(C)Am
By the mansion on the hillside,
FGC F, C
Red sports car comes driving down the road.
C/BAm
And pulls up into the driveway,
FGC F, C
And a story does un-fold.
Verse 2:
CC/BAm
She's standing by the rhodo-dendrons,
FGC F, C
Where the roses are in bloom.
C/BAm
Looking out at the At-lantic ocean,
FGC F, C
And in her head she hums this tune.
Verse 3:
CC/BAm
Thank god the dark nights, are drawing in a-gain,
FGC F, C
'Cos high summer has got me down.
C/BAm
I'll wait till the end of August,
FGC F, C
And get off this merry-go-round.
Verse 4:
CC/BAm
And they shut him out of paradise,
FGC F, C
Called him Lucifer, and frowned.
C/BAm
She took pride in what God made him,
FC F, C
Even before the angels shot him down to the ground.
Verse 5:
CC/BAm
He's a light out of the darkness,
FGC F, C
And he wears a starry crown.
C/BAm
If you see him nothing will shake him,
FGC F, C
'Cos high summer has got him low down.
Solo:
AmF G, C, FC (x2)
Bridge 1:
CDm
High summer's got him lonesome,
GAmF
Even when he makes the rounds, (makes the rounds).
FDm
There's been no two ways a-bout it;
GC F, C
High summer's got him low down.
Verse 6:
CAm
Checked in to the tiny village by the lakeside,
FGC F, C
Settled down to start a-new.
C/BAm
Far away from the poli-ticians,
FGC F, C
And the many chosen few.
Verse 7:
CC/BAm
Far away from the jealousy factor,
FGC F, C
And everything that was tearing him a-part.
C/BAm
Far away from the organ grinder,
FGC F, C
And everyone that played their part.
Verse 8:
CC/BAm
And they shut him out of paradise,
FGC F, C
Called him Lucifer, and frowned.
C/BAm
She took pride in what God made him,
FC F, C
Even before the angels shot him down to the ground.
Verse 9:
CC/BAm
He's a light out of the darkness,
FGC F, C
And he wears a starry crown.
C/BAm
If you see him nothing will shake him,
FGC F, C
'Cos high summer has got him low down.
Solo:
AmF G, C, FC (x2)
Coda:
CC/BAm
High summer's on the rebound,
FGC F, C
High summer's got him low down.
CC/BAm
High summer's on the rebound,
FGC F, C
High summer's got him low down.
CC/BAm
High summer's on the rebound,
FGCFC
High summer's got him low down, low down.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.