Chords for Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues - 1958
Tempo:
159.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[B] [E] [A]
[B] [E] I'm a gonna raise a bus, I'm a gonna raise a holler.
[A]
[B] [E] [Em] I'm out of work in old summer just to try to [E] earn a dollar.
[A]
[E] Every [A] time I call my baby, try to get a date.
My boy [F] says, no [E] dice son, you gotta work late.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, but there ain't [F#] no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
Oh
[A]
[B] [E] [A]
[E] well my mom and papa told me son, you gotta move somebody.
[A]
[Em] If you wanna use a car, you gotta go to riding next Sunday.
[A]
[E] [A] Oh well I didn't wanna work before the boss I was sick.
You [F] can't use a [E] car [Fm] cause you didn't work or live.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, [E] but there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.
[A]
[E] [A]
[B] [E] I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation.
[A]
[E] I'm gonna take my father to the United Nations.
[A]
[E] Oh well I called my [A] congressman and he said, no.
[F] I'd like to help you [E] son, [F#] but you're too young [E] to vote.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, [E] but there ain't no cure [C#] for the [E] summertime blues.
[A]
[B] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[B] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [N]
[B] [E] [A]
[B] [E] I'm a gonna raise a bus, I'm a gonna raise a holler.
[A]
[B] [E] [Em] I'm out of work in old summer just to try to [E] earn a dollar.
[A]
[E] Every [A] time I call my baby, try to get a date.
My boy [F] says, no [E] dice son, you gotta work late.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, but there ain't [F#] no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
Oh
[A]
[B] [E] [A]
[E] well my mom and papa told me son, you gotta move somebody.
[A]
[Em] If you wanna use a car, you gotta go to riding next Sunday.
[A]
[E] [A] Oh well I didn't wanna work before the boss I was sick.
You [F] can't use a [E] car [Fm] cause you didn't work or live.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, [E] but there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.
[A]
[E] [A]
[B] [E] I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation.
[A]
[E] I'm gonna take my father to the United Nations.
[A]
[E] Oh well I called my [A] congressman and he said, no.
[F] I'd like to help you [E] son, [F#] but you're too young [E] to vote.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, [E] but there ain't no cure [C#] for the [E] summertime blues.
[A]
[B] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[B] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [N]
Key:
E
A
B
F
Em
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ I'm a gonna raise a bus, I'm a gonna raise a holler.
_ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] [Em] I'm out of work in old summer just to try to [E] earn a dollar.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ Every [A] time I call my baby, try to get a date.
My boy [F] says, no [E] dice son, you gotta work late.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, but there ain't [F#] no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
Oh _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ well my mom and papa told me son, you gotta move somebody.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ If you wanna use a car, you gotta go to riding next Sunday.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ [A] Oh well I didn't wanna work before the boss I was sick.
You [F] can't use a [E] car [Fm] cause you didn't work or live.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, [E] but there ain't no cure for the summertime blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ I'm gonna take my father to the United _ Nations.
[A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ Oh well I called my [A] congressman and he said, no.
[F] I'd like to help you [E] son, [F#] but you're too young [E] to vote.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, [E] but there ain't no cure [C#] for the [E] summertime blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ I'm a gonna raise a bus, I'm a gonna raise a holler.
_ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] [Em] I'm out of work in old summer just to try to [E] earn a dollar.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ Every [A] time I call my baby, try to get a date.
My boy [F] says, no [E] dice son, you gotta work late.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, but there ain't [F#] no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
Oh _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ well my mom and papa told me son, you gotta move somebody.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ If you wanna use a car, you gotta go to riding next Sunday.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ [A] Oh well I didn't wanna work before the boss I was sick.
You [F] can't use a [E] car [Fm] cause you didn't work or live.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, [E] but there ain't no cure for the summertime blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ I'm gonna take my father to the United _ Nations.
[A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ Oh well I called my [A] congressman and he said, no.
[F] I'd like to help you [E] son, [F#] but you're too young [E] to vote.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do, [E] but there ain't no cure [C#] for the [E] summertime blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _