Summertime Blues Chords

Summertime Blues chords *
Eddie Cochran 1958
 
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E
 
E A  B7* E  x2
 
E
 
      E                         A             E     E A  B7 E
I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
        E                            A             E     E A  B7 E
About a-workin' all summer, just to -try to earn a dollar
      A
Every time I call my baby, try to get a date
   E                                           (E)
My boss says: "No dice son, you gotta work late"
 
A
 Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
E A  B7 E x2
 
E
 
        E                               A               E    E A  B7 E
Well my mom 'n poppa told me: "son, you gotta make some money
       E                         A           E     E A  B7 E
If you wanta use the car to go a-ridin' next Sunday"
       A
Well I didn't go to to work, told the boss I was sick
         E                                               (E)
"Now you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
 
A
 Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
E A  B7 E x2
 
E
 
    E                           A             E     E A  B7 E
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
          E                      A      E      E A  B7 E
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
       A
Well I called my Congressman and he said, quote:
     E                                                  (E)
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"
 
A
 Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
E A  B7 E x3
 
* Try B instead of B7, will give you a bit more bass
 
* Alternates:
 
Capo II
 
E  = D
A  = G
B7 = A or A7
 
Capo IV
 
E  = C
A  = F
B7 = G7
 
Set8
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