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

BREAK: [A#] [A#]

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

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

BREAK: [over VERSE and CHORUS]

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

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

BREAK: [over VERSE and CHORUS]

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

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