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6 Chords used in the song: Am, E7, G, C, A7, D7
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Intro
Verse 1
The tax man's taken all my dough
And left me in my statley home.
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And i can't sail my yacht,
He's taken everything i've got,
All i've got this sunny afternoon.
Chorus 1
Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze,
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And i love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,
In the summertime,
In the summertime, In the summertime.
Verse 2
My girlfriends run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now i'm sitting here,
Sipping on my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny after noon.
Chorus 2
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
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,
In the summertime,
In the summertime, In the summertime.
Chorus 1
Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze,
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And i love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon,
In the summertime,
In the summertime, In the summertime.
Outro
In the summertime, In the summertime,
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transpose up 5 half steps for original tuning (so you can sing along to the track) :)
11 Apr 2019
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About this song: Sunny Afternoon
"Sunny Afternoon" is a song by The Kinks, written by chief songwriter Ray Davies. The track later featured on the Face to Face album as well as being the title track for their 1967 compilation album. Its strong Music Hall flavour and lyrical focus was part of a stylistic departure for the band (begun with 1965's "A Well Respected Man"), who had risen to fame in 1964-65 with a series of hard-driving, power-chord rock hits.
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