Summertime | Bass clef Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet in Bass Clef — trombone, bass, cello
Lyrics
1935 - George Gershwin / DuBose Heyward / Ira Gershwin Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin' So hush little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings You're gonna rise up singing Yes you'll spread your wings And you'll take to the sky But 'til that morning There ain't nothin' can harm you With Daddy and Mammy standin' by
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Read it in your key: Concert (C) (piano, guitar, voice) B♭ (trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet) E♭ (alto sax, baritone sax) Bass clef (trombone, bass, cello)
About this Summertime lead sheet
This is the jazz lead sheet for Summertime, written by George Gershwin / DuBose Heyward / Ira Gershwin in 1935, in bass clef for trombone, bass, cello — the same melody and chord symbols as the concert chart, on the staff you read. The chart is in A minor, in 4/4 time. Read it here for free and play it back — the band keeps sounding in concert pitch while you read your part. Need another key? Switch the Transpose preset above.
- Composer
- George Gershwin / DuBose Heyward / Ira Gershwin
- Year
- 1935
- Key
- A minor
- Edition
- Bass clef — trombone, bass, cello
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Style
- Slow Swing
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Genre
- Jazz, Musical
- Format
- Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
Summertime chord changes
The chord progression of Summertime as written in this lead sheet, in A minor — 16 bars, four to a line. Chord symbols are the same in bass clef; only the staff changes.
| Am6 | % | % | % | | Dm | % | E7 B7 | E7 | | Am6 | % | % | % | | C7 F7 | E7 | Am6 | Am6 |
