The Summer Before The War Acordes

Written by Huw Williams, chords transcribed from the Fairport Convention Songbook One v2.0
 
[Intro]
G  D7sus4  G  D7sus4  G  D7sus4  G  D7sus4
 
[Verse 1]
G        Dadd4    C           G/B
All on a Saturday bright as a bell
C          G/B          Am7  D
Early, and just for the ride
G         Dadd4        C           G/B
We took a trip cycling down to the sea
Am7          D         G
You and your lady, and I
 
[Bridge 1]
Am7       G/B
Oh what a summer
C  G/B  Am7 G
Oh what a   sun
Am            Am/G        Am     D
Bright in the blue sky it clung
 
[Chorus]
G          Dadd4
One day at Whitsun
    C                 Am7b5  Am7
The sea and the shore
             D/F#     G  D7sus4  G  D7sus4
The summer before the war
 
[Verse 2]
G          Dadd4                  C                 G/B
All summer places where you could taste the country air
C          G/B          Am7  D
Racing our shadows we'd fly
G                Dadd4        C           G/B
Down through the narrow lanes chasing the slow trains
    Am7        D         G
The last of an age going by
 
[Bridge 2]
Am7      G/B
We had a good time
C  G/B Am7  G
We had some fun
Am        Am/G          Am          D
There was time then and we all were young
 
[Chorus]
G          Dadd4
One day at Whitsun
    C                 Am7b5  Am7
The sea and the shore
             D/F#     G
The summer before the war
 
[Bridge 3]
Am7              D
Young hearts and young souls
Am             Em
Young minds to unfold
Am          Am/G          Am    D
Knowing the untold somehow
 
[Chorus]
G          Dadd4
One day at Whitsun
    C                 Am7b5  Am7
The sea and the shore
             D/F#     G  D7sus4  G  D7sus4
The summer before the war
 
[Instrumental Verse]
G         Dadd4     C         G/B
C         G/B       Am7       D
G         Dadd4     C         G/B
Am7       D         G
Am7       G/B       C G/B Am7 G
Am        Am/G      Am        D
G         Dadd4     C         Am7b5
Am7       D/F#      G
 
[Bridge 3]
Am7              D
Young hearts and young souls
Am             Em
Young minds to unfold
Am          Am/G          Am    D
Knowing the untold somehow
 
[Chorus]
G          Dadd4
One day at Whitsun
    C                 Am7b5  Am7
The sea and the shore
             D/F#     G  D7sus4  G  D7sus4
The summer before the war
 
[Verse 3]
G          Dadd4             C            G/B
We found a small cove by the sand and the water
C        G/B          Am7  D
Salt air brushing our skin
G            Dadd4    C           G/B
Your hand in her hand her hand in mine
Am7          D           G
Watching the sea rushing in
 
[Bridge 2]
Am7       G/B
Oh what a moment
C  G/B  Am7 G
Oh what a   day
Am                 Am/G          Am        D
We held it, and it never slipped away
 
[Chorus]
G          Dadd4
One day at Whitsun
    C                 Am7b5  Am7
The sea and the shore
             D/F#     G  D7sus4  G  D7sus4
The summer before the war
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