Summertime Bass Tabs by Sam Cooke

from Sam Cooke:Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

this is one of the funkiest songs i have ever heard. Sublime covered it dub-style.

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                            summertime and the living's easy

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   fish are jumping and cotton is high,    your dad is rich and your ma is good lookin(mmhmhm)

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   so hush little baby, don't you cry (mmhmhmm) (mmhmhhmmm)

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  (mm hm mm hm   hhmm hm)

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    one of these mornings your gonna rise up singin,then youll spread your wings & take to the sky

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but until that morning there is nothing can harm you No-No No-No,
                                    with daddy and mommy standing by (mm-hm-mm)


-that's it from my favorite, the soulful Sam Cooke

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