By Rush Olson, Kevin Rothstein, Dean Pauley

Verse :

G) Summer : (Bflat-Eflat-D) the mean season

G) Summer : (Bflat-Eflat-D) You don’t need a reason

G) Lover : (Bflat-Eflat-D) Give me some pleasin’

G) Summer : (Bflat-Eflat-D) I thought she was teasin’

Chorus :

C) I sure shoulda had some

D) When she offered me another piece of (G) pie

C) I sure shoulda had some

D) I didn’t know enough (G) to lie

F) I didn’t know enough (C) to lie

Verse :

G) Float down the river : (Bflat-Eflat-D) strapped to a tube

G) Float down the river: (Bflat-Eflat-D) like peas in soup

G) Made me shiver : (Bflat-Eflat-D) seein’ her suit

G) Ridin’ the river: (Bflat-Eflat-D) lose a shoe, find a boot

Chorus :

C) I sure shoulda had some

D) When she offered me another piece of (G) pie

C) I sure shoulda had some

D) I didn’t know enough (G) to lie

F) I didn’t know enough (C) to lie

Bridge :

D) I didn’t mean to make you mine

Eflat) These blue eyes was never by D) design

(Instrumental on verse chord progression and vamp on G)

Verse :

G) December : (Bflat-Eflat-D) send your Christmas cards

G) December: (Bflat-Eflat-D) it’s a work of art

G) Please remember : (Bflat-Eflat-D) you can crush your heart

G) When December : (Bflat-Eflat-D) plays its part

Chorus :

C) I sure shoulda had some

D) When she offered me another piece of (G) pie

C) I sure shoulda had some

D) I didn’t know enough (G) to lie

F) I didn’t know enough (C) to lie