Kinks, Sunny Afternoon (1966)
Key: :[Am] (w: Ray Davies)
INTRO: [/A/G/F#/F/E/D/C/B] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
The
[Am] taxman's taken
[G] all my dough
and
[C] left me in my
[G7] stately home
[E7] lazing on a sunny after-
[Am]-noon
and I can't
[G] sail my yacht
he's
[C] taken every-
[G7]-thing I've got
[E7] all I've got's this sunny after-
[Am]-noon
CHORUS 1:
[A7] Save me, save me, save me from this
[D7] squeeze
I've got a
[G7] big fat mama tryin' to break
[C] me
[E7]
And I
[Am] love to live so
[D7] pleasantly
[Am] Live this life of
[D7] luxu-
[G7]-ry
[C] Lazing on a
[E7] sunny after-
[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime
VERSE 2:
My
[Am] girlfriend's run off
[G] with my car
And
[C] gone back to her
[G7] ma and pa
[E7] Tellin' tales of drunkenness and
[Am] cruelty
Now I'm
[G] sittin' here,
[C] sippin' at my
[G7] ice-cooled beer
[E7] Lazin' on a sunny after-
[Am]-noon
CHORUS 2:
[A7] Help me, help me, help me sail
[D7] away
Or give me
[G7] two good reasons why I ought a
[C] stay
[E7]
Cause I
[Am] love to live so
[D7] pleasantly
[Am] Live this life of
[D7] luxu-
[G7]-ry
[C] Lazing on a
[E7] sunny after-
[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime
REPEAT CHORUS 1:
OUTRO: [over INTRO]
In the summertime, in the summertime
In the summertime, in the summertime
