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                  FIRST DAY OF SUMMER - Screeching Weasel
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By Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)

Notes:
* "E" refers to 022XXX, "E(VII)" refers to X799XXX
* (pm) = palm muted
* (chord)^ = chord is arpeggiated


[Verse]
A                    A / G# / F#
Seasons will change              and so will you
     D                              E(VII)
I've seen the signs a million times before
           D                 A
You try so hard to keep your cool
A                  A / G# / F#
What's the matter              with today?
       D
You're always planning something
         E(VII)             D             A
And that something's always twenty years away


[Chorus]
E         F#            D            E
  Come on now, it's the first day of summer
             F#          D
Please don't let it slip by, just try
To squeeze all of the life out of it
A                  D
  This is a summer day
      A              D
But I thought that I heard you say
A                   E(VII)           A    D / E(VII)
  It's just another day, watch it go by
A                  D
  This is a summer day
      A              D
But I thought that I heard you say
A                   E(VII)           A
  It's just another day, watch it go by


[Verse]
    A(pm)              A(pm) / G#(pm) / F#(pm)
The summer's starting                          so why aren't you?
      D(pm)
We're getting older every day and
E(VII)(pm)        D(pm)            A(pm)   (Release palm mute as you go
I can't stay here getting old with you      into chorus.)


[Repeat Chorus]


[Bridge]
E^      F#^  D^     E^       E^       F#^    D(pm)
Did you ever notice that the summer's almost gone
             E(VII)(pm)   (pause)       A / E(VII) / A
Just when it starts        Please don't stop
D       A / E(VII) / A / D       A / E(VII) / A / D       E(VII)
  Don't stop,              Don't stop,              Don't stop

[Guitars cut out, solo drums for four bars, then bass and vocals enter.]

Here comes summer, here comes summer


[Guitars enter]

A    D     A D     A    D     A D   (All of these chords are palm muted)
Here comes summer, here comes summer

[A / D] x8 (w/ keyboards)

[Verse]  (Play like the first verse, that is, with no palm mutes.)
The summer's starting so why aren't you?
We're getting older every day and
I can't stay here getting old with you


[Repeat Chorus]


[A / E(VII) / A / D] x8 (with vocals "Don't stop" "Here comes summer"
                         and "Please don't stop")

[End on A]

Keyboard part transcribed for guitar
\ = pull-off

E--12---10\9--9-9-10-9--12---10\9--9-9-10-9--
B--------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------

And repeat once.

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