This is Summertime Blues by the Who. I saw that there was no correct tab on here, so I
figured it out myself. It's in standard tuning. Have fun with it.
b=bend, .=stacatto
Intro:
A5 D5 E5 D5 C5 A5 D5 E5 D5 C5 A5
e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g--------7--9--7--5-----------7--9--7--5-------------------|
d--x777--7--9--7--5--7-77777--7--9--7--5-7xxx7x7x7x7-------|
a--x777--5--7--5--3--7-77777--5--7--5--3-7xxx7x7x7x7-------|
e--x555--------------5-55555-------------5xxx5x5x5x5-------|
Verse:
A5
e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g--------------------------7--9--7--5------|
d--x7xxx7xx7x--------x777--7--9--7--5---7--|
a--x7xxx7xx7x--------x777--5--7--5--3---7--|
e--x5xxx5xx5x--------x555---------------5--|
(W/ vocals) (At pause)
Chorus:
D5 E5 A5 D5
e---------------------------|
b---------------------------|
g--7--9----------7----------|
d--7--9------7---7----------|
a--5--7------7---5----------|
e------------5--------------|
.
repeat intro,
repeat verse,
repeat chorus,
Solo:
g e f# d
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------14-7-13-5--------------------------------------------5---------|
g-12b-9-11b-7-12-9-11-7-7777777777777-7-7-5----------------------7---7--5----|
d-------------------------------------------7-7p5-7p5-7p5---x777-----------7-|
a---------------------------------------------------------7------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
A5 E5 D5 E5 A5
e-------------------------|
b-------------------------|
g--------9--77--9--14-----|
d--x777--9--77--9--14-----|
a--x777--7--55--7--12-----|
e--x555-------------------|
repeat verse,
repeat chorus,
repeat intro
Thats about it, rock on!
Summertime Blues - The Who
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Summertime Blues
From Live at Leeds, by The Who
[INTRO]
A D E A A [riff]
||--------------------||------------------------||--3----------|
||-----3--------------||------------------------||--3------2---|
||-2---2---------2----||----x-x-2--------x-x-2--||--0------3---|
||-2-0-0---------2----||----x-x-2--------x-x-2--||--0------0---|
||-0-----------0-0----||----0-0----------0-0----||-----------0-|
||--------0-3b--------||-3^-----------3^--------||--3----------|
A A D E A
I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler
A [riff] A D E A
I've been workin' all summer just a tryin a earn a dollar
D D6 D7 D6 D D6 D7 D6
Tried to get the car go out on a date
d|--7--------9-------10--9--7---9----10---9-9-|
a|--5--------5-------5---5--5---5----5----5-5-|
A [tacit] A
The boss said "no dice, son, you gotta work late"
D Dsus D Dsus D
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
A [tacit] A D E A
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well, my mom and poppa 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
Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[Solo] x2
||-----0---0-----0-----0----||-----9---7-----7-----5-|
||-----5---3-----3-----2----||-----------------------|
||--------------------------||--7/9---7-----7---5/6--|
||--4/5---4---2/4-----2-----||-----------------------|
||------------------------0-||-----------------------|
||--------------------------||-----------------------|
x2
|-----9---7-----7----------||-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------0--2---||---5--5--5--5--5---||-5--5------------|
|--7/9---7-----7-------2---||---7^ 7^ 7^ 7^ 7^--||-7^-7^---7-5^----|
|----------------------2---||-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------0||-------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|----------2----|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|----------2----|
|--7-5/7-----7-5---5-------|------|-------|---3--5-----|--3^---0--2----|
|----------------7----3^-0-|-0----|-------|-5----------|-----5----0--0-|
|--------------------------|--3-0-|-3-4-5-|------------|---------------|
| A D E A |
|| B E F# B ||x2 [B/A riff]
||----------------||--------------||---------|
||----------------||--------------||---------|
||-4--4---------4-||--------------||-4-------|
||-4--2----4----4-||-4-4-4--4-4-4-||-4---2---|
||-2--2----4--0-2-||-0-2-2--0-2-2-||-0---2---|
||----0----2------||--------------||-----0-0-|
B B E F# B
Gonna take two weeks gonna have a fine vacation
B [B/A riff].....
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
D D6 D7 D6 D D6 D7 D6 [note: PT's error - should be
E]
I went to my congressman and he said, quote
B B
"I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote."
