Album - Surfin' Safari - #32 on BB Hot 200
on CAPITOL Records in 1962.
(Acoustic guitar version.)
INTRO: E..E A B E..E A B E
#1.
[E]Well, I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler..[E][A][B][E]
a[E]bout a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar.[E][A][B][E]
Every [A]time I call my baby, and ask to get a date..
my [E]boss says, 'No dice son, you gotta work late.'
[A]Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do..but there [E]ain't
no cure for the summertime [E]blues.[E][A][B][E]
#2.
[E]Well, my mom and pop told me, 'Son, you gotta make some money.[E].[A][B][E]
[E]if you want to use the car to go ridin' next Sunday.[E][A][B][E]
Well, I [A]didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick..
'Well, you [E]can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick!'
[A]Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do..but there [E]ain't no
cure for the summertime blues.[E][A][B][E]
#3.
[E]I'm gonna take the weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.[E][A][B][E]
[E]I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.[E][A][B][E]
Well, I [A]called my Congressman and he said, 'Whoa!'
I'd [E]like to help you son, but you're too young to vote.'
[A]Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do..but there [E]ain't no
E...
cure for the summertime blues.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
on CAPITOL Records in 1962.
(Acoustic guitar version.)
INTRO: E..E A B E..E A B E
#1.
[E]Well, I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler..[E][A][B][E]
a[E]bout a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar.[E][A][B][E]
Every [A]time I call my baby, and ask to get a date..
my [E]boss says, 'No dice son, you gotta work late.'
[A]Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do..but there [E]ain't
no cure for the summertime [E]blues.[E][A][B][E]
#2.
[E]Well, my mom and pop told me, 'Son, you gotta make some money.[E].[A][B][E]
[E]if you want to use the car to go ridin' next Sunday.[E][A][B][E]
Well, I [A]didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick..
'Well, you [E]can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick!'
[A]Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do..but there [E]ain't no
cure for the summertime blues.[E][A][B][E]
#3.
[E]I'm gonna take the weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.[E][A][B][E]
[E]I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.[E][A][B][E]
Well, I [A]called my Congressman and he said, 'Whoa!'
I'd [E]like to help you son, but you're too young to vote.'
[A]Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do..but there [E]ain't no
E...
cure for the summertime blues.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
