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The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon Chords

Intro:
    Dm  Dm  A7  A7
    Dm  Dm  A7  A7

Verse:
     Dm                C
The tax man's taken all  my dough
     F            C
And left me in my statley home.
A7                         Dm
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
              C
And i can't sail my yacht,
     F          C
He's taken everything i've got,
A7                      Dm
All i've got this sunny afternoon.

Chorus:
D7                                      G7
Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze,
         C                            F   A7
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
       Dm             G7
And i love to live so pleasantly,
Dm                    G7  C
Live this life of luxury,
F            A7             Dm
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,
       A7
In the summertime,
       Dm                  A7
In the summertime, In the summertime.

Verse:
    Dm                    C
My girlfriends run off with my car
    F                C
And gone back to her ma and pa
A7                                    Dm
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
         C
Now i'm sitting here,
F              C
Sipping on my ice cold beer,
A7                        Dm
Lazing on a sunny after noon.

Chorus:

Help me, Help me, Help me sail away,

Well, give me two good reasons why i oughta stay.

'Cause i love to live so pleasantly
Dm                    G7  C
Live this life of luxury,
F            A7             Dm
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,
       A7
In the summertime,
       Dm                  A7
In the summertime, In the summertime.

Chorus:
D7                                      G7
Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze,
         C                            F   A7
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
       Dm             G7
And i love to live so pleasantly,
Dm                    G7  C
Live this life of luxury,
F            A7             Dm
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,
       A7
In the summertime,
       Dm                  A7
In the summertime, In the summertime.

Outro:
       Dm                 A7           Am - fading -
In the summertime, In the summertime,

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