Summertime Blues Chords

by Alan Jackson
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author cutfacehunter [a] 51.
3 contributors total, last edit on Jan 15, 2021

Chords

D
G
A
D7

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From video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9x0wbKHos0
 
 
[Intro]
D G D  D A D
D G D  D A D
 
 
[Verse 1]
D                                                    D
I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
D                                                        D
About a-worki' all summer, just to try to earn a dollar
      G
Every time I call my baby, try to get a date
N.C.
My boss says: No dice son, you gotta work late
G
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          D                     A          D
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
 
[Solo]
D D D D
 
[Verse 2]
D                                                              D
Well my mom and poppa told me: Son, you gotta make some  money
D                                                   D
If you wanta use the car to go a-ridin' next Sunday
       G
Well I didn't go to to work, told the boss I was sick
D       N.C.                                                D
Now you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick
G
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          D                     A          D
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
[Solo]
D D D D  D D D D
G G D D  G G D D
D D D
 
 
[Verse 3]
D                                                    D
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
D                                     D         D7
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
G      G
Well I called my Congressman and he said, quote:
  D N.C.                                                  D
I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote
G
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          D                     A          D
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
 
[Solo]
D D D D   D D D D
G G D D   G G D D
D D D
 
[Outro]
D                                                     D
I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
        D                                       D        D
About a-worki' all summer, just to -try to earn a dollar
G
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          D                     A          D     D
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
      G
Yeah, sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          D                     A          D      D
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
         D                    A          D      D  D  D
No there aint no cure for the summertime blues
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3 comments
hecho98
I didn’t play the A. And used dropped D tuning, the intro tab sounds right with it
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SteveBJohnston
Why the D7? Once only in the entire song?
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