'Summer of Love' - Guitar Tab

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'Summer of Love'
Performed by 311
From the album "Unity" on What Have You Records
Music by:  N. Hexum
Lyrics by:  N. Hexum
(c) 1991 Allegiance Music/Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by: Phil Saulnier (pdsaulni@mailbox.syr.edu)
Additions/Corrections by: Michael Slusarz (slusarz@ucsu.colorado.edu)
311 Guitar Archive - http://chromosome.colorado.edu/311archive/Home.html

> This song is strange in that it seems to be about a half-step out of
> tune.  Riff 1 (a+b) especially seems to be slightly off from the rest
> of the song.

Riff 1a (w/distortion):
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   F#5              D5               F#5              D5  C#5 D5  E5
1:-------------------------------------------------------------------
2:-------------------------------------------------------------------
3:-------------------------------------------------------------------
4:------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------7---6---7---9\-
5:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5---4---5---7\-
6:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------

Riff 1b (w/distortion):
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   F#5              D5               F#5   Ab5   B
1:-------------------------------------------------
2:-------------------------------------------------
3:-----------------------------------------------8-
4:------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------9-
5:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-----6-----9-
6:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------2-----4-----7-
                                    |    clean    |

Riff 2 (clean):
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   D    F#5 G5
1:-2----------
2:-3----------
3:-2----------
4:-0----4---5-
5:------4---5-
6:------2---3-

Riff 3 (clean):
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   A6       B6
1:-2--2--2--4-
2:-2--2--2--4-
3:-2--2--2--4-
4:------------
5:------------
6:------------

Riff 4 (clean):
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   F#5  Ab5  B5
1:-------------
2:-------------
3:-------------
4:-4----6----9-
5:-4----6----9-
6:-2----4----7-

Lyrics/Song Structure:
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---> Play Riff 1 (a+b)
---> Play Riff 2 over:
   I thought about my scene today
   And I've finally got the words to say
   The truth is cutting like a knife
   Gonna use it to cut away my strife
   The grass is green
   And the sky is blue
   My head is clear
   And my thoughts are true, yeah ...
---> Play Riff 1 (a+b) over:
   Calling out young and old
   We've got a thing that can't be sold, yeah
   The time that takes to rise above
   In the summer of love
---> Play Riff 2 over:
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
---> Play Riff 2 (8x) over Solo
---> Play Riff 2 over:
   I wake up each day to the sun
   And it's hard to choose what to do for fun
   A blissful world surrounds me
   And my brothers and sisters love is always free
   Oh, don't you know that I've
   Waited my whole life ... just to show
   What's inside ... and let my love flow, yeah ...
---> Play Riff 1 (a+b) over:
   Calling out young and old
   We've got a thing that can't be sold, yeah
   The time that takes to rise above
   In the summer of love
---> Play Riff 2 over:
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
---> Play Riff 3 (22x) over:
   The colors blend ...
---> Play Riff 4 over:
   (It is the) Summer of love
---> Play Riff 2 over:
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
   It's the summer, it's the summer
   It's the summer of love, I say
   Yeah, I said it's the summer of love
   My head is clear
   And my thoughts are true
---> End with a D (x5777x)

== Last Updated -- April 12, 1996 ==

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