Alan Jackson, Summertime Blues (1994)
Key: :[D#] (w: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart)
INTRO: [D#] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
Well I'm a
[D#] gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
[D#]
About a-
[D#]-workin' all summer just a-trying to earn a dollar
[D#]
CHORUS 1:
Every-
[G#]-time I call my baby, try to get a date
The
[D# open] boss says "No dice son you gotta work a-late"
[G#] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there
[D# open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
BREAK: [D#] [D#]
VERSE 2:
Well my
[D#] Mom and Pappa told me "Son you gotta earn some money
[D#]
If you
[D#] wanna use the car to go a riding next Sunday"
[D#]
CHORUS 2:
Well I
[G#] didn't got to work, told the boss I was sick
"Now you
[D# open] can't use the car, cause you didn't work a late"
[G#] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there
[D# open] ain't no cure, for the summertime blues
BREAK: [over VERSE and CHORUS]
VERSE 3:
I'm gonna
[D#] take two weeks gonna have a fun vacation
[D#]
I'm gonna
[D#] take my problem to the United Nations
[D#]
CHORUS 3:
Well I
[G#] told my congressman, and he said, quote
"I'd
[D# open] like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
[G#] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there
[D# open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
BREAK: [over VERSE and CHORUS]
VERSE 4:
Well I'm a
[D#] gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
[D#]
About a-
[D#]-workin' all summer just a-trying to earn a dollar
[D#]
OUTRO CHORUS:
[G#] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there
[D#] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[G#] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there
[D# open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I said there
[D# open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues