That Summer

Garth Brooks

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I went to work for her that summer
                          Em
A teenage kid so far from home
                       C
She was a lonely widow woman
                            D
Hell-bent to make it on her own
                              G
We were a thousand miles from nowhere
                               Em
Wheat fields as far as I could see
                                 C
Both needing something from each other
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Not knowing yet what that might be

 
 
[Verse 2]
                            G
'Til she came to me one evening
                          Em
Hot cup of coffee and a smile
                       C
In a dress that I was certain
                            D
She hadn't worn in quite a while
                            G
There was a difference in her laughter
                          Em
There was a softness in her eyes
                       C
And on the air there was a hunger
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Even a boy could recognize
 
 
{ CHORUS }
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She had a need to feel the thunder
                                G
To chase the lightning from the skies
                              C
To watch a storm with all its wonder
                       D
Raging in her lover's eyes
                            Em        D  C
She had to ride the heat of passion
                     G
Like a comet burning bright
                        C
Rushing headlong in the wind
                           D
Now where only dreams have been
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Burning both ends of the night
 
 
[Verse 3]
                            G
That summer wind was all around me
                          Em
Nothing between us but the night
                       C
When I told her that I'd never
                            D
She softly whispered that's alright
                            G
And then I watched her hands of leather
                          Em
Turn to velvet in a touch
                       C
There's never been a summer
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When I have ever learned so much
 
 
{ CHORUS }
G                          D   C
She had a need to feel the thunder
                                G
To chase the lightning from the skies
                              C
To watch a storm with all its wonder
                       D
Raging in her lover's eyes
                            Em        D  C
She had to ride the heat of passion
                     G
Like a comet burning bright
                        C
Rushing headlong in the wind
                           D
Now where only dreams have been
                         G       Gsus2 G
Burning both ends of the night
 
 
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
                            G
I often think about that summer
                          Em
The sweat, the moonlight and the lace
                       C
And I have rarely held another
                            D
When I haven't seen her face
                            G
And every time I pass a wheat field
                          Em
And watch it dancing with the wind
                       C
Although I know it isn't real
                       D
I just can't help but feel
       Gsus2       G
Her hungry arms again
 
 
{ CHORUS }
G                          D   C
She had a need to feel the thunder
                                G
To chase the lightning from the skies
                              C
To watch a storm with all its wonder
                       D
Written in her lover's eyes
                            Em        D  C
She had to ride the heat of passion
                     G
Like a comet burning bright
                        C
Rushing headlong in the wind
                           D
Now where only dreams have been
                         G       Gsus2 G
Burning both ends of the night
 
                        C
Rushing headlong in the wind
                           D
Now where only dreams have been
                         G       Gsus2 G
Burning both ends of the night
 
 
[Outro]
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