VERSE 1:
The
[Bm] taxman's taken
[A] all my dough
and
[D] left me in my
[A7] stately home
[F#7] lazing on a sunny after-
[Bm]-noon
and I can't
[A] sail my yacht
he's
[D] taken every-
[A7]-thing I've got
[F#7] all I've got's this sunny after-
[Bm]-noon
CHORUS 1:
[B7] Save me, save me, save me from this
[E7] squeeze
I've got a
[A7] big fat mama tryin' to break
[D] me
[F#7]
And I
[Bm] love to live so
[E7] pleasantly
[Bm] Live this life of
[E7] luxu-
[A7]-ry
[D] Lazing on a
[F#7] sunny after-
[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime
VERSE 2:
My
[Bm] girlfriend's run off
[A] with my car
And
[D] gone back to her
[A7] ma and pa
[F#7] Tellin' tales of drunkenness and
[Bm] cruelty
Now I'm
[A] sittin' here,
[D] sippin' at my
[A7] ice-cooled beer
[F#7] Lazin' on a sunny after-
[Bm]-noon
CHORUS 2:
[B7] Help me, help me, help me sail
[E7] away
Or give me
[A7] two good reasons why I ought a
[D] stay
[F#7]
Cause I
[Bm] love to live so
[E7] pleasantly
[Bm] Live this life of
[E7] luxu-
[A7]-ry
[D] Lazing on a
[F#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
