Sunny Afternoon

The Kinks

{t:Sunny Afternoon}
{st:The Kinks}


{sot}
	| d – D – u d u – |
{eot}

{c:The riffs on Dm and A chords}


{c:Intro (2 strums each chord):}

[Am]    [Am7b5]   [F#mb5]     [F]   [A5]   [Asus4]   [Am]     [E7]
[Am]    [Am7b5]   [F#mb5]     [F]   [A5]   [Asus4]   [Am]     [E7]


The [Am] tax man's taken [Em] all my [G7] dough
And [C] left me in my [Em] stately [G] home
[A5] Lazing [Asus4] on a [Am] sunny [E7] after[Am]noon
And I can't [Em] sail my [G7] yacht he's [C] taken every[Em]thing I've [G] got
[A5] All I've [Asus4] got's this [Am] sunny [E7] after[Am]noon [A]


[A] Save me save me save me from this [D7] squeeze
I got a [G] big fat [G7] mama [G] trying to [Gaug] break [C] me [E7]
And I [Am] love to live so [D] pleasantly [Am] live this life of [D7] luxu[G7]ry
[C] Lazing on a [E7] sunny after[Am]noon [Am7b5]   [F#mb5]   [F]
In the [A5] summer[Asus4]time [Am]   [E7]
In the [Am] summer[Am7b5]time [F#mb5]   [F]
In the [A5] summer[Asus4]time [Am]   [E7]


My [Am] girlfriend's run off [Em] with my [G7] car
And [C] gone back to her [Em] ma and [G] pa
[A5] Telling [Asus4] tales of [Am] drunken[E7]ness and [Am] cruelty
Now I'm [Em] sitting [G7] here [C] sipping at my [Em] ice cold [G] beer
[A5] Lazing [Asus4] on a [Am] sunny [E7] after[Am]noon [A]


[A] Help me help me help me sail a[D7]way
Or give me [G] two good [G7] reasons [G] why I [Gaug] oughta [C] stay [E7]
Cause I [Am] love to live so [D] pleasantly [Am] live this life of [D7] luxu[G7]ry
[C] Lazing on a [E7] sunny after[Am]noon [Am7b5]   [F#mb5]   [F]
In the [A5] summer[Asus4]time [Am]   [E7]
In the [Am] summer[Am7b5]time [F#mb5]   [F]
In the [A5] summer[Asus4]time [Am]   [E7]


[A] Save me save me save me from this [D7] squeeze
I got a [G] big fat [G7] mama [G] trying to [Gaug] break [C] me [E7]
And I [Am] love to live so [D] pleasantly [Am] live this life of [D7] luxu[G7]ry
[C] Lazing on a [E7] sunny after[Am]noon [Am7b5]   [F#mb5]   [F]
In the [A5] summer[Asus4]time [Am]   [E7]
In the [Am] summer[Am7b5]time [F#mb5]   [F]
In the [A5] summer[Asus4]time [Am]   [E7]


[A5]   [A5]   [A5]   [A]



{t:Sunny Afternoon (scorpex)}

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