Girls In Their Summer Clothes

Tom: C
Intro: (C F) 2x

                       C
Well the street lights shine
        F               C            G
Down on Blessing Avenue
                 C
Lovers they walk by
F                     G
Holdin' hands two by two

                     C 
A breeze crosses the porch
F                    C               G  
Bicycle spokes spin 'round
                         C
Jacket's on, I'm out the door
F                           G     
Tonight I'm gonna burn this town down

        F                       C
And the girls in their summer clothes
        F                    C
In the cool of the evening light
    F                       C
The girls in their summer clothes
        G  
Pass me by

                  C  
Kid's rubber ball smacks
        F                       C              G   
Off the gutter 'neath the lamp light
               C  
Big bank clock chimes
           F                  G 
Off go the sleepy front porch lights

                       C  
Downtown the store's alive
       F                C              G
As the evening's underway
                     C 
Things been a little tight
      F                                G
But I know they're gonna turn my way

        F                       C
And the girls in their summer clothes
        F                    C
In the cool of the evening light
    F                       C
The girls in their summer clothes
        G  
Pass me by


          Bb  
Frankie's Diner's
                   F
Over on the edge of town
                  Am
Neon sign spinnin' round
        G                       C               F
Like a cross over the lost and found
             Bb             
Fluorescent lights
                     F
Flicker above Bob's Grill
                                    Am
Shaniqua brings a coffee and asks "fill?"
            G                          C   F    G
And says "penny for your thoughts now my poor Bill"

           C
She went away
    F             C             G  
She cut me like a knife
                C
Had a beautiful thing
      F                  G       
Maybe you just saved my life

   G#m     Am 
In just a glance
F                  C            G       
Down here on Magic Street
                 Am
Love's a fool's dance
        F                           C  F   G 
I ain't got much sense but I still got my feet

        F                       C
And the girls in their summer clothes
        F                    C
In the cool of the evening light
    F                       C
The girls in their summer clothes
        G  
Pass me by
        F                       C 
And the girls in their summer clothes
        F                   G      G#m   
In the cool of the evening light
    Am                      F
The girls in their summer clothes
        G  
Pass me by

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