C7 C7 C7 C7 

[Verse 1]
C
You made keys at the hardware store
G
You made one for my front door
    Dm              F
But I don't lock it anymore
C      G
Understand
C
Beach house windows wind blows through
G
Some days the ocean's cruel
     Dm               F
The waves they don't suffer fools
C      G
Understand

[Chorus] (Key change)
Eb         Bb
Summer of lightning
F            Gm
Striking in waves
Eb        Bb       F
Don't go into the water
Eb           Bb               F          Gm
Stay on the porch while the storm blows away
Eb
We're gonna get through this dark weather
F
We're gonna get through this
   C7
Together

C7 C7 

[Verse 2] (Key change]
C
July turns to August heat
G
Burns your face and burns my feet
    Dm               F
We have to sleep on top of the sheets
C      G
Understand
         C
We will watch the circus breaking down
     G
The ferris wheel stand half-way round
     Dm              F
The summer tourists leave this town
C      G
Understand

[Chorus] (Key change)
Eb         Bb
Summer of lightning
F            Gm
Striking in waves
Eb        Bb       F
Don't go into the water
Eb           Bb               F          Gm
Stay on the porch while the storm blows away
Eb
We're gonna get through this dark weather
F
We're gonna get through this
   C7
Together

Together

C7 C7 

[Instrumental solo over chorus chords]
Eb Bb F Gm
Eb Bb F F
Eb Bb F Gm
Eb Eb F F

[Verse 3] (Key change)
          C
They can board their windows they can pack it in
G
Drive away until the spring
       Dm                 F           C
We'll take our walks out in the wind, yeah
         G            Dm
Take my hand it's a
  F     G
Wonderland

[Chorus] (Key change)
Eb         Bb
Summer of lightning
F            Gm
Striking in waves
Eb        Bb       F
Don't go into the water
Eb           Bb               F          Gm
Stay on the porch while the storm blows away
Eb
We're gonna get through this dark weather
F
We're gonna get through it
Eb
We're gonna get through this dark weather
F
We're gonna get through it
Eb
We're gonna get, we're gonna get,
F
We're gonna get through it
   C7
Together, together together
C7
(to fade)