Summertime Blues Chords
by Alan Jackson
Summertime Blues by Alan Jackson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Alan Jackson:
Summertime Blues
Low E string tuned down to a D
=Intro=
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A-4h5-5-5--4h5-5-5--2-0-2-0--------4h5-5--4h5-5--2-0-2-0-----
E--------------------------2b-0--------------------------2b-0
(1/4 bend)
=turnaround on third verse=
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------REPEAT---------------
A-0-2-3-5-5-5-2b-0----0-0-0-2--------------------------------
E-------------------4---------2b-0---------------------------
(1/4 bend throughout)
=Lead Solo=
(Acoustic part included to make solo complete)
e-------|-------------------------|-10----10-10--------------
B-3-3-3-|1s3-3-3------------------|-10b12-10--8-10-----------
G-------|--------4s2-2--0-1-2-----|-------------9b11r9p7-----
D-------|-------------4-------2b-0|----------------------h9--
A-------|-------------5-----------|--------------------------
E-------|-------------------------|--------------------------
e--------|-----------------------------------------------|---
B-7s5---5|-----------------------------------------------|---
G-7s5---5|-----------------------------------------------|---
D-----7--|-5p3h5-3b------------0-------------------------|---
A--------|----------5-3-0-3b5-----2b4p0------0-----------|---
E--------|--------|----------------------3b-----2b--0----|---
(1/4 bend) (1/4 bend)(1/4 bend)
e-------------------------|---------8b10r8--------10---------
B-------------------------|---8b10r8--------10b12----12r10-8-
G-----------------------7-|-7--------------------------------
D----------------0--5h7---|----------------------------------
A-------0--0-2b3----------|----------------------------------
E-0-2b3-------------------|----------------------------------
e-7-5-3-1------------|--------------------------------|------
B-8-4-5-3----3-----3-|--------------------------------|------
G----------0-2b3r2-0-|--------------------------------|------
D--------------------|0-2b3-0-----0-------0-----0-----|------
A--------------------|--------3b4---0-2b3---------3b4-|------
E------------------------------------------2b3--------|------
e-----------3------------------------|-----10---8------------
B-7-6-5-3-----3-2-0------------------|-------------10--------
G-7-6-5-3h4---3-2-0--3-2-3---------0-|-s11----x---x---9b11r9-
D-7-6-5-3-----3-2-0--3-2-3-----------|-----------------------
A--------------------------1h2-1h2---|-----------------------
E------------------------------------|-----------------------
e------------|-----------------------------------------------
B------------|-----------------------------------------------
G-7-5--------|-----------------------------------------------
D----7-------|------------------------------repeats intro----
A------7b8r7-|4h5-5-5-4h5-5-5--2-0-2-0-----------------------
E------------|-------------------------2b-0------------------
(1/4 bend)
As always, I like to split the solo up into sections with
vertical lines, and practice each section at a time, until
I get it.