R.E.M. - Summer Turns To High: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Summer Turns To High" 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.

C    Gm     F      Am
Mercury is rising still
A#        Am     G
Turn the fan on high
C        Gm      F      Am
I won't step on my own shadow
A#      Am        E
No-one wants to cry

Bm             E
Someone put a pox on me
Bm              E
I spit in their eyes

Chorus:
 C      G/B      Am G
Summer turns to high

 C       Gm        F       Am
Lift my bed sheet keep in sandles
A#     Am           G
Circle search and there are candles
 C        Gm       F        Am
Summer's here but night is raising
 A#        Am     E
Hopes and dragonflies

If those hopes are overshadowed
By cotton-candy, caramel-wafer

Chorus:
 C      G/B      Am
Summer turns to high
 C      G/B      Am
Summer turns to high
 C      G/B      Am
Summer turns to high
        G
Summer high

C     Gm        F    Am
After wine and nectarines the
 A#  Am       G
Fireflies in turn
 C         Gm      F        Am
Move like syrup through the evening
 A#       Am     E
With the sweet reign

I won't fight for can't happen
I'm preoccupied

Chorus:
 C      G/B      Am
Summer turns to high
 C      G/B      Am
Summer turns to high
 C      G/B      Am
Summer turns to high
        G
Summer high


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

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 "Summer Turns To High" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Summer Turns To High" by R.E.M..

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