Zach Bryan – Summertimes Close Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Zach Bryan – Summertimes Close Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
 C   F   C   F
 C  G   C   C

[Verse 1]
                C
Well, I've had cold and humid
              F
 mornings on city streets
            C
and back porches
     G
But I ain't never breathed
                       C
 a breath as fresh as you
                C
And I've seen children playin'
on the coastlines
            F
Under the white lines,
            C
 atop the blue tides
           F           C
But I ain't ever been baptized
     G                C
 in water as cool as you
         C
And the law don't ever
come back here and I
F                 C
 Reckon they don't try
      F                C
I just put some beer on ice
            G
Let's just dance for
               C
 a moment or two

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[Chorus]
                   Am
'Cause you're the fire of
      G       C         F
Carolina and Oklahoma too
      Am            G
The stars in St. Louis
        C            F
 ain't burnin' bright as you
            Am
You're the waves crashin'
  G          C        F
 down on the Eastern Coast
          Am           G
When the day's coolin' off
          C          F
 and the summertime's closed
        Am           G
I lost faith in the world
         C     F
 a long time ago

[Instrument]
 C   F   C  F
 C   G   C   C

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[Verse 2]
 C
We'd always ride those
 back roads back when
F         C
 You got sick
F                C
 Roll the windows down
      G              C
Just for the hell of it
    C
You always acted baptized
     F                 C
Every time we hit the coast
    F            C
Bandana tan line on your forehead
        G                C
So the tourists didn't know

[Chorus]
                   Am
'Cause you're the fire of
      G       C         F
Carolina and Oklahoma too
      Am            G
The stars in St. Louis
        C            F
 ain't burnin' bright as you
            Am
You're the waves crashin'
  G          C        F
 down on the Eastern Coast
          Am           G
When the day's coolin' off
          C          F
 and the summertime's closed
        Am           G
I lost faith in the world
         C     F
a long time ago
          Am          G
My blood-rush to the heart,
            C     F
 you were my last hope

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[Instrument]
C   F   C   F
  C  G   C  C

[Outro]
         C
And the law don't ever \
come back here and I
F                 C
 Reckon they don't try
      F                C
I just put some beer on ice
       G                   C
And tonight I'm dancin' for two

How to play Summertimes Close: key, chords and progression

These are Summertimes Close chords by Zach Bryan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Summertimes Close by Zach Bryan is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 4 chords in all: C, F, G and Am.

Listen for Am – G – C – F (vi – V – I – IV in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is lah – soh – doh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E

Summertimes Close chords: questions

What key is Summertimes Close in?

Summertimes Close by Zach Bryan is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Summertimes Close?

Summertimes Close uses 4 chords: C, F, G, Am.

What is the chord progression of Summertimes Close?

The main progression is Am – G – C – F (vi – V – I – IV).

Is Summertimes Close easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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