(intro) E |--5-3-5--------------------------|--------| B |--------5----3-5-3---------------|--------| G |-------------------5----4-5-4----|--------| D |------------------------------2--|--------| A |---------------------------------|--------| E |---------------------------------|--3---4-| (2x) Ramblin' where to begin I taste the summer on your peppery skin Been saved the warmer the waves I felt a slip into a watery grave Oh oh, uh ho ho, la de da de da, uh ho ho, My girl, linen and curls Lips parting like a flag all unfurled She's grand the bend of her hand Digging deep into the sweep of the sand Summer arrives (oh oh oh oh) with a length of lights (oh oh oh oh) Summer blows away And quietly gets swallowed by a wave It gets swallowed by a wave (intro) Waylay the din of the day Boats bobbing in the blue of the bay In deep far beneath all the dead sailors Slowly slipping to sleep My girl, linen and curls Lips parting like a flag all unfurled She's grand the bend of her hand Digging deep into the sweep of the sand Summer arrives (oh oh oh oh) with a length of lights (oh oh oh oh) Summer blows away And quietly gets swallowed by a wave It gets swallowed by a wave
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