Dar Williams - Summerday Chords

CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO: D  Am  Em  G  D

                        Am
From the ship, we could see it in the distance
       Em
As the fog was finally lifting
       G                           D
We had come to the shores of Summerday
                   Am                                   Em   F
Gently landing, we jumped out on the sand and found our way


                            C                 G                     F
Where the dirt was soft and black, we started digging a garden and
                             C             G                      Bb
Soon we found the woods that we'd call The Forest of Arden for to Play
                      Eb
When we came to Summerday
       Bb              Eb
On the shores of Summerday
        Bb            D
We will live in Summerday


       Am
And we climbed a stony mountain
        Em
We were boisterous then quiet
      G                                 D
As we thought about what instruments to make
                   Am                                Em       F
Soon we started to build the uilleann pipes and fine guitars


                        C           G                         F
Then we scouted out the hollows for solitude and silence and 
                             C            G 
We found the places we could meet, by the blue and glassy river
                                     Bb
Under stars where the paper lanterns sway
                        Eb
In the streets of Summerday
          Bb                  Eb
Trust the night and trust the day
        Bb            D
Sun and moon of Summerday


INTERLUDE: Am  Em  G  D


                       Am
We are pilgrims in the land between religions
       Em
We are following our children
       G                                D
And we paint in different colours every day
                         Am                                   Em     F
And if we're true to our hearts they will grow up and want to stay


                         C       G                        F
We will work beside them as they build modest houses and
                 C             G           
On a misty April morning we'll rest the shovels on the fence
                            Eb     
And die and become a summer day
        Bb              Eb
Oh, the fields of Summerday
        Bb               Eb
And the flowers of Summerday
          Bb            D     Eb
They will live in Summerday


       Bb              Eb
To the shores of Summerday
      Bb            Eb
So we sail to Summerday
        Bb            D     Eb
We will live in Summerday


OUTRO:       Bb          Eb
       La la la de da da da
             Bb          Eb
       La la la la la la la 
             Bb          D  
       La la la la la la la 

       Am  Em  G  D