All Summer Single chords by Billy Idol

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

ALL SUMMER SINGLE – Billy Idol (from the Album Whiplash Smile)

Intro:
G (pick it, with your timing mimicking the song's synth intro)

Verse:
G
What should I do baby, a-what should do,
               Em
Where should I go, what should I do?
     C                               G
Yes, I got blues, the summertime blues.
G
Eight o'clock in the morning,
                                    Em
Eight o'clock, it's a New York day.

Eight o'clock in the morning, babe,
C
Gonna wipe that dirt, shake that sweat,
                                         G
Wipe that, shake it, lose the blues right now.
G
All summer single

Chorus:
Bm               C                      G              Em
All summer single, you can't touch what you can’t see.
Bm              C               G               Em
Now all summer single, you went away, away from me.
Bm          C           C         C
All summer single, yes, I don't care you know
                                G
I want a good time, for you and me.
G
All summer single.

Verse:
G
There's a shot in the dark now, babe.
                                       Em
I reach out to touch the New York skyline.
                                  C
Oh yes, I am free, baby. But it's you I want,
C                       C                 G
So shake them loose, lose the blues right now.
G
Ah ah ah ah ah. All summer single.

Chorus:
Bm          C              G         Em
All summer single, I wanna be what I wanna be.
Bm               C                 G           Em
Yeah, all summer single, I'm gonna have, what I can see.
Bm           C
All summer single, yes, I don't mind, ya know.
                     G
All I want is a good time.

Solo:
G – C – F  (x4)

Bridge:
C
(If I tell the truth)
Am
Lost my baby 'fore the summer sun was through.
C
(If I tell the truth)
Am
Hurt and jealous friends fighting over you
C
(If I tell the truth)
Am
I lost my baby 'fore the summer sun was through
C
(If I tell the truth)
Yeah I don't mind, you know, that all I want is a
        G
Good time, good time.

Chorus:
Bm          C                 G             Em
All summer single, I want you here, Near to me. Ow!
Bm          C                   G                    Em
All summer single, I wanna good time, And I wanna be free.
Bm          C                 G                     Em
All summer single, that's the way, That's the way I feel
Bm          C
All summer single, well, I don't mind.
                     G
I wanna good time for you and me.

Outro:
G                         C                     F (repeat chords while singing the final refrains)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh. All summer single
G        C                     F
All summer single, oh.
G        C                     F
All summer, all summer, all summer,All summer single,

(imrpovise and Fade out)