All the credit for this goes to the guys at Whotabs. Summertime Blues | guitar tab By The Who >From Live at Leeds, 1970 Written by Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart (c)1959 Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ============== transcribed by Whotabs [email protected] rev 2001-01-25 www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== [intro] x2 x2 || A D |E A || A D |E A || ||--------|-----------||--------|-----------|| ||-----3--|-----------||-----3--|-----------|| ||.2---2--|------2---.||.2---2--|------2---.|| ||.2-0-0--|------2---.||.2-0-0--|------2---.|| ||-0------|----0-0----||-0------|----0-0----|| ||--------|0----------||--------|0-3--------|| x3 ||[A riff] ||G D | ||---------------------||3----------| ||---------------------||3------2---| ||.---x-x-2-----x-x-2-.||0------3---| ||.---x-x-2-----x-x-2-.||0------0---| ||----0-0-------0-0----||---------0-| ||-3^--------3^--------||3----------| |A | | A D | E A | Well, I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler |A [riff] | | A D | E A | 'Bout a'workin' all summer just to try an' a earn a dollar |D D6 D7 D6 |D D6 D7 D6 | Well, I went to the bossman get the car for a date |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |7-7--9--9---10--10--9---9--|7-7-9---9-10-10-9\-| |5-5--5--5---5---5---5---5--|5-5-5---5-5--5--5\-| |---------------------------|-------------------| |A [tacit] | A | The boss said, "no dice, son, you gotta work late" |D |Dsus4 Dsus4 D D | Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do |A [tacit] | | There ain't no cure for the summertime blues [repeat intro] |A D |E A |A D |E A | |---------|------------------|---------|------------| |------3--|------------------|------3--|------------| |2-2---2--|-------2----------|2-2---2--|-------2----| |2-2-0-0--|-------2----------|2-2-0-0--|-------2----| |0-0------|2----0-0-4^-0/4/0-|0-0------|-----0-0----| |---------|0-3^--------------|---------|0-3^--------| x2 |[A riff] ||: :||G D | |--------------------||--------------------||3----------| |--------------------||--------------------||3------2---| |-----x-x-2----x-x-2-||.---x-x-2----x-x-2-.||0------3---| |-----x-x-2----x-x-2-||.---x-x-2----x-x-2-.||0------0---| |-----0-0------0-0---||----0-0------0-0----||---------0-| |0/3^-------3^-------||-3^-------3^--------||3----------| 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 ()] | (A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) | |---0---0----|-0---0---|---0---0----|---------|-----9---7--|-7----5--| |---5---3----|-3---2---|---5---3----|-3-------|------------|---------| |------------|---------|------------|-2---2---|--7/9--\7-/7|---5/6---| |4/5--\4---2/|4--\2----|4/5--\4-----|-0-0-2---|------------|---------| |------------|--------0|-----------0|-----0--0|------------|---------| |------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------| | (A) (D) |(E) (A) |(A) (D) |(E) (A) | |---9---7--|7---------|---------------|-------------| |----------|---0--2---|-5-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--| |7/9--/7-/7|------2---|---7^-7^-7^-7^-|-7^-7^-7^-7^-| |----------|------2---|---------------|-------------| |----------|---------0|---------------|-------------| |----------|----------|---------------|-------------| |(A) (D) |(E) (A) | (A) (D) |(E) (A) | |-------------|---------------|--------------|----------------| |-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-------|--------------|----------------| |-7^-7^-7^-7^-|-7^-7^-7^-7-5^-|--------------|----------------| |-------------|---------------|-5/7-5/7---7/5|---5------------| |-------------|---------------|--------------|-7---3^-0-0-----| |-------------|---------------|--------------|-----------/5-0-| x2 |(A) (D) |(E) (A) || A D | E A || |--------------|-------------||---------|-------------|| |--------------|--------2----||------3--|-------------|| |--------------|--------2----||.-2---2--|--------2---.|| |--------------|-3^---0-2----||.-2-0-0--|--------2---.|| |-------5~-3-5-|----5---0--0-||--0-0----|------0-0----|| |-3-4-5--------|-------------||---------|-0-3^--------|| x3 |B E |F# B |B E |F# B ||:[B/A riff] :|| B/A | |------|-------|------------|----------||--------------||-------| |------|-------|------------|----------||--------------||-------| |4--4--|-----4-|4-4-4-------|------4---||.------------.||--4----| |4--2--|4----4-|4-4-4-2-----|4-----4--4||.4-4-4--4-4-4.||--4----| |2--2--|4--0-2-|2-2-2-2--4/4|4---0-2--2||-0-2-2--0-2-2-||0------| |---0--|2------|------0--2/2|2-2-------||--------------||-----0-| |B | | B E | F# B | Gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation |B [B/A riff]....| | B E | F# B | Gonna take my problem to the United Nations |D D6 D7 D6 |D D6 D7 D6 [note: PT's error - should be: Well, I went to my congressman and he said, quote, E, E6, E7, E6...] |B | B | "I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote." E |Esus4 E Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do |B | | 'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues x3 || B E |F# B ||B E |F# B | ||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------| ||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------| ||.4-4-4-------|------4---------.||4-4-4----|-----4------| ||.4-4-4-2-----|4-4---4---------.||4-4-4-2--|4----4------| ||-2-2-2-2--4/4|4-4-0-2--2-2-0---||2-2-2-2--|4--0-2------| ||-------0--2/2|2-2------------2-||------0--|2-----------| ============= [email protected] #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
