Bert Sommer (February 7, 1949 – July 23, 1990) was a folk singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had a hit with the song "We're All Playing In The Same Band." He was briefly a member of baroque-pop group the Left Banke, co-writing and singing lead on the "Ivy Ivy"/"And Suddenly" single.
Sommer also played Woof in the original Broadway production of Hair and "Flatbush" of Kaptain Kool and the Kongs on The Krofft Supershow in 1976. He did not reprise the role in the second season.
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SONG: WE'RE ALL PLAYING IN THE SAME BAND ARTIST: BERT SOMMER TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected]
WE'RE ALL PLAYING IN THE SAME BAND BERT SOMMER
INTRO: AEAE
VERSE: AE We're all playing in the same band A There's enough guitars for you and me E Stand beside your brother and take his hand DAE Seems the times are changing finally-yyyyy
CHORUS: AE We're all playing in the same band A Sing the song together and you'll see E Let them know forever just where you stand DAEA People must be learning finally-yyyyy
EA And we're all playing in the same band EA We're all playing in the same band EDAE We're all playing in the same band
BREAK: A Oh, him, her, you and me D Them and those, he and she AD And we aaaand we
A Him, her, you and me D Them and those, he and she ADAEAE And weeeee and weeeeeeeee
VERSE: AE We're all playing in the same band A There's enough guitars for you and me E Stand beside your brother and take his hand DAE Seems the times are changing finally-yyyyy
CHORUS/OUTRO: A Whoa, oh, oh EA And we're all playing in the same band EA We're all playing in the same band EDAEAEAEA - FADE OUT We're all playing in the saaaame band