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Summertime Blues
[intro]
x2 x2
|| A D |E A || A D |E A ||
||--------|-----------||--------|-----------||
||-----3--|-----------||-----3--|-----------||
||.2---2--|------2---.||.2---2--|------2---.||
||.2-0-0--|------2---.||.2-0-0--|------2---.||
||-0------|----0-0----||-0------|----0-0----||
||--------|0----------||--------|0-3--------||
x3
||[A riff] ||G D |
||---------------------||3----------|
||---------------------||3------2---|
||.---x-x-2-----x-x-2-.||0------3---|
||.---x-x-2-----x-x-2-.||0------0---|
||----0-0-------0-0----||---------0-|
||-3^--------3^--------||3----------|
|A | | A D | E A |
Well, I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler
|A [riff] | | A D | E A |
'Bout a'workin' all summer just to try an' a earn a dollar
|D D6 D7 D6 |D D6 D7 D6 |
Well, I went to the bossman get the car for a date
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|7-7--9--9---10--10--9---9--|7-7-9---9-10-10-9\-|
|5-5--5--5---5---5---5---5--|5-5-5---5-5--5--5\-|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|A [tacit] | A |
The boss said, "no dice, son, you gotta work late"
|D |Dsus4 Dsus4 D D |
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
|A [tacit] | |
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[repeat intro]
|A D |E A |A D |E A |
|---------|------------------|---------|------------|
|------3--|------------------|------3--|------------|
|2-2---2--|-------2----------|2-2---2--|-------2----|
|2-2-0-0--|-------2----------|2-2-0-0--|-------2----|
|0-0------|2----0-0-4^-0/4/0-|0-0------|-----0-0----|
|---------|0-3^--------------|---------|0-3^--------|
x2
|[A riff] ||: :||G D |
|--------------------||--------------------||3----------|
|--------------------||--------------------||3------2---|
|-----x-x-2----x-x-2-||.---x-x-2----x-x-2-.||0------3---|
|-----x-x-2----x-x-2-||.---x-x-2----x-x-2-.||0------0---|
|-----0-0------0-0---||----0-0------0-0----||---------0-|
|0/3^-------3^-------||-3^-------3^--------||3----------|
Well, my mom and papa told me, "son, you gotta earn some money
If you wanna use the car to go riding next Sunday."
Well, I wouldn't go to work, I told the boss I was sick
He said, "You can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick."
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[repeat intro]
[solo; implied tonality indicated in ()]
| (A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) |
|---0---0----|-0---0---|---0---0----|---------|-----9---7--|-7----5--|
|---5---3----|-3---2---|---5---3----|-3-------|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|-2---2---|--7/9--\7-/7|---5/6---|
|4/5--\4---2/|4--\2----|4/5--\4-----|-0-0-2---|------------|---------|
|------------|--------0|-----------0|-----0--0|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------|
| (A) (D) |(E) (A) |(A) (D) |(E) (A) |
|---9---7--|7---------|---------------|-------------|
|----------|---0--2---|-5-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|
|7/9--/7-/7|------2---|---7^-7^-7^-7^-|-7^-7^-7^-7^-|
|----------|------2---|---------------|-------------|
|----------|---------0|---------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|-------------|
|(A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) |
|-------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-------|--------------|----------------|
|-7^-7^-7^-7^-|-7^-7^-7^-7-5^-|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|-5/7-5/7---7/5|---5------------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|-7---3^-0-0-----|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|-----------/5-0-|
x2
|(A) (D) |(E) (A) || A D | E A ||
|--------------|-------------||---------|-------------||
|--------------|--------2----||------3--|-------------||
|--------------|--------2----||.-2---2--|--------2---.||
|--------------|-3^---0-2----||.-2-0-0--|--------2---.||
|-------5~-3-5-|----5---0--0-||--0-0----|------0-0----||
|-3-4-5--------|-------------||---------|-0-3^--------||
x3
|B E |F# B |B E |F# B ||:[B/A riff] :|| B/A |
|------|-------|------------|----------||--------------||-------|
|------|-------|------------|----------||--------------||-------|
|4--4--|-----4-|4-4-4-------|------4---||.------------.||--4----|
|4--2--|4----4-|4-4-4-2-----|4-----4--4||.4-4-4--4-4-4.||--4----|
|2--2--|4--0-2-|2-2-2-2--4/4|4---0-2--2||-0-2-2--0-2-2-||0------|
|---0--|2------|------0--2/2|2-2-------||--------------||-----0-|
|B | | B E | F# B |
Gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
|B [B/A riff]....| | B E | F# B |
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
|D D6 D7 D6 |D D6 D7 D6 [note: PT's error - should be:
Well, I went to my congressman and he said, quote, E, E6, E7, E6...]
|B | B |
"I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote."
