Kinks, Sunny Afternoon (1966)
Key: :[Gm] (w: Ray Davies)
INTRO: [/G/F/E/Eb/D/C/A#/A] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
The
[Gm] taxman's taken
[F] all my dough
and
[A#] left me in my
[F7] stately home
[D7] lazing on a sunny after-
[Gm]-noon
and I can't
[F] sail my yacht
he's
[A#] taken every-
[F7]-thing I've got
[D7] all I've got's this sunny after-
[Gm]-noon
CHORUS 1:
[G7] Save me, save me, save me from this
[C7] squeeze
I've got a
[F7] big fat mama tryin' to break
[A#] me
[D7]
And I
[Gm] love to live so
[C7] pleasantly
[Gm] Live this life of
[C7] luxu-
[F7]-ry
[A#] Lazing on a
[D7] sunny after-
[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime
VERSE 2:
My
[Gm] girlfriend's run off
[F] with my car
And
[A#] gone back to her
[F7] ma and pa
[D7] Tellin' tales of drunkenness and
[Gm] cruelty
Now I'm
[F] sittin' here,
[A#] sippin' at my
[F7] ice-cooled beer
[D7] Lazin' on a sunny after-
[Gm]-noon
CHORUS 2:
[G7] Help me, help me, help me sail
[C7] away
Or give me
[F7] two good reasons why I ought a
[A#] stay
[D7]
Cause I
[Gm] love to live so
[C7] pleasantly
[Gm] Live this life of
[C7] luxu-
[F7]-ry
[A#] Lazing on a
[D7] sunny after-
[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime
