Sublime - Summertime Doin Time

      This is the final song on Sublime's third album, and it was their commercial breakthrough. It became a hit
shortly after Sublime lead singer Brad Nowell died of a drug overdose.

"Doin' Time" was originally in the lyrics but was replaced by "Summertime" at the last minute.

On this track, Brad Nowell compares life with his cheating girlfriend to being locked down in prison -
somewhat ironic since in real life, these roles were usually reversed. "He screwed around on the road,"
Sublime bass player Eric Wilson told us about Nowell.

This contains a sample from the Beastie Boys' "Slow and Low" from their 1986 album License to Ill. The line
is, "And when we do it like this, in the place to be."

Suggested Chord Voicings

    Em   G    A
|---7-------------|
|---8----3----5---|
|---9----4----6---|
|---9----5----7---|
|---7----5----7---|
|-----------------|

[Intro]
Em G A


[Chorus]
     Em    G  A                      Em
Summertime       and the living's easy
    G            A                         Em
And Bradley's on the microphone with ras m.g.
        G        A
All the people in the dance will agree
           Em     G         A                   Am
That we're   well qualified to represent the LB-C
                 F#7
Me, me and Louie run to the party
      B7                      Em         G  A  Em  G  A  
Dance   to the rhythm it gets   harder


[Verse 1]
Em   G         A                    Em        G  A
     Me and my girl we got this relationship
Em    G           A           Em                G  A
    I love her so bad but she treats me like...
Em     G         A                   Em       G  A
    On lock down   like a penitentiary
                Em         G
She spreads her lovin' all over
    A                                   Em        G  A
And when she gets home there’s none left   for me


[Chorus]
      Em    G  A                    Em
Summertime       and the living's easy
    G            A                         Em
And Bradley's on the microphone with ras m.g.
        G        A
All the people in the dance will agree
           Em     G         A                   Am
That we're   well qualified to represent the LB-C
                 F#7
Me, me and Louie run to the party
      B7                     Em         G  A  Em  G  A  
Dance   to the rhythm it gets   harder


[Verse 2]
Em  G   A                        Em      G  A
    Oh take this veil from off my   eyes
Em  G          A                  Em       G  A
    My burning   sun will someday    rise
   Em                 G        A
So what am I gonna be doin' for a while
               Em          G    A
Said I'm gonna play with myself
Em        G     A                 Em    G  A
Show them   how   we come off the shelf      So what?


[Chorus]
     Em    G  A                      Em
Summertime       and the living's easy
    G            A                         Em
And Bradley's on the microphone with ras m.g.
        G        A
All the people in the dance will agree
           Em     G         A                   Am
That we're   well qualified to represent the LB-C
                 F#7
Me, me and Louie run to the party
      B7                     Em         G  A  Em  G  A  
Dance   to the rhythm it gets   harder


[Interlude]
Em G   A
E--vil
                                 Em   G    A
I've come to tell you that she's evil   most definitely
Em G   A
E--vil
                      Em   G     A
Ornery scandalous and evil   most definitely
    Em      G  A              Em   G  A
The tension      is getting hotter
            Em       G  A            Em    G  A
I'd like to hold her       head underwater

Em Em Em A              Em Em Em A
            Me and my girl
                Em Em Em A
we got this relationship
          Em Em Em A           Em Em Em A
Me and my girl we got this relationship
     Em Em Em A         Em Em Em A
My girl we got this relationship
       Em Em Em A
And my girl we got this [relationship]


[Chorus]
       Em          G          A             Em
Take a tip, take a tip, take a tip from me
    G            A                         Em
And Bradley's on the microphone with ras m.g.
        G        A
All the people in the dance will agree
           Em     G         A                   Am
That we're   well qualified to represent the LB-C
                 F#7
Me, me and Louie run to the party
      B7                     Em         G  A  Em  G  A  
Dance   to the rhythm it gets   harder
N.C.
Summertime, the living's easy...