Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran
Intro:
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Verse 1:
[F] I'm gonna raise a fuss,
I'm gonna raise a holler [F] [Bb] [C] [F]
[F] 'Bout a workin' all summer
Just to try to earn dollar [F] [Bb] [C] [F]
Verse 2:
[Bb] Every time I call my baby, try to get a date
My [F] boss says "no dice son you gotta work late"
[Bb] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
But there [F] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Instrumental:
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Verse 3:
[F] Well my Mom and Poppa told me
Son you gotta make some money [F] [Bb] [C] [F]
[F] If you wanna use the car
To go 'ridin next Sunday [F] [Bb] [C] [F]
Verse 4:
Well I [Bb] didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick.
Now you [F] can't have the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
[Bb] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
But there [F] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Instrumental:
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Verse 5:
I'm [F] gonna take two weeks
Gonna have fine vacation [F] [Bb] [C]
[F] I'm [F] gonna take my problem
To the United Nations [F] [Bb] [C] [F]
Verse 6:
[Bb] Well I called my congressman and he said, quote
[F] "I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote'
[Bb] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
But there [F] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Outro:
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