Chords for How to Play "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran on Guitar

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_ _ _ _ The Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran.
This is his song.
Lots of people have remade this
countless times.
So it's such a classic.
It's only three chords, super easy.
We got a request
for it and I'm going to teach it for [E] you guys.
So it is in E.
So we're playing E.
_ It's going
to be open, [B] second fret A string, [E] second fret D string, first fret G string, open, open.
_ _ The second chord is [A] A.
_ _ _ You can be lazy like me and use two fingers or you can put all three down
if you want.
But open [E] A string, second fret [A] D, second fret G, and second fret B if you want to
strum that much. _ _ _ _
And the [Bm] B chord, we're going to use a cool B7, which is basically _ just second
fret [Eb] A string, first fret D [Abm] string, [A] and second fret G [B] string.
_ Makes like a triangle shape.
And
it's great to [E] play E.
Then you just switch these [Em]
fingers [B] to go to B7. _
_ _ And then [A] A, _ super easy, [B] _ [E] B7,
E.
So it's great to [Em] change these.
So, _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ okay, so it's super easy to change those chords.
So this
is how we're going to go.
So the song is in [C] E and [E] it goes like this.
One, two, one, two, ready,
_ [A] go.
_ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ So that intro part is he's on E and he's going to strum it _ _ _ [A] _ _ and going straight to A.
So [Em] you're
just going to take these fingers [A] and lift up this one and drop them down.
[E] So, _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ and then keep this
finger here.
[B] _ _ We're going to make a B7 and hit that three times _ [E] to _ _ the E.
_ So let's do [B] that again. _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Notice my middle finger [B] stays down.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
These fingers just switch.
[B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ So that is,
_ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _
[Am] [E] I'm going to raise a fuss and I'm going to raise a holler.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] And he's just strumming here.
[Bb] Na na na na na na.
And he's not [E] even hitting a chord, but it's implied that he's hitting the E.
Na na na na na na.
_ _ Intro.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ And then we're going [A] to A. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ You gotta work late to A.
_ _ _ Back [Em] to E.
_ _ [Ab] _ _
So that's the second part of the song.
He just holds [A] on A _ and _ then goes to [E] E _ and pauses.
_ Then
[A] back to A _ and _ _ _ [E] then back to E.
And so there's only two parts of the song.
That's it.
[Abm] The [Em] beginning,
_ E [Am] to A.
[Bm] B [E] to E.
[A] E to A. _
B to [Em] E.
I'm going to raise a fuss and I'm going [E] to raise a holler.
[A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ Na na na na na na na.
_ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ Then _
[E] _ _ [A] going A. _ _
Na na na na na [Em] na.
E. _ _
And then going back to that [A] A. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Na na na na na. _ _
_ [E] _ So super easy.
And what he does at the beginning is he's holding on this E and he's kind of going. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's like on this first fret of the D string to the second fret of [Em] the D string. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ So that's the
basis of this song.
It's super easy.
The basis is pretty simple.
Three chords, very bluesy.
Summertime blues.
So rock it [N] out guys.
Good work.
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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