Summertime Blues 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                              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                          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
             
            * Alternate:
             
            Capo II
             
            E  = D
            A  = G
            B7 = A or A7