Slow Down Summer
Recorded by Thomas Rhett
Album: Single (2021)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
|(G) / (Em) / |(Bm) / (C) / | x 2

(Verse)
The (G)shades on my dashboard, (Em)shoes on my floorboard
(Bm)Lived in that old Chevrol-(C)et
We were (G)two Roman candles, (Em)too hot to handle
(Bm)Too hearts that couldn't be (C)tamed
Yeah, we knew, (G) what was (Em)comin’
And left it (Bm)all, like it was (C)nothin'
Over (G)time, kept on (Em)runnin' and runnin' a-(Bm)way (C)

(Chorus)
Yeah, what can I say, we had our (G) hopes up and the (Em)windows down
(Bm) Fallin' fast in a (C)one-lane town
(G) Tangled up with your (Em)lips on mine
(Bm) Never seen a brighter (C)green in those eyes and
(G) I put my jacket on your (Em)shoulder (shoulder)
(Bm) Wishin' the weather wasn't (C)gettin' colder
(G)Lettin' you go, holdin' (Em)onto each other
(Bm)Closin' our eyes, sayin', (C) "Slow down Summer"
(G) (Em) (Slow down summer, (Bm) summer, summer) (C)

(Verse)
I was (G)beggin' those leaves, don't go (Em)changin' on me
(Bm)Friday night lights, stay a-(C)way
But the (G)4th of July was just (Em)smoke in the sky
And our (Bm)sunburns were startin' to (C)fade
Yeah, we knew, (G) what was (Em)comin’
And left it (Bm)all, like it was (C)nothin'
Over (G)time, kept on (Em)runnin' and runnin' a-(Bm)way (C)
 
(Chorus)

Yeah, those were the days, we had our (G) hopes up and the (Em)windows down
(Bm) Fallin' fast in a (C)one-lane town 
(G) Tangled up with your (Em)lips on mine
(Bm) Never seen a brighter (C)green in those eyes and 
(G) I put my jacket on your (Em)shoulder
(Bm) Wishin' the weather wasn't (C)gettin' colder
(G)Lettin' you go, holdin' (Em)onto each other
(Bm)Closin' our eyes, sayin', "(C)Slow down Summer"
(G) (Em) (Slow down summer, (Bm) summer, summer) (C)
 
(Break)
Why couldn't you (G)slow down (Em)Summer?
Just wait a (Bm)minute, we weren't (C)finished
Can we just (G)hold onto each (Em)other?
Take me (Bm)back to the be-(C)ginnin’
Oh, oh-oh, (G)ohhh, (Em) slow down (Bm)Summer
(C)(Summer, Summer, Summer, (G)Summer) (Em)
Slow down (Bm)Summer (Summer)
(C) Yeah, those were the days
 
(Chorus)
We had our (G) hopes up and the (Em)windows down
(Bm) Fallin' fast in a (C)one-lane town 
(G) Tangled up with your (Em)lips on mine
(Bm) Never seen a brighter (C)green in those eyes and 
(G) I put my jacket on your (Em)shoulder
(Bm) Wishin' the weather wasn't (C)gettin' colder
(G)Lettin' you go, holdin' (Em)onto each other
(Bm)Closin' our eyes, sayin', (C)"Slow down Summer"
 
(Post Chorus)
(G)Ooh, ooh-(Em)ooh, ooh-ooh-(Bm)ooh, ooh-ooh (C)
Slow down (G)Summer-er, (Em) yeah-ah (Bm) (C)
Why couldn't you (G)slow down (Em)Summer-er-er-er? (Bm) (C)
Why couldn't you (G)slow dow-(Em)ow—ow-ow-ow--(Bm)ow-own? (C) 
(G)Slow dow-(Em)ow—ow-ow-(Bm)own? (C) 
Why couldn't you (G)slow down (Em)Summer-er-er-(Bm)er—er-er-er-er-(C)er-er? - - - - -