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

INTRO: [F] [A#] [C] [F] : [x2]

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

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

BREAK: [F] [A#] [C] [F] : [x2]

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

CHORUS 2:
Well I [A#] didn't got to work, told the boss I was sick
"Now you [F 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 [F open] ain't no cure, for the summertime blues

BREAK: [F] [A#] [C] [F] : [x2]

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

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

BREAK: [F] [A#] [C] [F] : [x2]

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