[E]　[A]　[B]　[E]　[A]　[B]　[E]

 

[E]I'm a-gonna raise a fuss

I'm a-gonna raise a holler[A]　[B]　[E]

[E]About workin' all summer

Just-a trying to earn a dollar[A]　[B]　[E]

 

Well the [A]time'll come a baby

[A]Try to get a date

My [E]boss says "No dice, son

[E]You gotta work late"

 

[A]Sometimes I wonder

[A]What I'm-a gonna do

But there [E]ain't no cure

[E]For the summertime blues

[A]　[B]　[E]　[A]　[B]　[E]

 

[E]Oh well my mama and papa told me

"You gotta make some money[A]　[B]　[E]

[E]If you wanna use the car

To go a-ridin' next Sunday"[A]　[B]　[E]

 

Oh well, I [A]didn't go to work

[A]Told the boss I was sick

"Now you [E]can't use the car

[E]'Cause you didn't work a lick"

 

[A]Sometimes I wonder

[A]What I'm-a gonna do

But there [E]ain't no cure

[E]For the summertime blues

[E]　[A]　[B]　[E]　[A]　[B]　[E]

 

[E]I'm gonna take two weeks

Gonna have a fine vacation[A]　[B]　[E]

I'm gonna take my problem

To the United Nations[A]　[B]　[E]

 

Well, I called [A]my congressman

[A]And he said, quote:

[E]"I'd like to help you, son

[E]But you're too young to vote"

 

[A]Sometimes I wonder

[A]What I'm-a gonna do

But there [E]ain't no cure

[E]For the summertime blues

[A]　[B]　[E]　[A]　[B]　[E]　

[A]　[B]　[E]　[A]　[B]　[E]