Summertime blues     (midi)

 

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1. I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler.

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    I've been workin' all summer just a tryin' a earn a dollar.

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    Tried to get the car to go out on a date,

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    the boss said "no dice, son, you gotta work late!"

 

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Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do,

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'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.

 

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2. Well, my mom and poppa told me,

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    "Son, you gotta earn some money,

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    if you wanna use the car to go riding next Sunday."

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    Well I wouldn't go to work, I told the boss I was sick,

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    He said, "you can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick." + CHORUS

 

+ Instr. = verse 1

 

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3. Gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.

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    Gonna take my problem to the United Nations.

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    I went to my congressman and he said, quote:

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    "I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote."  + CHORUS

 

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(orig. = capo 1st)           (The Who)