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Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran - Guitar Chords

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            Song: Summertime blues
Artist: Eddie Cochran
Composers: Eddie Cochran and Gerry Capehar

Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar-)  6th Feb 2017

Hear the track at this link: 
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TUNING: D-A-D-G-B-E  (Dropped D)
Tune low E string down to D

CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of E)

NOTE: For the bass note riff, if you have a whammy bar fitted you can
just play the bottom string and dip the bar for that half-step down,
the tab shown is a simulation of that effect if you don't have one.

Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically
suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo position:
D    = 000232              G5 = 555xxx
G5 * = xx0033 or 550033    G6 = 575xxx
A7   = x02020 

h = hammer-on    ^ = Emphasise the beats  N.C. = No chords

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[Bass riff]
e |---------------------|---------------------|
B |---------------------|---------------------|
G |---------------------|---------------------|
D |---------------------|---------------------|
A |--4-h5-5-5-4-h5-5-5--|--4-h5-5-5-4-h5-5-5--|
D |--0----0-0-0----0-0--|--0----0-0-0----0-0--|

        D        G5 *        A7       D
||:  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  :|| [x2]
        ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

[Verse 1]
       [Bass riff]
I'm a - gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler,

      D        G5 *         A7       D
|  /__/  /__/  /   /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
      ^  ^  ^  ^            ^  ^  ^  ^

         [Bass riff]
About a - workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar,

      D        G5 *        A7       D
|  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
      ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

         G5     G6      G5   G6   G5     G6    G5   G6
Every--- time I call my baby   ...try to get a date,
   D          N.C.
My boss says, "No dice, son, you gotta work late!"
D    G5     G6      G5     G6      G5      G6    G5
     Some - times I wonder ...what I'm a - gonna do,
G6        D        N.C.                   [Bass riff]
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues!

        D        G5 *        A7       D
||:  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  :|| [x2]
        ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

[Verse 2]
        [Bass riff]
A - well, my Mom and Pop a -told me, son, you gotta make some money,

      D        G5 *        A7       D
|  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
      ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

           [Bass riff]
A - if you wanna use the car to go a -ridin' next Sunday,

      D        G5 *        A7       D
|  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
      ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

             G5    G6    G5     G6       G5   G6    G5
A - well, I didn't go to work,  told the boss I was sick,
 G6      D           N.C.
"Now you can't use a car, 'cause you didn't work a -late!"
D    G5     G6      G5     G6       G5      G6    G5
     Some - times I wonder  ...what I'm a - gonna do,
G6        D        N.C.                   [Bass riff]
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues!

        D        G5 *        A7       D
||:  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  :|| [x2]
        ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

[Verse 3]
         [Bass riff]
I'm gonna take two weeks, ...gonna have a fine vacation,

      D        G5 *        A7       D
|  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
      ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

         [Bass riff]
I'm gonna take my problem to The United Nations,

      D        G5 *        A7       D
|  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
      ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

            G5      G6         G5  G6     G5 G6    G5      G6
A - well, I told my Congress - man,   and he said, quote:
     D       N.C.
"I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote!"
D   G5     G6      G5     G6       G5      G6    G5
    Some - times I wonder  ...what I'm a - gonna do,
 G6          D        N.C.                   [Bass riff]
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues!

        D        G5 *        A7       D
||:  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  :|| [x2]
        ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^

[Coda]
        D        G5 *        A7       D
||:  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  :|| [Repeat]
        ^  ^  ^  ^           ^  ^  ^  ^ 
        

We also have 24 songs by Eddie Cochran

• 20 Flight Rock
• Cmon Everybody
• Completely Sweet
• Cut Across Shorty
• Dark Lonely Street
• Drive-In Show
• Hallelujah I Love Her So
• I Remember
• Jeanie Jeannie Jeannie
• Lovin Time
• Mean When Im Mad
• Nervous Breakdown
• One Kiss
• Sittin In The Balcony
• Skinny Jim
• Somethin Else
• Something Else
• Summertime Blues
• Teenage Heaven
• Tell Me Why
• Teresa
• Three Steps To Heaven
• Twenty Flight Rock
• Undying Love

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