VERSE 1:
The [Cm] taxman's taken [A#] all my dough
and [D#] left me in my [A#7] stately home
[G7] lazing on a sunny after-[Cm]-noon
and I can't [A#] sail my yacht
he's [D#] taken every-[A#7]-thing I've got
[G7] all I've got's this sunny after-[Cm]-noon

CHORUS 1:
[C7] Save me, save me, save me from this [F7] squeeze
I've got a [A#7] big fat mama tryin' to break [D#] me [G7]
And I [Cm] love to live so [F7] pleasantly
[Cm] Live this life of [F7] luxu-[A#7]-ry
[D#] Lazing on a [G7] sunny after-[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime

VERSE 2:
My [Cm] girlfriend's run off [A#] with my car
And [D#] gone back to her [A#7] ma and pa
[G7] Tellin' tales of drunkenness and [Cm] cruelty
Now I'm [A#] sittin' here, [D#] sippin' at my [A#7] ice-cooled beer
[G7] Lazin' on a sunny after-[Cm]-noon

CHORUS 2:
[C7] Help me, help me, help me sail [F7] away
Or give me [A#7] two good reasons why I ought a [D#] stay [G7]
Cause I [Cm] love to live so [F7] pleasantly
[Cm] Live this life of [F7] luxu-[A#7]-ry
[D#] Lazing on a [G7] 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