Kinks, Sunny Afternoon (1966)
Key: :[Fm] (w: Ray Davies)
INTRO: [/F/D#/D/Db/C/A#/G#/G] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
The
[Fm] taxman's taken
[D#] all my dough
and
[G#] left me in my
[D#7] stately home
[C7] lazing on a sunny after-
[Fm]-noon
and I can't
[D#] sail my yacht
he's
[G#] taken every-
[D#7]-thing I've got
[C7] all I've got's this sunny after-
[Fm]-noon
CHORUS 1:
[F7] Save me, save me, save me from this
[A#7] squeeze
I've got a
[D#7] big fat mama tryin' to break
[G#] me
[C7]
And I
[Fm] love to live so
[A#7] pleasantly
[Fm] Live this life of
[A#7] luxu-
[D#7]-ry
[G#] Lazing on a
[C7] sunny after-
[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime
VERSE 2:
My
[Fm] girlfriend's run off
[D#] with my car
And
[G#] gone back to her
[D#7] ma and pa
[C7] Tellin' tales of drunkenness and
[Fm] cruelty
Now I'm
[D#] sittin' here,
[G#] sippin' at my
[D#7] ice-cooled beer
[C7] Lazin' on a sunny after-
[Fm]-noon
CHORUS 2:
[F7] Help me, help me, help me sail
[A#7] away
Or give me
[D#7] two good reasons why I ought a
[G#] stay
[C7]
Cause I
[Fm] love to live so
[A#7] pleasantly
[Fm] Live this life of
[A#7] luxu-
[D#7]-ry
[G#] Lazing on a
[C7] sunny after-
[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime
