Summertime Blues
By The Who
>From Live at Leeds, 1970 
Written by Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart �1959 Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
connor_334@yahoo.ca      rev 01-25-2001          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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[intro]
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           |A                       |                     | A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D | E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A |
Well, I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler
       |A [riff]                  |                       | A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D | E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A |
'Bout a'workin' all summer just to try an' a earn a dollar
       |D    D6 (xx04xx@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)   |D   D6 (xx04xx@1)  D7 (xx0212@1) D6 (xx04xx@1)|  
Well, I went to the bossman get the car for a date
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   |A    [tacit]                 |                  A| (x02220@1)The boss said, "no dice, son, you gotta work late"

|D                      |Dsus4 Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D D| (xx0232@1) Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
     |A  [tacit]           |                    |
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues

[repeat intro]
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Well, my mom and papa told me, "son, you gotta earn some money
If you wanna use the car to go riding next Sunday."
Well, I wouldn't go to work, I told the boss I was sick
He said, "You can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick."
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues

[repeat intro]

[solo; implied tonality indicated in ()]
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|B  E (022100@1)|F#   B|B (x2444x@1)    E (022100@1)   |F#    B (x2444x@1) ||:[B/A riff]  :|| B/A (024242@1) |
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     |B                    |                      | B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E | F# (244322@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B |
Gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
     |B       [B/A riff]....|               | B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E | F# (244322@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B |
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
       |D    D6 (xx04xx@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)   |D  D6 (xx04xx@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)  D6[note: (xx04xx@1)PT's error - should be:
Well, I went to my congressman and he said, quote,    E, E6, E7, E6...]
    |B                                |                    B (x2444x@1)|
"I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote."
E (022100@1)                    |Esus4       E (022100@1) 
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
            |B                    |                   |
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
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