The Kinks
Sunny Afternoon
Face To Face (1966)

Dm  Dm/C  Dm/B  Dm/B♭  A  A/G  A/F  A/E  x 2  (rentre 2e x)

    Dm             C
The taxman's taken all my dough
    F             C
And left me in my stately home
A      A/G  A/F   A/E  (Dm)
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon

And I can't sail my yacht
He's taken everything I've got
All I've got's this sunny afternoon

Dm    a b c♯

  D7                                  G7
  Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
          C7                            F   A7
  I got a big fat mama, tryin' to break me

          Dm              G7
    And I love to live so pleasantly
    D7                G7  C7
    Live this life of luxury

    F           A7         Dm  Dm/C  Dm/B  Dm/B♭
    Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
           A  A/G  A/F  A/E
    In the summertime
           Dm  Dm/C  Dm/B  Dm/B♭
    In the summertime
           A  A/G  A/F  A/E
    In the summertime

My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty

Now I'm sittin' here
Sippin' at my ice-cooled beer
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon

Dm    a b c♯

  Help me, help me, help me sail away
  Or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay

    Refrain

  Aah save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
  I got a big fat mama, tryin' to break me

    Refrain

    In the summertime  x 2

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B --3--------
G ----2---2--  x 2  (fade out)
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A ------0----
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