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