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Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls

This is based on the Billy Joel version, which is in F.

I play in D

As much walking between chords as you can fit in

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G

	D	D/F#
They say that	these are not the	best of times

	Em7	G	D	D/F#	Em7	G
But t	hey’re the only	times I’ve ever	known

	D	D/F#	Em7
And I be	lieve that there’s a	time for medit	ation

	G	A7	E	A
In cat	hedrals of our	own	→

	F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
N	ow I have	seen that sad sur	render

	G	G	D/F#
In my	lover’s eyes

	E7	A7
And	I can only stand apart and	sympathize

	G	D/F#	Em7
For we are	always what our	situations	hand us

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G

	D	D/F#
And so we’ll	argue and we’ll co	mpromise

	Em7	G	D	D/F#	Em7	G
And r	ealize that n	othing’s really	changed

	D	D/F#
For all our m	utual ex	perience

	Em7	G	A7	E	A
Our	separate conc	lusions are the	same	→

	F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
N	ow we are	forced to recog	nize our

	G	G	D/F#
Inhu	manity

	E7	A7
Our	reason coexists with our in	sanity

	G	D/F#	Em7
And though we c	hoose between re	ality and m	adness

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

Instrumental if appropriate

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G
D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	E	A	F#/A#
		→

	Bm	Bm/A	G	G	D/F#
How t	houghtlessly we di	ssipate our e	nergies

	E7	A7
Perh	aps we don’t fulfill each other’s	fantasies

	G	D/F#	Em7
And as we	stand upon the	ledges of our liv	es

	A7	G	C	G
With our resp	ective simi	larities	→

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

A7	G
Sadness or euph	oria