In The Summertime:Roger Miller.
Album - The Return Of Roger Miller -
#2 on Country Albums and #4 on BB Hot
200 on SMASH Records in 1965.
INTRO: 1-2-3!!
#1.
E
In the summertime when all the trees and
B
leaves are green and the redbird sings,
E
I'll be blue..cause you don't want my love.
E
Some other time, that's what you say when
B
I want you..then you laugh at me and make
E
me cry..cause you don't want my love.
CHORUS:
A
You don't seem to care a thing about me.
A E
You'd rather live without me than to have
my arms around you when the nights are cold
B
and you're so all alone.
#2.
E
In the summertime when all the trees and
B
leaves are green and the redbird sings,
E
I'll be blue..cause you don't want my love.
INTERLUDE: E B E
#3.
E
Once upon a time you used to smile and wave
B
to me and walk with me, but now you don't.
E
Cause you don't want my love.
E
Some other guy is takin' up all your time
B
Now, you don't have time for me.
E
Cause you don't want my love.
CHORUS:
A
You don't seem to care a thing about me.
A E
You'd rather live without me than to have
my arms around you when the nights are cold
B
and you're so all alone.
OUTRO:
E
In the summertime when all the trees and
B
leaves are green and the redbird sings,
E
I'll be blue..cause you don't want my love.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.