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