Summertime Blues Chords by The Who

Tempo:
130.8 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

E

B

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Who- Summertime Blues chords
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[A] [D] [E] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [A]
[G] [D]
[A] I'm a goner in the bus, I'm a goner in the holler
[D] [A] Bout to walk in half seven just to drive in the dollar
[D] And [A] [D]
I went to the boss and I got a relief
[A]
But the boss said,
So bad son, you gotta work [D] relief
Sometimes I wonder,
I'm a goner
[B] There ain't no cure for the [E] summertime [A] blues
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
And my mother told me,
Son, you gotta earn some money
[D] Why [A]
the use of gun?
I'm gonna ride next Sunday
[D] And [A]
[D] I went to go to work,
I told the boss I was sick He said,
[A] Man, it's the car,
I wish you'd have stayed up working and leave me
[D] Sometimes I wonder,
[C] I'm a [D] goner
There ain't no cure for the [E] summertime
[A] Gonna [D] [E] [A]
[D] [Em] [A]
[D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[D] [A]
[E] [D]
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] [Em] [A]
[D] [A]
[B] [E] [F#] [F#m]
[E] [D] [B]
[Bm]
[B] take two weeks,
Gonna have a valid [A] case,
[E] I [D] [B]
went to the United Nations
[E] Then [F#] [B]
[Em] I went to [F#] my congressman,
[Em] He said,
Boy,
[A#] I [E] hope your son gets a career in the boat
Sometimes I wonder,
I'm a goner
[B] There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[E] [F#] [B]
[E] [A]
[B] [E] [F#m]
[E] [D] [B]
[N]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
B
12341112
Em
121
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
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To learn The Who - (Live At Leeds/1970) Summertime Blues chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - E, A, D and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 65 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 131. With an eye on the song's key D Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
[A] I'm a goner in the bus, I'm a goner in the holler
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Bout to walk in half seven just to drive in the dollar
_ [D] _ And _ [A] _ _ [D]
I went to the boss and I got a relief
[A]
But the boss said,
So bad son, you gotta work [D] relief
Sometimes I wonder,
I'm a goner
[B] There ain't no cure for the [E] summertime [A] blues
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A]
And my mother told me,
Son, you gotta earn some money
[D] _ Why [A] _ _ _ _
the use of gun?
I'm gonna ride next Sunday
[D] _ And _ _ [A] _ _
[D] I went to go to work,
I told the boss I was sick He said,
[A] Man, it's the car,
I wish you'd have stayed up working and leave me
[D] Sometimes I wonder,
[C] I'm a [D] goner
There ain't no cure for the [E] summertime
[A] Gonna [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] take two weeks,
Gonna have a valid [A] case,
[E] I _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ went to the United Nations
_ [E] Then _ [F#] _ [B] _ _
[Em] I went to [F#] my congressman,
[Em] He said,
Boy,
[A#] I [E] hope your son gets a career in the boat
Sometimes I wonder,
I'm a goner
[B] There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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