{"id":28467,"date":"2026-01-06T00:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28467"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:06:07","slug":"that-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/that-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"That Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garth Brooks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">[Intro]\r\n|<span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>       |<span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>       |<span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>  <span data-name=\"G\/B\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G\/B<\/span> <span data-name=\"Am\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n                            <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nI went to work for her that summer\r\n                          <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>\r\nA teenage kid so far from home\r\n                       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nShe was a lonely widow woman\r\n                            <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nHell-bent to make it on her own\r\n                              <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nWe were a thousand miles from nowhere\r\n                               <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>\r\nWheat fields as far as I could see\r\n                                 <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nBoth needing something from each other\r\n <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>    <span data-name=\"Gsus2\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Gsus2<\/span>                       <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nNot knowing yet what that might be\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n                            <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\n'Til she came to me one evening\r\n                          <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>\r\nHot cup of coffee and a smile\r\n                       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nIn a dress that I was certain\r\n                            <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nShe hadn't worn in quite a while\r\n                            <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nThere was a difference in her laughter\r\n                          <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>\r\nThere was a softness in her eyes\r\n                       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nAnd on the air there was a hunger\r\n <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>    <span data-name=\"Gsus2\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Gsus2<\/span>              <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nEven a boy could recognize\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                          <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>   <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nShe had a need to feel the thunder\r\n                                G\r\nTo chase the lightning from the skies\r\n                              C\r\nTo watch a storm with all its wonder\r\n                       D\r\nRaging in her lover's eyes\r\n                            Em        D  C\r\nShe had to ride the heat of passion\r\n                     G\r\nLike a comet burning bright\r\n                        C\r\nRushing headlong in the wind\r\n                           D\r\nNow where only dreams have been\r\n                         G       Gsus2 G\r\nBurning both ends of the night\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n                            G\r\nThat summer wind was all around me\r\n                          Em\r\nNothing between us but the night\r\n                       C\r\nWhen I told her that I'd never\r\n                            D\r\nShe softly whispered that's alright\r\n                            G\r\nAnd then I watched her hands of leather\r\n                          Em\r\nTurn to velvet in a touch\r\n                       C\r\nThere's never been a summer\r\nD            Gsus2              G\r\nWhen I have ever learned so much\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nG                          D   C\r\nShe had a need to feel the thunder\r\n                                G\r\nTo chase the lightning from the skies\r\n                              C\r\nTo watch a storm with all its wonder\r\n                       D\r\nRaging in her lover's eyes\r\n                            Em        D  C\r\nShe had to ride the heat of passion\r\n                     G\r\nLike a comet burning bright\r\n                        C\r\nRushing headlong in the wind\r\n                           D\r\nNow where only dreams have been\r\n                         G       Gsus2 G\r\nBurning both ends of the night\r\n \r\n \r\n[Solo]\r\nC   D   Gsus2   G\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n                            G\r\nI often think about that summer\r\n                          Em\r\nThe sweat, the moonlight and the lace\r\n                       C\r\nAnd I have rarely held another\r\n                            D\r\nWhen I haven't seen her face\r\n                            G\r\nAnd every time I pass a wheat field\r\n                          Em\r\nAnd watch it dancing with the wind\r\n                       C\r\nAlthough I know it isn't real\r\n                       D\r\nI just can't help but feel\r\n       Gsus2       G\r\nHer hungry arms again\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nG                          D   C\r\nShe had a need to feel the thunder\r\n                                G\r\nTo chase the lightning from the skies\r\n                              C\r\nTo watch a storm with all its wonder\r\n                       D\r\nWritten in her lover's eyes\r\n                            Em        D  C\r\nShe had to ride the heat of passion\r\n                     G\r\nLike a comet burning bright\r\n                        C\r\nRushing headlong in the wind\r\n                           D\r\nNow where only dreams have been\r\n                         G       Gsus2 G\r\nBurning both ends of the night\r\n \r\n                        C\r\nRushing headlong in the wind\r\n                           D\r\nNow where only dreams have been\r\n                         G       Gsus2 G\r\nBurning both ends of the night\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n|C       |D       |C  G\/B Am\r\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garth Brooks &nbsp; &nbsp; [Intro] |C |D |C G\/B Am [Verse 1] G 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 &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/that-summer\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That 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