Eddie Cochran, Summertime Blues (1958)
^{Key: :[F#] (w: Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart)}

INTRO: [F#] [B] [C#] [F#] : [x2]

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

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

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

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