🎸 Verse 1: C The sun set so late tonight F C I wonder if you saw it too F C I wish I had someone to lose G C But all I got are these summertime blues 🎸 Verse 2: C Bet there’s a green-eyed-dark-haired beauty F C On some beach by Monterey F C Letting waves wash her pain away G That I’ll never know
🎸 Verse 3: C Bet there’s some boys out in Okie F C That are praying to get the job done F C Hauling hay and fighting off the sun G But I’ll never know 🎸 Pre-Chorus: F C Summertime blues, summertime blues G Am I got nothing left to prove F C I’m out of touch and out of tune G Singing alone F To the birds up high C And the souls below G Am All those boys who ain’t got no home F C The beautiful girls I’ll never hold G This one’s for you 🎸 Chorus: F C G Am My summertime blues F C G My summertime blues C F C F C G 🎸 Verse 4: C The quiet turns to revelry F C As the sun burns away the spring F C The coastlines start to sing G With the young and heartless 🎸 Verse 5: C Hilton head and the Hamptons F C Where the rich all go to die F C And the young kids all get high G Just to pass the time 🎸 Verse 6: C I bought a bottle of the best bourbon F C A beat down boy could buy F C I’m gonna’ bury all my sorrow G C As the summertime passes by 🎸 Pre-Chorus: F C Summertime blues, summertime blues G Am I got nothing left to prove F C I’m out of touch and out of tune G Singing alone F To the birds up high C And the souls below G Am All those boys who ain’t got no home F C The beautiful girls I’ll never hold G This one’s for you 🎸 Chorus: F C G Am My summertime blues F C G My summertime blues C F C F C G C The sun set so late tonight F C I wonder if you saw it too F C I wish I had someone to lose G C But all I got are these summertime blues