Alan Jackson, Summertime Blues (1994)
Key: :[F] (w: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart)
INTRO: [F] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
Well I'm a
[F] gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
[F]
About a-
[F]-workin' all summer just a-trying to earn a dollar
[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] [F]
VERSE 2:
Well my
[F] Mom and Pappa told me "Son you gotta earn some money
[F]
If you
[F] wanna use the car to go a riding next Sunday"
[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: [over VERSE and CHORUS]
VERSE 3:
I'm gonna
[F] take two weeks gonna have a fun vacation
[F]
I'm gonna
[F] take my problem to the United Nations
[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: [over VERSE and CHORUS]
VERSE 4:
Well I'm a
[F] gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
[F]
About a-
[F]-workin' all summer just a-trying to earn a dollar
[F]
OUTRO CHORUS:
[A#] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there
[F] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[A#] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there
[F open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I said there
[F open] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