E |Esus4 E
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
|B | |
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
x3
|| B E |F# B ||B E |F# B |
||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------|
||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------|
||.4-4-4-------|------4---------.||4-4-4----|-----4------|
||.4-4-4-2-----|4-4---4---------.||4-4-4-2--|4----4------|
||-2-2-2-2--4/4|4-4-0-2--2-2-0---||2-2-2-2--|4--0-2------|
||-------0--2/2|2-2------------2-||------0--|2-----------|
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version 2
From Live at Leeds
[INTRO]
A D E A A [riff]
||--------------------||------------------------||--3----------|
||-----3--------------||------------------------||--3------2---|
||-2---2---------2----||----x-x-2--------x-x-2--||--0------3---|
||-2-0-0---------2----||----x-x-2--------x-x-2--||--0------0---|
||-0-----------0-0----||----0-0----------0-0----||-----------0-|
||--------0-3b--------||-3^-----------3^--------||--3----------|
A A D E A
I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler
A [riff] A D E A
I've been workin' all summer just a tryin a earn a dollar
D D6 D7 D6 D D6 D7 D6
Tried to get the car go out on a date
d|--7--------9-------10--9--7---9----10---9-9-|
a|--5--------5-------5---5--5---5----5----5-5-|
A [tacit] A
The boss said "no dice, son, you gotta work late"
D Dsus D Dsus D
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
A [tacit] A D E A
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well, my mom and poppa told me, "son, you gotta earn some money
If you wanna use the car to go riding next sunday."
Well I wouldn't go to work, I told the boss I was sick
He said, "you can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick."
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[Solo] x2
||-----0---0-----0-----0----||-----9---7-----7-----5-|
||-----5---3-----3-----2----||-----------------------|
||--------------------------||--7/9---7-----7---5/6--|
||--4/5---4---2/4-----2-----||-----------------------|
||------------------------0-||-----------------------|
||--------------------------||-----------------------|
x2
|-----9---7-----7----------||-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------0--2---||---5--5--5--5--5---||-5--5------------|
|--7/9---7-----7-------2---||---7^ 7^ 7^ 7^ 7^--||-7^-7^---7-5^----|
|----------------------2---||-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------0||-------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|----------2----|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|----------2----|
|--7-5/7-----7-5---5-------|------|-------|---3--5-----|--3^---0--2----|
|----------------7----3^-0-|-0----|-------|-5----------|-----5----0--0-|
|--------------------------|--3-0-|-3-4-5-|------------|---------------|
| A D E A |
|| B E F# B ||x2 [B/A riff]
||----------------||--------------||---------|
||----------------||--------------||---------|
||-4--4---------4-||--------------||-4-------|
||-4--2----4----4-||-4-4-4--4-4-4-||-4---2---|
||-2--2----4--0-2-||-0-2-2--0-2-2-||-0---2---|
||----0----2------||--------------||-----0-0-|
B B E F# B
Gonna take two weeks gonna have a fine vacation
B [B/A riff].....
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
D D6 D7 D6 D D6 D7 D6 [note: PT's error - should be
E]
I went to my congressman and he said, quote
B B
"I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote."
E Esus E
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
B
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
|| B E F# B ||
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version 3
It's in standard tuning.
b=bend, .=stacatto
Intro:
A5 D5 E5 D5 C5 A5 D5 E5 D5 C5 A5
e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g--------7--9--7--5-----------7--9--7--5-------------------|
d--x777--7--9--7--5--7-77777--7--9--7--5-7xxx7x7x7x7-------|
a--x777--5--7--5--3--7-77777--5--7--5--3-7xxx7x7x7x7-------|
e--x555--------------5-55555-------------5xxx5x5x5x5-------|
Verse:
A5
e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g--------------------------7--9--7--5------|
d--x7xxx7xx7x--------x777--7--9--7--5---7--|
a--x7xxx7xx7x--------x777--5--7--5--3---7--|
e--x5xxx5xx5x--------x555---------------5--|
(W/ vocals) (At pause)
Chorus:
D5 E5 A5 D5
e---------------------------|
b---------------------------|
g--7--9----------7----------|
d--7--9------7---7----------|
a--5--7------7---5----------|
e------------5--------------|
.
