Summertime Blues Chords by Blue Cheer

Tempo:
140.6 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

G

Ab

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (1968) chords
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[D] [Gm] [Ab] [C]
Are you [Ebm] ready?
[D] [Gm] House America, come and [Fm] root here [C] with your hit [Ebm] Summertime Blue!
[C]
[F]
[G] [C]
[F]
[G] [Ab] [F]
[Bm]
[F]
[Am]
[C]
[F]
[G] [C]
I'm gonna go next Sunday.
[F]
[G] [A] But Lord [F] I didn't know the one that called the force I was in.
[Bb]
[G] [F] Sometimes I wonder what I was gonna [D] do.
Lord, there [N] ain't no kill for the [C] summertime blues.
I'm gonna take my vacation.
[F] [G]
[C] I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
[F] [G]
[A] [F] I'm gonna call my condominium.
I'm gonna call my condominium.
He says, quote, [N] take it from me.
[F] Sometimes I wonder what I was gonna do.
[N] There ain't no kill for the summertime [D] blues.
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Ebm]
[F] [Fm]
[A] [Bb]
[Ab] [C]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [C] [Eb]
[E]
[F]
[Gb]
[G]
[Ab]
[A]
[Bb]
[B]
[C]
I'm gonna take my vacation.
I'm gonna take my problem [F] to [G] [C]
the United
[F] [Gm] Nations.
[A]
I'm gonna [F] call my condominium.
He says,
[G] [Gm]
[F] quote, take [C] it from me.
There ain't no kill for the [Bb] summertime blues.
[Ab] [D] [Gm] [Bb] [Ab] [C]
[Eb]
Key:  
F
134211111
C
3211
G
2131
Ab
134211114
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
C
3211
G
2131
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To learn Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - F, G, C, F, A and F of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 70 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 141. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of Bb Major.

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[D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C]
Are you [Ebm] ready?
[D] [Gm] House America, come and [Fm] root here [C] with your hit [Ebm] Summertime _ Blue!
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna go _ next Sunday.
_ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] But Lord [F] I didn't know the one that called the force I was in.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] Sometimes I wonder what I was gonna [D] do.
Lord, there [N] ain't no kill for the [C] summertime blues. _ _ _ _
I'm gonna take my _ _ _ vacation.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] [F] I'm gonna call my _ condominium.
I'm gonna call my condominium.
He says, quote, [N] take it from me. _ _
_ _ [F] Sometimes I wonder what I was gonna do.
[N] _ _ There ain't no kill for the summertime [D] blues.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm gonna take my vacation.
I'm gonna take my problem _ [F] to _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ the United _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] Nations.
[A]
I'm gonna [F] call my condominium.
He says, _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[F] quote, _ _ _ take [C] it from me.
There ain't no kill for the [Bb] summertime blues.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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