VERSE 1:
Well I'm a gonna raise a fuss
I'm a-gonna raise a holler [G#] [C#] [D#] [G#]
About a-workin' all summer
just a-trying to earn a dollar [G#] [C#] [D#] [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#] [C#] [D#] [G#] : [x2]

VERSE 2:
Well my Mom and Pappa told me
"Son you gotta earn some money [G#] [C#] [D#] [G#]
If you wanna use the car
to go a riding next Sunday" [G#] [C#] [D#] [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: [G#] [C#] [D#] [G#] : [x2]

VERSE 3:
I'm gonna take two weeks
gonna have a fun vacation [G#] [C#] [D#] [G#]
I'm gonna take my problem
to the United Nations [G#] [C#] [D#] [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: [G#] [C#] [D#] [G#] : [x2]

OPTIONAL OUTRO:
I said there [G#] ain't no [C#] cure
for the [D#] summertime [G#] blues [G#] [C#] [D#] [G#]