Key: :[D#m] (w: Ray Davies)

INTRO: [/D#/C#/C/B/A#/G#/F#/F] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
The [D#m] taxman's taken [C#] all my dough
and [F#] left me in my [C#7] stately home
[A#7] lazing on a sunny after-[D#m]-noon
and I can't [C#] sail my yacht
he's [F#] taken every-[C#7]-thing I've got
[A#7] all I've got's this sunny after-[D#m]-noon

CHORUS 1:
[D#7] Save me, save me, save me from this [G#7] squeeze
I've got a [C#7] big fat mama tryin' to break [F#] me [A#7]
And I [D#m] love to live so [G#7] pleasantly
[D#m] Live this life of [G#7] luxu-[C#7]-ry
[F#] Lazing on a [A#7] sunny after-[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime

VERSE 2:
My [D#m] girlfriend's run off [C#] with my car
And [F#] gone back to her [C#7] ma and pa
[A#7] Tellin' tales of drunkenness and [D#m] cruelty
Now I'm [C#] sittin' here, [F#] sippin' at my [C#7] ice-cooled beer
[A#7] Lazin' on a sunny after-[D#m]-noon

CHORUS 2:
[D#7] Help me, help me, help me sail [G#7] away
Or give me [C#7] two good reasons why I ought a [F#] stay [A#7]
Cause I [D#m] love to live so [G#7] pleasantly
[D#m] Live this life of [G#7] luxu-[C#7]-ry
[F#] Lazing on a [A#7] 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