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Love Bummer In The Summer Guitar Tab

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"Bummer In The Summer"
(Arthur Lee)

Intro:

(D) E G/D E G/D E G A
/ / / / / / / / /

(acoustic guitar, 2X; continue into verse):

D C
v v v v
---------------------------------|
-----3-------3-------------------|
-----2---0h2---------------------|
-0-----------------------2h3-----|
-----------------0h2h3-----------|
---------------------------------|

Verse 1:

D C
Well I remember when you used to look so good
D C D C D C
And I did everything that I possibly could for you
D C
We used to ride around all over town
D C D C D C
But they're puttin' you down for bein' around with me
E G/D E
But you can go ahead if you want to
G/D E G A D C D C
'Cause I ain't got no papers on you

Verse 2:

In the middle of the summer I had a job bein' a plumber
Just to pass till the fall it was you I wanna ball all day
Ah-we were walkin' along, honey, hand in hand
I'm a-thinkin' of you, mama, when you're thinkin' of another man
But you can go ahead if you want to
'Cause I ain't got no papers on you
(No, I don't I ain't got no papers on myself)

Break ("Bo Diddley" beat):

D G D C D G D C
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

[repeat intro]

(guitar solo over D-C intro riff [8X])

Verse 3:

All alone on the bone when I didn't have a home
When I saw the way I was and I knew where I was supposed to be
I was twitchin' so I turned and it's really hard to learn
That everyone I saw was just another part of me
But you can go ahead if you want to
'Cause nobody's got no papers on you
(No, babe, it's just a falsehood)

[repeat break]

[repeat intro; end cold on D]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Zane
Rhythm Player
#1 by Zane Haight at Oct 26, 1984 at 10:05 PM EST
This song seems to be commenting on the free love ideal with "But you can go ahead if you want to/'Cause nobody's got no papers on you." In some ways it seems to be critiquing or examining the free love "utopia" more than many bands at the time. Not one of my favorite songs on this album, though.