Main Riff: E A, B7 E
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Well I'm gonna raise a fuss I'm gonna raise a holler
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About a working all summer just to try to earn a dollar
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Every time I called my baby try to get a date
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My boss says no dice son you gotta work late
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Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
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But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
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Oh well my Mom and Poppa told me son you gotta make some money
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If you want to use the car to go ridin' next Sunday
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Well I didn't go to work told the boss I was sick
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Well you can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick
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Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
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But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
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I'm gonna take two weeks gonna have a fine vacation
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I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
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Well I called my congressman and he said whoa
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I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote
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Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
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But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
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