The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon (Guitar)

Capo 5
Key
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Chords

[Intro] Am Am E7 E7 Am Am E7 E7 [Verse 1]
     Am                G
The tax man's taken all my dough

     C            G
And left me in my stately home.

E7                         Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.

              G
And I can't sail my yacht,

     C          G
He's taken everything I've got,

E7                           Am
All I've got this sunny afternoon.
[Chorus 1]
A7                                  D7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze,

         G                            C   E7
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.

      Am              D7
And I love to live so pleasantly,

Am                D7    G
Live this life of luxury,

C            E7        Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,

       E7
In the summertime,

       Am                 E7
In the summertime, in the summertime.
[Verse 2]
    Am                  G
My girlfriend's run off with my car

    C                G
And gone back to her ma and pa

E7                               Am
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.

         G
Now I'm sitting here,

C             G
Sipping on my ice cold beer,

E7                     Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
[Chorus 2]
A7                             D7
Help me, help me, help me sail away,

              G                             C    E7
Well, give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.

      Am                 D7
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly

Am                D7     G
Live this life of luxury,

C           E7         Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,

       E7
In the summertime,

       Am                  E7
In the summertime, in the summertime.
[Chorus 1]
A7                                  D7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze,

         G                           C   E7
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.

       Am             D7
And I love to live so pleasantly,

Am                    D7  G
Live this life of luxury,

C           E7         Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,

       E7
In the summertime,

       Am                 E7
In the summertime, in the summertime.
[Outro]
       Am                 E7
In the summertime, in the summertime,
Then just quietly strum Am until fade (or sudden ending depending on which album you got it on). This was tabbed by Huw Wilson-Thomas, England.