Artist: Ricky Nelson
INTRO: [E] [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] [E]
#1.
[E]Summertime's here [B]but it's been [Dbm]so [E]long[A] . [B] [E]
It's been a long cold [E]winter, I'm so [A]glad
it's [E]gone.[A] [B] [E]
[E]Come on, baby, don't have no fear[A] . [B] [E]
[B]School is [E]passed through another year[A] . [B] [E]
#2.
A [E]long vacation this is [A]gonna [E]be..[A] [B] [E]
[E]everynight this [A]summer save your [E]love for me[A] . [B] [E]
[E]I jump in my [B]car and drive [A]clear across [E]town[A] ..[B] [E]
[E]just to be with you, baby, when the [B]lights go
[E]down.[A] [B] [E]
[CHORUS]
[Am]Just to be with you, baby, is my [E]one desire.
[E]The flames start to burnin' with your kisses
of fire.
[A]Hold me, baby, and [E]never let go.
[B]That's when I [Gb]feel like you love me [B]so.
#3.
[E]One of these [A]days we're gonna [E]settle down[A] . [B] [E]
[E]Then I won't have to drive clear across town[A] . [B] [E]
[E]You'll be mine through [A]eternit-[E]y. [A] [B] [E]
[E]Cause that's the way it was meant to be[A] . [B] [E]
INTERLUDE: [E] [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] [E]
[CHORUS]
[Am]Just to be with you, baby, is my [E]one desire.
[E]The flames start to burnin' with your kisses
of fire.
[A]Hold me, baby, and [E]never let go.
[B]That's when I [Gb]feel like you love me [B]so.
#4.
[E]One of these [A]days we're gonna [E]settle down[A] . [B] [E]
[E]Then I won't have to drive clear across town[A] . [B] [E]
[E]You'll be mine through [A]eternit-[E]y. [A] [B] [E]
[E]Cause that's the way it was meant to be[A] . [B] [E]
OUTRO: [E] [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..
[E] [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..
[E] [A] [B] E..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
#1.
[E]Summertime's here [B]but it's been [Dbm]so [E]long[A] . [B] [E]
It's been a long cold [E]winter, I'm so [A]glad
it's [E]gone.[A] [B] [E]
[E]Come on, baby, don't have no fear[A] . [B] [E]
[B]School is [E]passed through another year[A] . [B] [E]
#2.
A [E]long vacation this is [A]gonna [E]be..[A] [B] [E]
[E]everynight this [A]summer save your [E]love for me[A] . [B] [E]
[E]I jump in my [B]car and drive [A]clear across [E]town[A] ..[B] [E]
[E]just to be with you, baby, when the [B]lights go
[E]down.[A] [B] [E]
[CHORUS]
[Am]Just to be with you, baby, is my [E]one desire.
[E]The flames start to burnin' with your kisses
of fire.
[A]Hold me, baby, and [E]never let go.
[B]That's when I [Gb]feel like you love me [B]so.
#3.
[E]One of these [A]days we're gonna [E]settle down[A] . [B] [E]
[E]Then I won't have to drive clear across town[A] . [B] [E]
[E]You'll be mine through [A]eternit-[E]y. [A] [B] [E]
[E]Cause that's the way it was meant to be[A] . [B] [E]
INTERLUDE: [E] [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] [E]
[CHORUS]
[Am]Just to be with you, baby, is my [E]one desire.
[E]The flames start to burnin' with your kisses
of fire.
[A]Hold me, baby, and [E]never let go.
[B]That's when I [Gb]feel like you love me [B]so.
#4.
[E]One of these [A]days we're gonna [E]settle down[A] . [B] [E]
[E]Then I won't have to drive clear across town[A] . [B] [E]
[E]You'll be mine through [A]eternit-[E]y. [A] [B] [E]
[E]Cause that's the way it was meant to be[A] . [B] [E]
OUTRO: [E] [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..
[E] [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..E [A] [B] E..
[E] [A] [B] E..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
Used chords
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