Summer, Highland Falls
Billy JoelVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(no 3) +2
+2
They say that these are not the best of times
+2 +2
But they're the only times I've ever known
And I believe there is a time for meditation
+2
In cathedrals of our own
+2
Now I've seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes
And I can only stand apart and sympathize
For we are always what our situations hand us
+2
It's either sadness or euphoria
So we'll argue and we'll compromise
And realize that nothing's ever changed
For all our mutual experience
Out separate conclusions are the same.
Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity
Our reason coexists with our insanity
And though we choose between reality and madness
It's either sadness or euphoria
+2
How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies
And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives
+2
With our respective similarities
It's either sadness or euphoria.
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Readable chord sheet for Summer, Highland Falls by Billy Joel
[F](no 3) [Fmaj7] [Gm7] [Bb]+2
[Am7] [C] [Bb]+2
They say that [F]these are not the [Fmaj7]best of times
[Gm7] [Bb]+2 [F] [Fmaj7] [Gm7] [Bb]+2
But they're the only times I've ever known
And I be[F]lieve there is a [Fmaj7]time for medit[Gm7]ation
[Bb]+2 [C] [G] [C]
In cathedrals of our own
[A7] [Dm] [C] [Bb]+2 [F]
Now I've seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes
And [G7sus]I can only [G7]stand apart and [Csus]sympathize[C]
For we are [Bb]always what our [F]situations ha[Gm7]nd us
[C] [Bb]+2 [Eb] [Bb]
It's either sadness or euphoria
So we'll argue and we'll compromise
And realize that nothing's ever changed
For all our mutual experience
Out separate conclusions are the same.
Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity
Our reason coexists with our insanity
And though we choose between reality and madness
It's either sadness or euphoria
[Dm] [C] [Bb]+2 [F]
How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
Per[G7sus]haps we don't ful[G7]fill each other's [Csus]fantasies[C]
And as we [Bb]stand upon the [F]ledges of our [Gm7]lives
[C] [Bb]+2 [Eb] [Bb]
With our respective similarities
It's either [C]sadness or[F] euphoria.