Jun232023

Brad Paisley – So Many Summers Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsC F Am

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These are So Many Summers chords by Brad Paisley on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
 C   F  C  F
C   F   Am  F

[Verse 1]
              C
Look at that road and
             F
look at the sunset
              Am
Look at that girl waitin'
         F
 on the porch
            C
It's gonna be a
         F
cold September
          Am
Tell me, boy,
what are you waitin' for?
F                      C
 You only get so many summers
F                    Am        F
 You only get so many summers

[Verse 2]
               C
So go to that party,
             F
 light that fire
          Am
Hold her hand in the
           F
 high moonlight
               C
Lose track of time,
              F
pull an all-nighter
          Am
When the sun comes up,
               F
kiss her goodnight
                      C
You only get so many summers
F                    Am        F
 You only get so many summers

[Chorus]
     C
So swing for the fence
     F
And jump in the water
 Am
Soak it all in
 F
Watch all the bobbers
          C
Play the songs on ten
     F
And tell her you love her
     Am                 F
And wake up and do it again
                      C
You only get so many summers
F                    Am       F
 You only get so many summers

[Verse 3]
          C
I'd makе money cuttin' grass
            F
And mama'd make her sweet tea
        Am
I was growin' up fast
       F
 and eventually
                C
When Dad would wanna play catch
         F
I'd say maybe some other time
          Am
I wanna grab that kid
            F                  C
Say are you out of your mind?
F                     Am
 You only get so many summers
                    F
You only get so many summers

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[solo]
C   F   Am   F   2x

[Verse 4]
         C
I saw a man in the park,
         F
eighty years on his face
        Am
He was watchin' his grandkids
      F
and my kids play
             C
Said you'll wake up tomorrow
           F
 and that car will be packed
         Am
They'll roll off to college
            F                C
 and they'll never look back
F                     Am
 You only get so many summers
F                    C
 You only get so many summers
F                     Am       F
 You only get so many summers

[Chorus]
     C
So swing for the fence
     F                 Am     F
And jump in the water
          C
Play the songs on ten
     F
And tell her you love her
     Am                 F
And wake up and do it again
 C
Soak it all in
 F                    Am   F   C
Watch all the bobbers
F                      Am     F
 You only get so many summers

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How to play So Many Summers: key, chords and progression

So Many Summers by Brad Paisley is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 3 chords: C, F and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – C – F – Am (IV – I – IV – vi in C major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.