Brian Setzer - Summertime Blues - Originally by eddie cochran
brian setzer performed this in the movie 'La Bamba'
Tabbed by Andy Tate
Intro
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verse 1
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I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
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About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar
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Every time I call my baby, and try to get a date
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My boss says, "No dice son, you gotta work late"
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Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
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But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
verse2
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Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some money,
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If you want to use the car to go ridin' next Sunday"
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Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
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"Well you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
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Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
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But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Guitar solo
well, lets rock it now
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Verse 3
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I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
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I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
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Well I called my congressman and he said quote:
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"I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
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Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
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But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
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no there aint no cure for the summertime blues, there aint no cure for the summertime blues
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said there aint no cure for the summertime blues, no there aint no cure for the summertime blues
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