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