The songs starts with the bass guitar, drums, and electric guitar. After that the rhythm is created by the acoustic guitar parts. There are 7 bars of music before vocal starts.
A-I'm a-gonna raise a fuss
I'm a-gonna raise a holler ACOUSTIC GUITAR RYTHM WITH THE CHORD PROGRESSION E E A B7 E
About a-workin' all summer
Just to try to earn a dollar ACOUSTIC GUITAR RYTHM WITH THE CHORD PROGRESSION E E A B7 E
Ev'ry time I call my baby
Try to get a date
My boss says, "no dice son MUSIC STOPS FOR THE SPEAKING PART
You gotta work late"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
A-well my mom and pop a-told me
Son you gotta make some money
A-if you wanna use the car
To go a-ridin' next Sunday
A-well I didn't go to work
Told the boss I was sick
"Now you can't use the car
Cause you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I gonna take two weeks
Gonna have a fine vacation
I gonna take my problem
To the United Nations
Well I called my congressman
And he said quote
"I'd like to help you son
But you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Structure of the song:
intro
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Verse 3
Chorus
Instruments we have used:
Vocals
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
Drums
Bass Guitar
Chord progression:
E E A B7 E
Rhythm:
- The rhythm is 4/4
- We used two guitars, the electric guitar was playing the main rhythm, and acoustic had just a section rhythm to play.
- The rhythm is very effective and complex, works well with the lyrics and the feel of the song.
- It's driven very strongly by the bass guitar also.
- The rhythm of the song is divided by the lyrics. After each line in the verse the acoustic guitar plays the rhythm part.
- On the original recording the rhythm is created by the hand clapping also.
- The music stops in some parts of the song when there are singing/spoken parts