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Kinks-Sunny Afternoon - BPM - 123

[Intro - No drums
CAN 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 

(JUST BASS DRUM, NO SNARE, STRUM CHORD AND SUSTAIN IT THEN 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] 
E X---------------------
B 3---------------------
G 2-2-2-2---------------
D 0---------------------
A ----------------------
E ----------------------

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Ace-How Long - BPM - 123

 [Intro]
Ab/Bb  Bb  x4
then Bm on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
 
[Verse 1]
Ab/Bb                       Bb
Friends with their fancy persuasion
        Ab/Bb                   Bb
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
      Ab/Bb                     Bb
But I can't help but have my suspicions
         Ab/Bb                    Bb
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
        Ab/Bb                Bb
And you said you was never intendin' 
   Ab/Bb                      Bb
To break up our scene in this way
          Ab/Bb               Bb
But there ain't any use in pretendin' 
         Ab/Bb            Bb  Bm
It could happen to us any day
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb]
 
 
[Verse 2]
Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicion
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
 
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way
But there ain't any use in pretendin'
It could happen to us any day
 
And how long has this been going on
How long has this been going on
How long
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
How long
How long has this been going on
been going on
 
How
long has this been going on

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