Beach Boys - Summertime Blues Acoustic

summertime blues : beach boys .
album – surfin’ safari – #32 on A# hot 200
on capitol records in 1962 .
( acoustic guitar version . )

intro : E . . E A B E . . E A B E

#1 .
E E A B E
well , i’m gonna raise a fuss , i’m gonna raise a holler . .
E E A B E
about a workin’ all summer just to try to earn a dollar .
A
every time i call my baby , and ask to get a date . .
E
my boss says , ’no dice son , you gotta work late . ’
A E
sometimes i wonder what i’m a gonna do . . but there ain’t
E E A B E
no cure for the summertime blues .

#2 .
E E A B E
well , my mom and pop told me , ’son , you gotta make some money . .
E E A B E
if you want to use the car to go ridin’ next sunday .
A
well , i didn’t go to work , told the boss i was sick . .
E
’well , you can’t use the car cause you didn’t work a lick!’
A E
sometimes i wonder what i’m A – gonna do . . but there ain’t no
E A B E
cure for the summertime blues .

#3 .
E E A B E
i’m gonna take the weeks , gonna have a fine vacation .
E E A B E
i’m gonna take my problem to the united nations .
A
well , i called my congressman and he said , ’whoa!’
E
i’d like to help you son , but you’re too young to vote . ’
A E
sometimes i wonder what i’m a gonna do . . but there ain’t no
E . . .
cure for the summertime blues .

a sixties smash from kraziekhat .