Kinks-Sunny Afternoon
[Intro - No drumsCAN ALSO TAP WITH RIGHT HAND AS NO SNARE
Dm figure play as per Mr Blue Sky]
(play Dm at 5th fret - just play Bb on its own, A at nut)
[Dm] [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb]
[A] [A/G] [A/F] [A/E] (drums in)
[Dm] [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb]
[A] [A/G] [A/F] [A/E]
[Verse]
The [Dm] taxman's taken [C7] all my dough
And [F] left me in my [C7] stately home
[A] Lazin' [A/G] on a [A/F] sunny
[A/E] after [Dm] noon
And I can't sail [C7] my yacht
He's [F] taken every [C7] thing I've got
[A] All I've gots [A/G] this sunny [A/F]
[A/E] after [Dm] noon
[Chorus]
[D] Save me, save me, [D7] save me from this
[G] squeeze [G7] .. I got a big
[C7] fat mama tryin' to break
[F] me [A7] .. And I
[Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly
[Dm] Live this [G7] life of luxury
[F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after
(TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND)
[Dm] noon [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E] In the
[Dm] summer time [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E]
[Verse]
My [Dm] girlfriend's run [C7] off with my car
And [F] gone back to her [C7] ma and pa
[A] Tellin' [A/G] tales of [A/F] drunke [A/E] ness and
[Dm] cruelty .. Now I'm sittin' [C7] here
Sippin' [F] at my ice- [C7] cooled beer
[A] Lazin' [A/G] on this [A/F] sunny
after [A/E] noon [Dm] on
[Chorus]
[D] Help me, help me, [D7] help me sail
away [G] [G7] Or give me
[C7] Two good reasons why I oughta
[F] stay [A7] And I
[Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly
[Dm] Live this life of lux [G7] ury
[F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after
(TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND)
[Dm] noon [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E] In the
[Dm] summer time [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E]
[Chorus]
[D] Save me, save me, [D7] save me from this
[G] squeeze [G7] .. I got a big
[C7] fat mama tryin' to break
[F] me [A7] .. And I
[Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly
[Dm] Live this [G7] life of luxury
[F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after
(TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND)
[Dm] noon [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E] In the
[Dm] summer time [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E]
[Repeat a few times]
[End] [D]
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