Summertime Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][F][D][F]
[D][F][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Oh [Am]Lord, [D]I[G][Am][D]
got to raise a fuss,
Lord I got to raise a [G]holler[Am][G]
[D]About a workin' all summer just
to try to earn [G]a dollar[Am]
[D]Oh Lord, I tri[G]ed to call my baby,
I tried to get a date
[D][G]

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I wonder what
I'm a gonna do
Lord, there [D]ain't no cure for the summertime
[G]blu[D]es[G][Am][D][G]
[Am][G][D]

[Verse 3]
Well, my mom and pop told me, "Son
you gotta make some [G]money[D]
Well, if you want to use the car to go
ridin' next [G]Sunday"[Am][D]
[G]Well, Lord I didn't go to work I told the
boss I was sick he [D]said

[Verse 4]
[D]
[G]Sometimes I wonder,
what I'm a gonna do
Lord, there [D]ain't no cure for the summertime

[Interlude 1]
blues
[G][Am][D][G][Am][D]
[G][Am][D][G][Am][D]

[Verse 5]
I've got [D]to take the weeks I got
to have a fun [G]vacation[D]
I've got to take my problem to
the United [G]Nations[Am][D]
I done [G]told my congressman and he said,
[D]"Whoa, take this [G]boy"

[Verse 6]
Sometimes I wonder,
what I'm a gonna do
Lord, there [D]ain't no cure for
the summertime blues
I've got [G]to take the weeks, I [D]got

[Verse 7]
[G]to [Am]have [G]a [D]fun vacation
[G]I've got to take my problem,
[Am]to the United Na[D]tions
I done told my congressman and he said,
[G]"Whoa, tak[Am]e this boy"
Some[G]times I wonder, [D]what I'm a gonna

[Verse 8]
[D]
do
[G]Lord, there ain't no cure,
[Am]for the summer[D]time blues
Whoa, there ain't no cure