Janis Joplin - Summertime Tab

Summertime
Big Brother and the Holding Company, 1966.
Tabbed and Submitted by HeathrowGiant.

(opening)
E 14 17 15 14 15
B 13 15 16 15
G 12 14 15
D 12
A 12 13
E 3 1 15
E 15 14 15 15 14 15
B 16 15 16 15
G 17 15 14 15 14
D 17 16 17
A
E
E
B 16 15 15 15
G 14 15 17 17 15 17 17 15 14 15 17 15 14
D
A
E
E
B 15 16 15
G 14 15 17 17 15 14 15 14
D 17 16 17 17 16 17
A
E
E
B 15 16 15
G 14 15 17 17 15 14
D 16
A
E

(verse)

E 3 3 3
B 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1
G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
D 5 4 3 2 1
A
E

(verse fills - listen to song for timing) - Cm D

E 3 5 8 6 8b 8b 8b 8
B 3 4 6 4 7
G 5 7
D 5 7
A 3 5 6 3 5
E 3 5 6
'...and take to the sky' (leads)
E 18b 18b 15 15
B 18 18 15 18 18b 18b 18 15 18 15
G 18 17
D
A
E

(2nd verse chords)

Gm Bb Cm D
E 3 3
B 3 3 3 4 7
G 15 17b 17b 15 17b 3 3 3 5 7
D 5 3 5 5 7
A 5 1 5 3 5
E 3 3

(lead guitar break w/distortion)

E 15 14 15 15 14 15 15 14 15
B 15 16 15 16 15
G 17 15 14
D
A
E
E 15 14
B 15 15 15
G 15 14 14 14/15 15\14 14 15 14
D 17 16 15 15
A 15
E
E
B 15 16 13 16 16 15 16 13 16 15 13 (REPEAT 1x)
G 15 15
D
A
E
E
B 15 13 15 11 15 10 15 11 15 10 15
G 14
D
A
E
E
B 16 15 16 13 16 11 16 13 16 11 16
G 15
D
A
E
E
B 15 13 15 11 15 13 11 13 10 13 11 10 11 8 10
G 14 12 10
D
A
E
E 10 10 11 14
B 10 8 10 7 8 12 12 11 11 13 15
G 9 12 12 12 12 12 14
D 12 12 13 16
A
E

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