E Esus 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 ||
From Live at Leeds, by The Who
[INTRO]
A D E A A [riff]
||--------------------||------------------------||--3----------|
||-----3--------------||------------------------||--3------2---|
||-2---2---------2----||----x-x-2--------x-x-2--||--0------3---|
||-2-0-0---------2----||----x-x-2--------x-x-2--||--0------0---|
||-0-----------0-0----||----0-0----------0-0----||-----------0-|
||--------0-3b--------||-3^-----------3^--------||--3----------|
A A D E A
I'm a'gonna raise a fuss I'm a'gonna raise a holler
A [riff] A D E A
I've been workin' all summer just a tryin a earn a dollar
D D6 D7 D6 D D6 D7 D6
Tried to get the car go out on a date
d|--7--------9-------10--9--7---9----10---9-9-|
a|--5--------5-------5---5--5---5----5----5-5-|
A [tacit] A
The boss said "no dice, son, you gotta work late"
D Dsus D Dsus D
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna do
A [tacit] A D E A
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well, my mom and poppa 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
Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
[Solo] x2
||-----0---0-----0-----0----||-----9---7-----7-----5-|
||-----5---3-----3-----2----||-----------------------|
||--------------------------||--7/9---7-----7---5/6--|
||--4/5---4---2/4-----2-----||-----------------------|
||------------------------0-||-----------------------|
||--------------------------||-----------------------|
x2
|-----9---7-----7----------||-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------0--2---||---5--5--5--5--5---||-5--5------------|
|--7/9---7-----7-------2---||---7^ 7^ 7^ 7^ 7^--||-7^-7^---7-5^----|
|----------------------2---||-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------0||-------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|----------2----|
|--------------------------|------|-------|------------|----------2----|
|--7-5/7-----7-5---5-------|------|-------|---3--5-----|--3^---0--2----|
|----------------7----3^-0-|-0----|-------|-5----------|-----5----0--0-|
|--------------------------|--3-0-|-3-4-5-|------------|---------------|
| A D E A |
|| B E F# B ||x2 [B/A riff]
||----------------||--------------||---------|
||----------------||--------------||---------|
||-4--4---------4-||--------------||-4-------|
||-4--2----4----4-||-4-4-4--4-4-4-||-4---2---|
||-2--2----4--0-2-||-0-2-2--0-2-2-||-0---2---|
||----0----2------||--------------||-----0-0-|
B B E F# B
Gonna take two weeks gonna have a fine vacation
B [B/A riff].....
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
D D6 D7 D6 D D6 D7 D6 [note: PT's error - should be
E]
I went to my congressman and he said, quote
B B
"I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote."
E Esus 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 ||
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
All the credit for this goes to the guys at Whotabs.
Summertime Blues | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Live at Leeds, 1970
Written by Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart (c)1959 Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
==============
transcribed by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com rev 2001-01-25 www.thewho.net/whotabs
==============
[intro]
x2 x2
|| A D |E A || A D |E A ||
||--------|-----------||--------|-----------||
||-----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--------||
x3
||[A riff] ||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^--------|
x2
|[A riff] ||: :||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-|
x2
|(A) (D) |(E) (A) || A D | E A ||
|--------------|-------------||---------|-------------||
|--------------|--------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^--------||
x3
|B E |F# B |B E |F# B ||:[B/A riff] :|| 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
x3
|| B E |F# B ||B E |F# B |
||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------|
||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------|
||.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-----------|
=============
litgo@aol.com
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Summertime Blues | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Live at Leeds, 1970
Written by Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart (c)1959 Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
==============
transcribed by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com rev 2001-01-25 www.thewho.net/whotabs
==============
[intro]
x2 x2
|| A D |E A || A D |E A ||
||--------|-----------||--------|-----------||
||-----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--------||
x3
||[A riff] ||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^--------|
x2
|[A riff] ||: :||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-|
x2
|(A) (D) |(E) (A) || A D | E A ||
|--------------|-------------||---------|-------------||
|--------------|--------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^--------||
x3
|B E |F# B |B E |F# B ||:[B/A riff] :|| 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
x3
|| B E |F# B ||B E |F# B |
||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------|
||-------------|-----------------||---------|------------|
||.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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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
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2001
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