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Summertime Blues Chords

E
 
E A  B7* E  x2
 
E
 
      E                   
I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, 
      A             E     E A  B7 E
I'm a-gonna raise a holler
        E                   
About a-workin' all summer, 
         A             E     E A  B7 E
just to -try to earn a dollar
      A
Every time I call my baby, try to get a date
   E
My boss says: No dice son, you gotta work late
 
A
 Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
E A  B7 E x2
 
        E                     
Well my mom 'n poppa told me: 
         A               E    E A  B7 E
Son, you gotta make some money
       E                 
If you wanta use the car 
        A           E     E A  B7 E
to go a-ridin' next Sunday
       A
Well I didn't go to to work, 

told the boss I was sick
         E
"Now you can't use the car 

'cause you didn't work a lick"
 
A
 Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
E A  B7 E x2
 
     E                    
I'm gonna take two weeks, 
      A             E     E A  B7 E
gonna have a fine vacation
          E               
I'm gonna take my problem 
       A      E      E A  B7 E
to the United Nations
       A
Well I called my Congressman and he said, quote:
     E
"I'd like to help you son, 

but you're too young to vote"
 
A
 Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
E A  B7 E x3
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