Summer woman (TABS)

"Summer woman" written and performed by Nick Strauss (c) 2020                   
                                                                                
[Verse I]                                                                       
                                                                                
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A door into summer means a wall round your garden                               
                                                                                
      Am       D           G         C                                          
Not a roof overhead, nor a slab underneath                                      
                                                                                
Am          D                G       C                                          
A door into summer means the sun overhead                                       
                                                                                
        Am         D                     G         C                            
And the ground all below us, spread with fruit and vines                        
                                                                                
  Am        D              G          C                                         
A door into summer means a path to an orchard                                   
                                                                                
     Am          D           G      C                                           
With full leafed trees where we can play                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
[Chorus]                                                                        
                                                                                
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Summer woman, spring child  [x2]                                                
                                                                                
[Verse II]                                                                      
  Am        D              G               C                                    
A room into winter means a closed door and windows.                             
Am         D     G        C                                                     
Cold night skies stars so bright                                                
  Am        D               G            C                                      
A room into winter means we wait for the world                                  
Am         D      G         C                                                   
All warm together under the quilts                                              
Am   Am D          G             C      F                                       
Like it happened before it might happen again                                   
  Am          D           G               C                                     
A room with a closed door means a time to sleep                                 
                                                                                
[Chorus]                                                                        
                                                                                              
[Verse III]                                                                     
  Am        D            G          C                                           
A roof into Spring means rain and a quiet sky                                   
  Am   D               G         C                                              
A roof overhead, and a slab underneath                                          
  Am        D                G        C                                         
A roof into Spring means its time for labor                                     
Am   Am D          G            C      F                                        
Like it happened before it will happen again                                    
  Am        D              G         C                                          
A roof into Spring means a path to a child.                                     
                                                                                
[Chorus]                                                                        
                                                                  

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