Summertime Blues Chords by Eddie Cochran
Tempo:
159.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
Em
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E]
[A] [B]
[E] I'm a gonna raise a bus, I'm a gonna raise a holler.
[A]
[E] I'm about to work in old summer just to try to earn a dollar.
[A] [B]
[E] [A] Every time I call my baby, try to get a date.
My [F] boss says, Moe, [E] die son, you gotta work [A] late.
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, but [F#] there ain't no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
Oh
[A] [B]
[E] [A] [B]
[Em] well, my mom and papa told me [E] son, you gotta move some money.
[A]
[Em] If you wanna use a car, they're gonna ride next [E] Sunday.
[A]
Oh well, I didn't wanna work before the boss, I was [F#] sick.
You can't use a car [F] cause you didn't work or live.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, [Em] but there ain't no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
[A] [B]
[E] [A] [B]
[Em] I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.
[E] [A] [B]
[E] I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
[A]
[E] [A] Oh well, I called my congressman and he said, [D#] Moe, I'd like to help you [C#] son, but you're too young [E] to vote.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, [Em] but there ain't no [A#] cure for the [E] summertime blues.
[A] [B]
[E] [A]
[B]
[E] [A] [B]
[E] [A] [B]
[E] [N]
[A] [B]
[E] I'm a gonna raise a bus, I'm a gonna raise a holler.
[A]
[E] I'm about to work in old summer just to try to earn a dollar.
[A] [B]
[E] [A] Every time I call my baby, try to get a date.
My [F] boss says, Moe, [E] die son, you gotta work [A] late.
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, but [F#] there ain't no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
Oh
[A] [B]
[E] [A] [B]
[Em] well, my mom and papa told me [E] son, you gotta move some money.
[A]
[Em] If you wanna use a car, they're gonna ride next [E] Sunday.
[A]
Oh well, I didn't wanna work before the boss, I was [F#] sick.
You can't use a car [F] cause you didn't work or live.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, [Em] but there ain't no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
[A] [B]
[E] [A] [B]
[Em] I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.
[E] [A] [B]
[E] I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
[A]
[E] [A] Oh well, I called my congressman and he said, [D#] Moe, I'd like to help you [C#] son, but you're too young [E] to vote.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, [Em] but there ain't no [A#] cure for the [E] summertime blues.
[A] [B]
[E] [A]
[B]
[E] [A] [B]
[E] [A] [B]
[E] [N]
Key:
A
E
B
Em
F
A
E
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ I'm a gonna raise a bus, I'm a gonna raise a holler.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ I'm about to work in old summer just to try to earn a dollar.
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ [A] Every time I call my baby, try to get a date.
My [F] boss says, Moe, [E] die son, you gotta work [A] late.
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, but [F#] there ain't no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
Oh _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ well, my mom and papa told me [E] son, you gotta move some money.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ If you wanna use a car, they're gonna ride next [E] Sunday.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ Oh well, I didn't wanna work before the boss, I was [F#] sick.
You can't use a car [F] cause you didn't work or live.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, [Em] but there ain't no cure for the [E] summertime blues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [A] Oh well, I called my congressman and he said, [D#] Moe, I'd like to help you [C#] son, but you're too young [E] to vote.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, [Em] but there ain't no [A#] cure for the [E] summertime blues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ I'm a gonna raise a bus, I'm a gonna raise a holler.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ I'm about to work in old summer just to try to earn a dollar.
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ [A] Every time I call my baby, try to get a date.
My [F] boss says, Moe, [E] die son, you gotta work [A] late.
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, but [F#] there ain't no cure for the [E] summertime blues.
Oh _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ well, my mom and papa told me [E] son, you gotta move some money.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ If you wanna use a car, they're gonna ride next [E] Sunday.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ Oh well, I didn't wanna work before the boss, I was [F#] sick.
You can't use a car [F] cause you didn't work or live.
[A] _ Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, [Em] but there ain't no cure for the [E] summertime blues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [A] Oh well, I called my congressman and he said, [D#] Moe, I'd like to help you [C#] son, but you're too young [E] to vote.
[A] Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do, [Em] but there ain't no [A#] cure for the [E] summertime blues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _