SUMMERTIME BLUES THE WHO
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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[intro]
A D E A x2 A D E A x2
||---------|------------||---------|------------||
||------3--|------------||------3--|------------||
||.-2---2--|-------2---.||.-2---2--|-------2---.||
||.-2-0-0--|-------2---.||.-2-0-0--|-------2---.||
||--0------|-----0-0----||--0------|-----0-0----||
||---------|-0----------||---------|-0-3--------||
[A riff] x3 G D
||---------------------||--3----------|
||---------------------||--3------2---|
||.---x-x-2-----x-x-2-.||--0------3---|
||.---x-x-2-----x-x-2-.||--0------0---|
||----0-0-------0-0----||-----------0-|
||-3^--------3^--------||--3----------|
|A | | A D | E A |
Well, I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler
|A [riff] | | A D | E A |
'Bout a'workin' all summer just to try an' a earn a dollar
|D D6 D7 D6 | D D6 D7 D6
Well, I went to the bossman get the car for a date
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|7-7--9--9---10--10--9---9-|-7-7-9---9-10-10-9\-|
|5-5--5--5---5---5---5---5-|-5-5-5---5-5--5--5\-|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|A [tacit] | A |
The boss said, "no dice, son, you gotta work late"
|D |Dsus4 Dsus4 D D |
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
|A [tacit] | |
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[repeat intro]
A D E A A D E A
|-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------|
|--------3--|-------------------|-------3--|-------------|
|--2-2---2--|--------2----------|-2-2---2--|--------2----|
|--2-2-0-0--|--------2----------|-2-2-0-0--|--------2----|
|--0-0------|-2----0-0-4^-0/4/0-|-0-0------|------0-0----|
|-----------|-0-3^--------------|----------|-0-3^--------|
[A riff] x3 G D
|--------------------||--------------------||--3----------|
|--------------------||--------------------||--3------2---|
|-----x-x-2----x-x-2-||.---x-x-2----x-x-2-.||--0------3---|
|-----x-x-2----x-x-2-||.---x-x-2----x-x-2-.||--0------0---|
|-----0-0------0-0---||----0-0------0-0----||-----------0-|
|0/3^-------3^-------||-3^-------3^--------||--3----------|
Well, my mom and papa told me, "son, you gotta earn some money
If you wanna use the car to go riding next Sunday."
Well, I wouldn't go to work, I told the boss I was sick
He said, "You can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick."
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[repeat intro]
[solo; implied tonality indicated in ()]
(A) (D) (E) (A) (A) (D) (E) (A) (A) (D) (E) (A)
|---0---0----|-0---0---|---0---0----|---------|----9---7--|-7----5--|
|---5---3----|-3---2---|---5---3----|-3-------|-----------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|-2---2---|-7/9--\7-/7|---5/6---|
|4/5--\4---2/|4--\2----|4/5--\4-----|-0-0-2---|-----------|---------|
|------------|--------0|-----------0|-----0--0|-----------|---------|
|------------|---------|------------|---------|-----------|---------|
(A) (D) (E) (A) (A) (D) (E) (A)
|---9---7--|7---------|---------------|-------------|
|----------|---0--2---|-5-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|
|7/9--/7-/7|------2---|---7^-7^-7^-7^-|-7^-7^-7^-7^-|
|----------|------2---|---------------|-------------|
|----------|---------0|---------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|-------------|
(A) (D) (E) (A) (A) (D) (E) (A)
|-------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-------|--------------|----------------|
|-7^-7^-7^-7^-|-7^-7^-7^-7-5^-|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|-5/7-5/7---7/5|---5------------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|-7---3^-0-0-----|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|-----------/5-0-|
(A) (D) (E) (A) A D E A 2
|--------------|-------------||---------|-------------||
|--------------|--------2----||------3--|-------------||
|--------------|--------2----||.-2---2--|--------2---.||
|--------------|-3^---0-2----||.-2-0-0--|--------2---.||
|-------5~-3-5-|----5---0--0-||--0-0----|------0-0----||
|-3-4-5--------|-------------||---------|-0-3^--------||
B E F# B B E F# B [B/A riff] 3 B/A
|-------|--------|-------------|-----------||--------------||--------|
|-------|--------|-------------|-----------||--------------||--------|
|-4--4--|------4-|-4-4-4-------|-------4---||.------------.||---4----|
|-4--2--|-4----4-|-4-4-4-2-----|-4-----4--4||.4-4-4--4-4-4.||---4----|
|-2--2--|-4--0-2-|-2-2-2-2--4/4|-4---0-2--2||-0-2-2--0-2-2-||-0------|
|----0--|-2------|-------0--2/2|-2-2-------||--------------||------0-|
|B | | B E | F# B |
Gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
|B [B/A riff]....| | B E | F# B |
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
|D D6 D7 D6 |D D6 D7 D6 [note: PT's error - should be
Well, I went to my congressman and he said, quote, E, E6, E7, E6...]
|B | B |
"I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote."
E |Esus4 E
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
|B | |
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
B E F# B x3 B E F# B
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||--------------|------------------||----------|-------------
||.-4-4-4-------|-------4---------.||-4-4-4----|------4------
||.-4-4-4-2-----|-4-4---4---------.||-4-4-4-2--|-4----4------
||--2-2-2-2--4/4|-4-4-0-2--2-2-0---||-2-2-2-2--|-4--0-2------
||--------0--2/2|-2-2------------2-||-------0--|-2-----------
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litgo@aol.com
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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