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-
[B]-time I call my baby, try to get a date
The
[F# open] boss says "No dice son you gotta work a-late"
[B] 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
[B] 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"
[B] 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
[B] told my congressman, and he said, quote
"I'd
[F# open] like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
[B] 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:
[B] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there
[F#] ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[B] 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
