Summertime Blues Chords by James Taylor
Tempo:
141.5 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Em
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
I'm a gonna race [D] a bus and I'm a gonna race [E] a holler.
[A] [B] [E]
I've been working [G#] all summer just to [E] try to make a dollar, yeah.
[B] [E]
[A] Every time I call my baby, try to make a date.
[Em] Always say don't die soon, you got the world to lay.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do.
[E] Ain't no cure for the summertime blue.
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
Now my [C#m] mama told me, son, you got to make some money [E] today.
[B] If you [D#] want to use a car, go ride it [E] next Sunday.
[A] [B] [E]
[A] Well, I didn't go to work until about five or six.
[Em] You can't use a car because you didn't work a week.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a [Em] gonna do.
Ain't no cure for the summertime [E] blue.
[B] [E]
[A] [E] [D]
[F#]
[G]
[A]
[B]
[E] I'm gonna [Gm] take three weeks, I'm gonna have a [E] vacation.
[A] [B] [E] I'm gonna take my [Gm] brother to the [Em] United [E]
Nations.
[A] [B]
[A] Well, it all comes with a piece of [E] hope.
I could help your son, but you're too young to vote.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do.
[E] Ain't no cure for the [Gm] summertime [E] blue.
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] It's the [E] same [A] thing, [B] take it in [E] the homework.
No, [A] ain't done [B] it, no, [E] no.
Ain't no, ain't no cure for the summertime blue.
[B] [E]
[E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
I'm a gonna race [D] a bus and I'm a gonna race [E] a holler.
[A] [B] [E]
I've been working [G#] all summer just to [E] try to make a dollar, yeah.
[B] [E]
[A] Every time I call my baby, try to make a date.
[Em] Always say don't die soon, you got the world to lay.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do.
[E] Ain't no cure for the summertime blue.
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
Now my [C#m] mama told me, son, you got to make some money [E] today.
[B] If you [D#] want to use a car, go ride it [E] next Sunday.
[A] [B] [E]
[A] Well, I didn't go to work until about five or six.
[Em] You can't use a car because you didn't work a week.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a [Em] gonna do.
Ain't no cure for the summertime [E] blue.
[B] [E]
[A] [E] [D]
[F#]
[G]
[A]
[B]
[E] I'm gonna [Gm] take three weeks, I'm gonna have a [E] vacation.
[A] [B] [E] I'm gonna take my [Gm] brother to the [Em] United [E]
Nations.
[A] [B]
[A] Well, it all comes with a piece of [E] hope.
I could help your son, but you're too young to vote.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do.
[E] Ain't no cure for the [Gm] summertime [E] blue.
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] It's the [E] same [A] thing, [B] take it in [E] the homework.
No, [A] ain't done [B] it, no, [E] no.
Ain't no, ain't no cure for the summertime blue.
[B] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
Em
Gm
E
A
B
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E]
I'm a gonna race [D] a bus and I'm a gonna race [E] a holler.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
I've been working [G#] all summer just to [E] try to make a dollar, yeah.
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
[A] Every time I call my baby, try to make a date.
[Em] Always say don't die soon, you got the world to lay.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do.
[E] Ain't no cure for the summertime blue.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
Now my [C#m] mama told me, son, you got to make some money [E] today.
_ _ [B] _ _ If you [D#] want to use a car, go ride it [E] next Sunday.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
[A] Well, I didn't go to work until about five or six.
[Em] You can't use a car because you didn't work a week.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a [Em] gonna do.
Ain't no cure for the summertime [E] blue.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I'm gonna [Gm] take three weeks, I'm gonna have a [E] vacation.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] I'm gonna take my [Gm] brother to the [Em] United [E]
Nations.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] Well, it all comes with a piece of [E] hope.
I could help your son, but you're too young to vote.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do.
[E] Ain't no cure for the [Gm] summertime [E] blue.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ It's the [E] same [A] thing, [B] take it in [E] the homework.
No, [A] ain't done [B] it, no, [E] no.
Ain't no, ain't no cure for the summertime _ blue. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E]
I'm a gonna race [D] a bus and I'm a gonna race [E] a holler.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
I've been working [G#] all summer just to [E] try to make a dollar, yeah.
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
[A] Every time I call my baby, try to make a date.
[Em] Always say don't die soon, you got the world to lay.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do.
[E] Ain't no cure for the summertime blue.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
Now my [C#m] mama told me, son, you got to make some money [E] today.
_ _ [B] _ _ If you [D#] want to use a car, go ride it [E] next Sunday.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
[A] Well, I didn't go to work until about five or six.
[Em] You can't use a car because you didn't work a week.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm a [Em] gonna do.
Ain't no cure for the summertime [E] blue.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I'm gonna [Gm] take three weeks, I'm gonna have a [E] vacation.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] I'm gonna take my [Gm] brother to the [Em] United [E]
Nations.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] Well, it all comes with a piece of [E] hope.
I could help your son, but you're too young to vote.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do.
[E] Ain't no cure for the [Gm] summertime [E] blue.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ It's the [E] same [A] thing, [B] take it in [E] the homework.
No, [A] ain't done [B] it, no, [E] no.
Ain't no, ain't no cure for the summertime _ blue. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _