj7 Am7 F9+6 E7+5-9 Am6 E7 Am6 E7

Progression-3b: (Ending) Cmaj7 Am7 F9+6 E7+5 Am6 E7 Am6

Verse

Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mama's good lookin' So hush little baby now don't you cry

Verse

One of these mornin's You're gonna rise up singin' You're gonna spread your wings And take to the sky But til that mornin' Ain't nothin' can harm you With your daddy & your mammy standin' by

My arrangement:

Verse 1: prog-1 prog-2 prog-1b prog-3

Verse 2: (same as Verse-1, except use chords from 2nd-half of prog-3 instead of chords from prog-1)

Verse

Ending: Repeat last line with prog-3 again, then repeat last line with prog-3b, very slowly. (It's nice to add a descending scale between the F9+6 & E7+5 chords. Try an Fmaj scale from middle F, and ending on the low E.)