Your Summer Dream


Original Album
Surfer Girl
Written By
Brian Wilson/Bob Norberg
Produced By
Brian Wilson
Lead Vocals
Brian
Recorded On
July 16, 1963
Length
2:30
Notes
  • Written in the style of the Four Freshmen, a major Beach Boys influence, this evocative ballad features a great vocal from Brian.
Lyrics
Drive your car down to the sea
All the while you build a scheme
Take her hand and walk on with her
Make it real your Summer dream

Smell the warm and salty air
See a wave reflect a beam
Stop and find a pretty shell for her
Make it real your Summer dream

See another couple over there
To them an ordinary day
Soon you wonder the time has gone
The sun has almost slipped away

Now it's gone and your alone
In her eyes you see a gleam
Time has come for you to show your love
Make it real your Summer dream

Make it real your Summer dream
Make it real your Summer dream
Chords
intro: Amaj7....Bm7.....E7

Amaj7...................................Bm7
Drive your car down to the sea
C#m7.................................F#m7...F#7
All the while you build a scheme
Bm7..............................C#m7
Take her hand and walk on with her
Bm7.....................................Bm7/E...E7
Make it real your Summer dream

Amaj7...............................Bm7
Smell the warm and salty air
C#m7........................F#m7...F#7
See a wave reflect a beam
Bm7.............................C#m7
Stop and find a pretty shell for her
Bm7.....Bm7/E.....................Amaj7
Make it real your Summer dream

Bm7....E7................Amaj7......F#m7
See another couple over there
Bm7............C#7.......F#maj7...F#6
To them an ordinary day
Bm7............................Dm6
Soon you wonder the time has gone
Bm7......................................Bm7/E...E7
The sun has almost slipped away

Amaj7...............................Bm7
Now it's gone and your alone
C#m7..........................F#m7...F#7
In her eyes you see a gleam
Bm7.....................................C#m7
Time has come for you to show your love
Bm7.....Bm7/E.....................Amaj7
Make it real your Summer dream

Bm7.....Bm7/E.....................Amaj7
Make it real your Summer dream
Bm7.....Bm7/E....................Amaj7
Make it real your Summer dream

Chart prepared by Francis Greene

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