Summertime Blues chords
Eddie Cochran 1958
[ E A B7* E ] x2 (THIS WILL BE CALLED "RIFF")
[E] [E] [E] [E]
I'm a- [E] -gonna raise a [A] fuss, I'm a- [E] -gonna raise a holler { RIFF }. About a- [E] -workin' all [A] summer, just to [E] try to earn a dollar { RIFF } Every [A] time I call my baby, try to get a date. [E] My boss says: No dice son, you gotta work late. [A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do. But there [E] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
{ RIFF } x2
Well my [E] mom 'n pop [A] told me: Son, you [E] gotta make some money { RIFF } If you [E] wanta use the [A] car to go [E] ridin' next Sunday { RIFF } Well I [A] didn't go to to work, told the boss I was sick, [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. But there [E] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[ E A B7* E ] { RIFF } x2
I'm [E] gonna take [A] two weeks, gonna [E] have a fine vacation { RIFF } I'm [E] gonna take my [A] problem to the [E] United Nations { RIFF } Well I [A] called my Congressman and he said, quote: [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, but there [E] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
{ RIFF } x3
