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              Indian Summer - Al Stewart
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Notation by Adam Woolfe.


        
Intro
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This is based on the simple D-chord: xx0232 with the top string playing a 
simple melody: F#  E F# / F#  G F# / F#  E F# / F#  G F# giving the chord 
progression: D  Dsus2 D / D  Dsus4 D / D  Dsus2 D / D  Dsus4 D. The timing 
should be clear from the record.  


Song
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 D       G  D    A  D
  Indian summer.

                                  Bm          Em
  The shops are shuttered and the crowds are gone

            F#m             A      D
  The souvenir sellers are moving on

              G/D  D  A/C#  D
  Like summer lovers

         G/D  D  A/D  D
  Indian summer.

                                   Bm      Em
  The earth is cracked beneath the midday sun

                      F#m                A            D
  You've dragged your shadow round these streets too long

              G/D D  A/C#  D
  There is no cover.


       Bm                  E                     A                      D
  Come stay, we'll live gazebo lives and let the world outside pass us by

        Bm             E                      A                           D
  Right here, in our Arabian nights until the northern lights cross the sky
                    
              G   D   A  D
  There is no other.      


 instrumental break (roughly):  D G A D   G G D D G Bm A G D   D G D A D
 

  
         G/D  D  A/D  D
  Indian summer.

                                   Bm     Em
  The storm that drove you here is far behind

                 F#m              A          D
  What keeps you waiting on this beach tonight?

                 G/D D  A/C#  D
  It's long been ov-er.



       Bm                  E                     A                      D
  Come stay, we'll live gazebo lives and let the world outside pass us by

        Bm             E                      A                           D
  Right here, in our Arabian nights until the northern lights cross the sky
                    
              G   D   A  D     D  G  A  D 
  There is no other.      

  
The song finishes with the 'recorder(?) solo' over the repeating chord
progression: Bm  E  A  D.



The musical theme accompanying the line 'Indian summer' that repeats all
through the song is quite difficult to play properly on a guitar and 
there are subtleties in the bass and piano parts that I haven't really
transcribed but it's the best I can manage for now....