• From: Cardiff
  • Registered: 2006-04-26
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Topic: Summer Songs?

Hey


Have had a quick trawl through the songbooks looking for typical summer songs in prep for the long evenings and campfires (the best time of year to be playing guitar!!).  Is there a songbook here that would fit the bill?  If not would welcome some suggestions!  Thinking along the lines of Bob's 'Redemption Song' or 'Sittin on the Dock of the Bay' ... y'know, chilled, relaxed smooth acoustic tunes, perhaps a bit more upbeat than the two I have mentioned, but not too difficult as copious amounts of beer and bourbon are usually involved!  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_cool.gif" border=0 alt="Cool">


Any thoughts!?

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Re: Summer Songs?

I got a few that go down well sitting out on the hills in the sunshine with a whisky in one hand a beer at the feet and guitar in hand.


loch lomond

dirty old town

you ar my sunshine

honky tonk woman


and lotas more but i gotto go make the kids dinne, ooops, i am in trouble yet again


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  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
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Re: Summer Songs?

Summer/Campfire songs are great fun when there is a sing-along (or howl-along chorus) that everybody can join in on . . .


Here are links to some dandy ones:

Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … ranspose=0

"Phht" You Were Gone (the silly song from 'Hee Haw')
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … ranspose=0

In The Summertime
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/getso … ime.chopro

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  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
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Re: Summer Songs?

A couple more great campfire sing-alongs came to mind, both by Steve Miller:

Keep On Rockin' Me Baby
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … ranspose=0

The Joker
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … ranspose=0

Both simple and infectiously fun to sing -

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  • From: Cardiff
  • Registered: 2006-04-26
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Re: Summer Songs?

Many thanks guys!  Some good suggestions there!


Chris

  • From: Seaside Oregon
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Re: Summer Songs?

Chad and Jeremy's "A Summer Song" is a good campfire tune and has the right title lol, easy 4 chord tune............keep on.....justasinger54

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Re: Summer Songs?

Sumertime.

Me et Julio Down by the Schoolyard.

La Bamba/Twist and Shout.

La Mer.

Boys of Summer.

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Re: Summer Songs?

Late in the evening  ... paul simon

cant you see...   minglewood version

tuesday's gone ... skynard



Badeye   cool

one caper after another