repeat intro,
repeat verse,
repeat chorus,
Solo:
g e f# d
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------14-7-13-5--------------------------------------------5---------|
g-12b-9-11b-7-12-9-11-7-7777777777777-7-7-5----------------------7---7--5----|
d-------------------------------------------7-7p5-7p5-7p5---x777-----------7-|
a---------------------------------------------------------7------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
A5 E5 D5 E5 A5
e-------------------------|
b-------------------------|
g--------9--77--9--14-----|
d--x777--9--77--9--14-----|
a--x777--7--55--7--12-----|
e--x555-------------------|
repeat verse,
repeat chorus,
repeat intro
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version 4
[intro]
x2 x2
|| A D |E A || A D |E A ||
||--------|-----------||--------|-----------||
||-----3--|-----------||-----3--|-----------||
||.2---2--|------2---.||.2---2--|------2---.||
||.2-0-0--|------2---.||.2-0-0--|------2---.||
||-0------|----0-0----||-0------|----0-0----||
||--------|0----------||--------|0-3--------||
x3
||[A riff] ||G D |
||---------------------||3----------|
||---------------------||3------2---|
||.---x-x-2-----x-x-2-.||0------3---|
||.---x-x-2-----x-x-2-.||0------0---|
||----0-0-------0-0----||---------0-|
||-3^--------3^--------||3----------|
|A | | A D | E A |
Well, I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler
|A [riff] | | A D | E A |
'Bout a'workin' all summer just to try an' a earn a dollar
|D D6 D7 D6 |D D6 D7 D6 |
Well, I went to the bossman get the car for a date
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|7-7--9--9---10--10--9---9--|7-7-9---9-10-10-9\-|
|5-5--5--5---5---5---5---5--|5-5-5---5-5--5--5\-|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|A [tacit] | A |
The boss said, "no dice, son, you gotta work late"
|D |Dsus4 Dsus4 D D |
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
|A [tacit] | |
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[repeat intro]
|A D |E A |A D |E A |
|---------|------------------|---------|------------|
|------3--|------------------|------3--|------------|
|2-2---2--|-------2----------|2-2---2--|-------2----|
|2-2-0-0--|-------2----------|2-2-0-0--|-------2----|
|0-0------|2----0-0-4^-0/4/0-|0-0------|-----0-0----|
|---------|0-3^--------------|---------|0-3^--------|
x2
|[A riff] ||: :||G D |
|--------------------||--------------------||3----------|
|--------------------||--------------------||3------2---|
|-----x-x-2----x-x-2-||.---x-x-2----x-x-2-.||0------3---|
|-----x-x-2----x-x-2-||.---x-x-2----x-x-2-.||0------0---|
|-----0-0------0-0---||----0-0------0-0----||---------0-|
|0/3^-------3^-------||-3^-------3^--------||3----------|
Well, my mom and papa told me, "son, you gotta earn some money
If you wanna use the car to go riding next Sunday."
Well, I wouldn't go to work, I told the boss I was sick
He said, "You can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick."
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[repeat intro]
[solo; implied tonality indicated in ()]
| (A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) |
|---0---0----|-0---0---|---0---0----|---------|-----9---7--|-7----5--|
|---5---3----|-3---2---|---5---3----|-3-------|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|-2---2---|--7/9--\7-/7|---5/6---|
|4/5--\4---2/|4--\2----|4/5--\4-----|-0-0-2---|------------|---------|
|------------|--------0|-----------0|-----0--0|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------|
| (A) (D) |(E) (A) |(A) (D) |(E) (A) |
|---9---7--|7---------|---------------|-------------|
|----------|---0--2---|-5-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|
|7/9--/7-/7|------2---|---7^-7^-7^-7^-|-7^-7^-7^-7^-|
|----------|------2---|---------------|-------------|
|----------|---------0|---------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|-------------|
|(A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) |
|-------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-------|--------------|----------------|
|-7^-7^-7^-7^-|-7^-7^-7^-7-5^-|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|-5/7-5/7---7/5|---5------------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|-7---3^-0-0-----|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|-----------/5-0-|
x2
|(A) (D) |(E) (A) || A D | E A ||
|--------------|-------------||---------|-------------||
|--------------|--------2----||------3--|-------------||
|--------------|--------2----||.-2---2--|--------2---.||
|--------------|-3^---0-2----||.-2-0-0--|--------2---.||
|-------5~-3-5-|----5---0--0-||--0-0----|------0-0----||
|-3-4-5--------|-------------||---------|-0-3^--------||
x3
|B E |F# B |B E |F# B ||:[B/A riff] :|| B/A |
|------|-------|------------|----------||--------------||-------|
|------|-------|------------|----------||--------------||-------|
|4--4--|-----4-|4-4-4-------|------4---||.------------.||--4----|
|4--2--|4----4-|4-4-4-2-----|4-----4--4||.4-4-4--4-4-4.||--4----|
|2--2--|4--0-2-|2-2-2-2--4/4|4---0-2--2||-0-2-2--0-2-2-||0------|
|---0--|2------|------0--2/2|2-2-------||--------------||-----0-|
|B | | B E | F# B |
Gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
|B [B/A riff]....| | B E | F# B |
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
|D D6 D7 D6 |D D6 D7 D6 [note: PT's error - should be:
Well, I went to my congressman and he said, quote, E, E6, E7, E6...]
|B | B |
"I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote."
E |Esus4 E
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
|B | |
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
x3
|| B E |F# B ||B E |F# B |
||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------|
||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------|
||.4-4-4-------|------4---------.||4-4-4----|-----4------|
||.4-4-4-2-----|4-4---4---------.||4-4-4-2--|4----4------|
||-2-2-2-2--4/4|4-4-0-2--2-2-0---||2-2-2-2--|4--0-2------|
||-------0--2/2|2-2------------2-||------0--|2-----------|
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