This song is from Jake Etheridge's most recent album, released in 2016. The listed strumming
pattern works for almost the entire song, but there are a few times in the intro,
instrumentals, and outro where it changes slightly. I recommend listening to the song and
playing along with it. I did this entirely by ear, so it's not perfect, but it's definitely accurate.
Summer Storms by Jake Etheridge
Capo - 4th fret
[Intro]
Em G C Em7 D
Em G C
[Verse 1]
(C) Em G C
I figured you'd just run out of things to say
Em7 D
Like you sometimes did in the dead of the night
Em G C
Thought for sure we'd be just fine come morning
[Verse 2]
Em G C
But through cracks of early eyes
Em7 D
I stumbled out of the bed and through our apartment
Em G C
Called your name out twice, where'd you go darling?
[Pre-Chorus]
D
And I guess
G Em C G
You don't know what you're doing until you've done too much
D
And the best
G Em C D
That I had to offer was never gonna be quite enough
[Chorus]
G C
You spent one too many mornings
D Em
Just a choking down this town
C D Em
I guess your reasons for not leaving just ran out
[Instrumental]
(Em) G C Em7 D
Em G C
[Verse 3]
(C) Em G C
In the drawer by the kitchen sink
Em7 D
There's a cracked coffee cup and a picture of you and me
Em G C
Yeah, that always was where we kept the broken things
[Verse 4]
Em G C
So I fumble through the mess
Em7 D
Old triple A's and a half pack of cigarettes
Em G C
Touched every lonely key like the beads of a Rosary
[Pre-Chorus]
D
And I guess
G Em C G
You don't know what you're doing until you've done too much
D
And the best
G Em C D
That I had to offer was never gonna be quite enough
[Chorus]
G C
You spent one too many mornings
D Em
Just a choking down this town
C D Em
I guess your reasons for not leaving just ran out
[Instrumental]
(Em) G C Em7 D
Em G C
[Bridge]
C G
'Cause you
C
Always loved summer storms
C G
And you
C
Follow the lightening home
D
Ohhh
G Em C
Follow, follow, follow
G Em
Follow, follow
[End Chorus]
G C
You spent one too many mornings
D Em
Just a choking down this town
C D Em
I guess your reasons for not leaving just ran out
C D G
I guess your reasons for not leaving just ran out
[Outro]
Em G C Em7 D
Em G C
G