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Summertime blues
Here's the Alan Jackson version. (NO CAPO) or (capo 1) DROP D TUNING
Intro riff: d u ud u d d d u ud u d d
D D D G A7 A7 D D D G A7 A7 D
e---------------------|-------------------------|-2---2----------------------2--|---2---2-----------------------2
B---------------------|-------------------------|-3---3----------------------3--|---3---3-----------------------3
G---------------------|-------------------------|-2---2----------------------2--|---2---2-----------------------2
D--------0-0-----0-0--|---------0--0------------|-0---0-----/5-----7----7----0--|---0---0-----5------7----7-----0
A----4h5-5-5-4h5-5-5--|----4h5--5--5--2p-0------|-----------/5-----7----7-------|-------------5------7----7------
D-------—-------------|--------------------2p0--|-----------/5-----7----7-------|-------------5------7----7------

<riff after each line>

D Dsus D (RIFF)
I'm a gonna raise a fuss I'm a-gonna raise a holler

D Dsus D (RIFF)
About a-workin' all summer just a-trying to earn a dollar

slide G
Every time I call my baby, try to get a date

D(mute) (NC) hammer hammer D

The boss says "No dice son you gotta work a-late"

slide G
Some-times I wonder what I'm a gonna do

Dsus D A7 D (RIFF)
But there ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues

{repeat Intro riff}

D (RIFF)
Well my Mom and Pappa told me "Son you gotta earn some money
D (RIFF)
If you wanna use the car to go a riding next Sunday"
G
Well I didn't got to work told the boss I was sick
D
"Now you can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick"
G
Some-times I wonder what I'm a gonna do
D A7 D (RIFF)
But there ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues

{repeat Intro riff}

D (RIFF)
It's gonna take two weeks a-gonna have a fine vacation,
D (RIFF)
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
G
Well I called my Congressman and he said, quote:
D D
"I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
G
Some-times I wonder what I'm a gonna do,
D A7 D (RIFF)
But there ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues.

{repeat Intro riff} REPEAT VERSE 1 & PLAY LAST LINE TWICE