Summertime Blues Acoustic by The Beach Boys, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Summertime Blues Acoustic

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The Beach Boys is an iconic American rock band, frequently cited as one of the most influential and commercially successful groups in the history of popular music due to their intricate vocal harmonies, studio experiments, and novel approaches to pop songwriting. Rooted in doo-wop and rock and roll, their early string of vocal surf hits defined the '60s California Sound. For a period afterward, they notably delved into progressive pop styles. often combining elements from classical and jazz in innovative ways.

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Summertime Blues:Beach Boys.
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 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.