ARTIST:Gin Blossoms TITLE:Idiot Summer (4:10) WRITTEN BY:Robin Wilson C (w/Fig. 1) (w/Riff A) G C I walked home to the sun F G I couldn't ride another one G C F G I thought a lot along the lines G C And I've been fooled about all night F G Wiped clean always by midnight G C F G Wasn't it like an idiot summer G C F G Wasn't it like an idiot summer W/Riff A. (slightly different) C G C Three, four peaks all I could see F G In the morning it's a hundred and ten degrees G C F G But I like the goddamn heat G C I lie awake half the night F G Autumn is coming it seems like it's in sight G C F G All the autumn that you can see G C F G All the autumn that you can see C (w/Fig. 1) G C G C G C G It's growing darker like the trees C G But if all the trees should fall C G C G C G All the bugs would crawl in my sleep C (w/Fig. 1) (And then we're out of work) SOLO: G - C - F - G G - C - F - G G - C - F - G G - C - F - G It's growing darker like the trees But if all the trees should fall All the bugs would crawl in my sleep There's no telling I was so confused I try but I can't help you choose Tucson is so far away I lie awake half the night Autumn is coming it seems like it's in sight Wasn't it like an idiot summer... Fig.1 Riff A. full half |-0--0-----0---0-0--0-----0-|-----------------------------------------| |-1----1-----1-1-1----1-----|-------------------------^---------^-----| |-0------0-----0-0------0---|-----------------5-3-----3------5--3-----| |-2------------2-2----------|-3h5-3h5-3h5-3h5-----5-3-----------------| |-3------------3-3----------|-----------------------------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------3----5--3-----3-----------------------------------------| |-------3---5------------5-----5-3------------------------------------| |-5 3-5----------------------------5-3--------------------------------| |--------------------------------------5-3----------------------------| |------------------------------------------3--------------------------|