INTRO: [B] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
Well I'm a [B] gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler [B]
About a-[B]-workin' all summer just a-trying to earn a dollar [B]

CHORUS 1:
Every-[E]-time I call my baby, try to get a date
The [B open] boss says "No dice son you gotta work a-late"
[E] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there [B open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues

BREAK: [B] [B]

VERSE 2:
Well my [B] Mom and Pappa told me "Son you gotta earn some money [B]
If you [B] wanna use the car to go a riding next Sunday" [B]

CHORUS 2:
Well I [E] didn't got to work, told the boss I was sick
"Now you [B open] can't use the car, cause you didn't work a late"
[E] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there [B open] ain't no cure, for the summertime blues

BREAK: [over VERSE and CHORUS]

VERSE 3:
I'm gonna [B] take two weeks gonna have a fun vacation [B]
I'm gonna [B] take my problem to the United Nations [B]

CHORUS 3:
Well I [E] told my congressman, and he said, quote
"I'd [B open] like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
[E] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there [B open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues

BREAK: [over VERSE and CHORUS]

VERSE 4:
Well I'm a [B] gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler [B]
About a-[B]-workin' all summer just a-trying to earn a dollar [B]

OUTRO CHORUS:
[E] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there [B] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[E] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there [B open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I said there [B open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues