Summertime Blues


Original Album
Surfin' Safari
Written By
Eddie Cochran/J. Capeheart
Produced By
Nick Venet
Lead Vocals
Mike and Brian
Recorded On
September 6, 1962
Length
2:10
Notes
  • Eddie Cochran took his version of this song to the top-ten in 1958.
  • A surprisingly present bass line even though it doesn't do much.
Lyrics
I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby, and ask to get a date
My boss says, "No dice son, you gotta work late"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some money"
If you want to use the car to go ridin' next Sunday
Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
"Well you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I'm gonna take the weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
Well I called my congressman and he said "Whoa!"
"I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Chords
.........E......................................................................E...A...B...E
I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
....................E.........................................................................E...A...B...E
About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar
............A
Every time I call my baby, and ask 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.................................................................E...A...B...E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

..................E....................................................................................................E...A...B...E
Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some money"
...............E.......................................................................E...A...B...E
If you want to use the car to go ridin' next Sunday
..............A
Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
.....................E
"Well you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
A
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
...................E................................................................E...A...B...E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

.........E......................................................................................E...A...B...E
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
.....................E.........................................................................E...A...B...E
I'm gonna take my problem 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..................................................................E...A...B...E
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Chart prepared by Francis Greene

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