SUNNY AFTERNOON- The Kinks
 
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A A/G A/F A/E
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A A/G A/F A/E
 
 Dm C7
The taxman's taken all my dough
 F C7
And left me in my stately home
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb Dm
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
 C7
And I can't sail my yacht
 F C7
He's taken everything I've got
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb Dm
All I've got's this sunny afternoon
 
 
D7 G G7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
 C7 F A7
I got a big fat mama tryin' to break me
 Dm G
And I love to live so pleasantly
Dm G7 
Live this life of luxury
F A Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
 A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
 Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
In a summertime
 A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
 Dm C7 
My girlfriend's run off with my car
 Dm  C7
And gone back to her ma and pa
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb Dm
Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
 C7
Now I'm sittin' here
F C7
Sippin' at my ice-cold beer
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb Dm
Lazin on a sunny afternoon
D7  G G7 
Help me, help me, help me sail away
 C7 F A7 
Or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
 Dm G 
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Dm  G7
Live this life of luxury
F A Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
 A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
 Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
In a summertime
 A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
 
D7  G G7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
 C7 F A7
I got a big fat mama tryin' to break me
 Dm G
And I love to live so pleasantly
Dm G7 
Live this life of luxury
F A Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
 A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
 Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
In a summertime
 A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
 Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
In a summertime
 A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
 
 
 
 Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A A/G A/F A/E
E --1------1-----1------------------------
B --3------3-----3----2----2----2----2----
G --2------2-----2----2----2----2----2----
D --0------0-----0----2----2----2----2----
A --3------2-----1----0-------------------
E -------------------------3----1----0----
(one could alternately keep on the Dm and add the bass notes
all the way down to E)