Belle and Sebastian - I Know Where the Summer Goes: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "I Know Where the Summer Goes" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F                A#sus2
I know where the summer goes,
             F
when you're having no fun,
           A#sus2
when you're under the the thumb,
F                A#sus2
I know where the summer dwells,
          F
when your underarm smells,
         A#sus2              C  A# Am Gm
and your kitchen looks like hell.

F                A#sus2
I know where the summer goes,
             F
if you're scraping a pot,
         A#sus2
and your head is hot,
F                            A#sus2
Put your head down, put your thumbs up girl
           F                         A#sus2
With the smell of hot desk, and the glitter
          C
of your step,
A#       Am           Gm
He was right, he was right -
          A#
He's the guru of the city,
                      F      A#
no-one told the city councilors.

I know you can tell me again
I’ve got my mobile phone, it's full of silicon chips
No one likes a smart arse, but I’ve seen a pattern
emerge
I will race you up the hill
Where the boy who made records out of postcard
messages
And flowering cherries rain on kids like you

Look twice at the kid with the crimped and
overheated hair
They ran a book on his looks
Odds on was the noble pose
And the denim hard riff of the Irish troubadour
But the boy came from nowhere
To steal the hearts of lassies in the lavvies
of the club tonight


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#sus2

Guitar chord A#sus2

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "I Know Where the Summer Goes" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "I Know Where the Summer Goes" by Belle and Sebastian.

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