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

INTRO: [D#] [G#] [A#] [D#] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
Well I'm a gonna raise a fuss
I'm a-gonna raise a holler [D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
About a-workin' all summer
just a-trying to earn a dollar [D#] [G#] [A#] [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#] [G#] [A#] [D#] : [x2]

VERSE 2:
Well my Mom and Pappa told me
"Son you gotta earn some money [D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
If you wanna use the car
to go a riding next Sunday" [D#] [G#] [A#] [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: [D#] [G#] [A#] [D#] : [x2]

VERSE 3:
I'm gonna take two weeks
gonna have a fun vacation [D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
I'm gonna take my problem
to the United Nations [D#] [G#] [A#] [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: [D#] [G#] [A#] [D#] : [x2]

OPTIONAL OUTRO:
I said there [D#] ain't no [G#] cure
for the [A#] summertime [D#] blues [D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]