NIKI (Nicole Zefanya) – Every Summertime Chords on Piano & Ukulele

NIKI (Nicole Zefanya) – Every Summertime Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsD#C#G#FmA#D#7CmF#

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These are the chords for Every Summertime by NIKI (Nicole Zefanya) on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D# C# (2x)

[Verse 1]
D#
 Eighteen, we were undergrads
C#
 Stayed out late,
never made it to class, uh
D#
 Outer Richmond in a taxi cab
C#
 You were sweatin'
 bullets on the way to my Dad's
    G#  Fm           A#
And oh,   you said, "Baby,
think we're movin' 
            D#  C#
too fast!"

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[Pre-Chorus 1]
G#
  And I swear the
      Fm       G#
 magnolias flashed
      D#                D#7
a smile (Flashed a smile)
     G#             Cm        G#
And that's when I caught me hopin'
          Fm
you'd stay a while
 A#             A#
 (Stay a while)

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[Chorus]
 F#
Baby, I'd give up anything
       C#
to travel inside your mind
 F#
Baby, I fall in love again
        C#
come every summertime
    F#
My daddy taught me to choose
                  C#
 'em wisely but you don't
 have to try
          F#
'Cause, baby, I fall in
                    A#
lovе every summertimе

[Verse 2]
D#
 Twenty-five, man we're
missin' church
C#
 Laugh 'bout everyone
 we're hatin' at work
D#
 Dinner with your sister
and the jokes kinda hurt
C#
 Cry the way home and
                       G#
 you're puttin' me first,
      Fm
 oh
       A#
Yeah, you just always
                   D#  C#
know what to say

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[Pre-Chorus 2]
G#
  We're strolling down the
     Fm            G#
boulevard, and dancing under
      D#                     D#7
streetlights (Oh, the lights)
G#        Cm           G#
  Every year we get older and
             Fm
 I'm still on your
    A#        A#
side (Oh, I)

[Chorus]
 F#
Baby, I'd give up anything
       C#
 to travel inside your mind
 F#
Baby, I fall in love again
        C#
 come every summertime
    F#
My daddy taught me to choose
                   C#
'em wisely but you don't
 have to try
          F#
'Cause, baby, I fall in
                     A#
 lovе every summertimе

[Outro]
F#
Every day is summertime
C#
Every day is summertime
F#
Every day is summertime
        C#
with you
F#
Every day is summertime
C#
Every day is summertime
F#
Every day is summertime
        C#
 with you
F#  C# (4x)

How to play Every Summertime: key, chords and progression

Every Summertime by NIKI (Nicole Zefanya) is in the key of A♭ major (four flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭). The song uses 8 chords: D#, C#, G#, Fm, A#, D#7, Cm and F#.

The backbone of the song is D# – C# – G# – Fm (V – IV – I – vi in A♭ major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – lah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes D, C, G, Em, A, D7, Bm, F (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D# chord on guitar (x68886)
D♯D♯ G A♯
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯
G# chord on guitar (466544)
G♯G♯ B♯ D♯
Fm chord on guitar (133111)
FmF A♭ C
A# chord on guitar (x13331)
A♯A♯ D E♯
D#7 chord on guitar (x68686)
D♯7D♯ G A♯ C♯
Cm chord on guitar (x35543)
CmC E♭ G
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯

Every Summertime chords: questions

What key is Every Summertime in?

Every Summertime by NIKI (Nicole Zefanya) is in the key of A♭ major (four flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭).

What chords are in Every Summertime?

Every Summertime uses 8 chords: D#, C#, G#, Fm, A#, D#7, Cm, F#.

What is the chord progression of Every Summertime?

The main progression is D# – C# – G# – Fm (V – IV – I – vi).

Is Every Summertime easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes D, C, G, Em, A, D7, Bm, F (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo).

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