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
