Kinks, Sunny Afternoon (1966)
Key: :[Dm] (w: Ray Davies)
INTRO: [/D/C/B/Bb/A/G/F/E] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
The
[Dm] taxman's taken
[C] all my dough
and
[F] left me in my
[C7] stately home
[A7] lazing on a sunny after-
[Dm]-noon
and I can't
[C] sail my yacht
he's
[F] taken every-
[C7]-thing I've got
[A7] all I've got's this sunny after-
[Dm]-noon
CHORUS 1:
[D7] Save me, save me, save me from this
[G7] squeeze
I've got a
[C7] big fat mama tryin' to break
[F] me
[A7]
And I
[Dm] love to live so
[G7] pleasantly
[Dm] Live this life of
[G7] luxu-
[C7]-ry
[F] Lazing on a
[A7] sunny after-
[INTRO]-noon
In the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime
VERSE 2:
My
[Dm] girlfriend's run off
[C] with my car
And
[F] gone back to her
[C7] ma and pa
[A7] Tellin' tales of drunkenness and
[Dm] cruelty
Now I'm
[C] sittin' here,
[F] sippin' at my
[C7] ice-cooled beer
[A7] Lazin' on a sunny after-
[Dm]-noon
CHORUS 2:
[D7] Help me, help me, help me sail
[G7] away
Or give me
[C7] two good reasons why I ought a
[F] stay
[A7]
Cause I
[Dm] love to live so
[G7] pleasantly
[Dm] Live this life of
[G7] luxu-
[C7]-ry
[F] Lazing on a
[A7] 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
