Eddie Cochran, Summertime Blues (1958)
^{Key: :[E] (w: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart)}

INTRO: [E] [A] [B] [E] : [x2]

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

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

BREAK: [E] [A] [B] [E] : [x2]

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

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

BREAK: [E] [A] [B] [E] : [x2]

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

CHORUS 3:
Well I [A] told my congressman, and he said, quote
"I'd [E open] 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 open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues

BREAK: [E] [A] [B] [E] : [x2]

OPTIONAL OUTRO:
I said there [E] ain't no [A] cure
for the [B] summertime [E] blues [E] [A] [B] [E]