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Keepin' the Summer Alive Chords

Music by: The Beach Boys
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[Intro 1]
[D][C][G][D][C][G]
[D][C][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
When it's [D]ice
[G]cream [C]weather get the [G]gang back together
[D]Roll down your [C]windows and [G]ride
They'll be [D]sleepin' in [C]the sand dunes
[G]dancin' in the streets
They're just [D]tryin' to keep
[C]the summer [G]alive

[Verse 2]
They're just [G]tryin' to [D]keep
the summer [G]alive
[D](sum sum [G]summer ah live)
They're just [Am]tryin' to [D]keep
[G]the summer alive
[D](ah keep [G]the summer)
They're just [Am]tryin' to [D]keep
the summer [G]alive
[D](sum sum [G]summer alive)
They're just [Am]tryin' to [D]keep
the summer [G]alive
(try to [D]keep [G]the summer)

[Verse 3]
When it's [D]ice cream [C]weather
all the [G]girls will look better
The [D]boys try to [C]give them a [G]ride
To the [D]one last [C]party 'fore
[G]the school bell rings
They're just [D]tryin' to keep
[C]the summer [G]alive

[Verse 4]
They're just [Am]tryin' to [D]keep
the summer [G]alive
[D](sum sum [G]summer)
They're just [Am]tryin' to [D]keep
the summer [Dm]alive
[D](su[G]m sum summer)
They're just [D]tryin' to keep
[G]t a[D]liv[G]e)
They're just [Am]tryin' to [D]keep
[G]the summer [D]alive[G][D][G][D]
(alive)
Lay [Bm]down in

[Verse 5]
the [Em]sun
And [Am]watch the [Bm]clouds [C]roll by
And [D]bein' [Bm]with the one you love[Em]
[Am]In the s[Bm]ummer [C]time

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][C][G][D][C]
[G][D][C]
[G][D][C][G][D][C]
[G][C][G][D][C]
[G][D][C][G]

[Verse 6]
When it's [D]last septem[C]ber back
[G]in school we'll remember
The [D]cure for the [C]wintertime [G]blues
[Em]Grab your [D]girl hit the [C]road head
on [G]down to the beach
You'll be [D]comin' [Dm]home
[C]with sand in your [G]shoes

[Verse 7]
They're just [Am]tryin' to [D]keep
the summer [G]alive
[D](sum sum [G]summer )
They're just [D]tryin' to keep
the summer [G]alive
[D](sum sum [G]summer)
They're just [D]tryin' to
keep the summer alive
[G](su[D]m sum sum[G]mer)
They're just [Am]tryin' to [D]keep
[G]the summer [D]alive[G]
(alive)
They're just [D]tryin' to keep
[C]the summer alive
(yeah yeah uh huh [G]i know we'll
keep the summer)
We're just [D]tryin' to keep
[C]the summer alive
(yeah yeah uh [G]huh i
know we'll keep the summer)
Just [D]tryin' to keep [C]the summer
alive
(yeah yeah uh [G]huh i
know we'll keep the summer)
Just [D]tryin' to [Dm]keep [C]the summer
alive
(yeah yeah uh huh [G]i know we'll keep
the summer)
Keep the summer alive
[Dm](yeah yeah [C]uh huh [G]i
know we'll keep the summer)
We'll just
[D](yeah yeah uh [Dm]huh i kn[C]ow
we'll [G]keep the summer)
Keep the summer alive
They're just [D]tryin' to keep
[C]the summer alive
[G](yeah yeah uh huh i know we'll
keep the summer)
Yeah [D]tryin' [C]to [G]keep
the summer [D]alive
[C](yeah yeah uh huh i [G]know we'll keep
the summer)
(yeah yeah uh huh i know we'll keep
[D]the summer)
(yeah yeah uh [C]huh i [G]know we'll
keep [D]the summer)
[C](yeah yeah uh huh i [G]know we'll
keep [Em]the summer)
[D](yeah yeah [C]uh huh i know we'll
keep the summer)
(yeah yeah uh huh i know
we'll keep the summer)
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