• Song:

    Sunny Afternoon

  • Artist:

    Kinks

  • Album:

    To the Bone

Hi, this song is really catchy and got some really good guitar bits in. The main
strumming pattern is; 1, 2 & 3, 4 &.
Enjoy!
Intro: Dm (xx0231@1)               A (x02220@1)     ---1---1---1---0-----0-------0-0----------|
      ---3---3---3---3-----2---2---2-2----------|
      ---2---2---0---0-----2---2---2-2----------|
      -0-----0---0---0-----2---2---2-2----------|
      -----3---2---1-----0-----0---0-0----------|
      -----------------------3---1--------------|

              Dm (xx0231@1)                    C7Verse (x32310@1)1: The tax-man's taken all my dough
              F (133211@1)             C7 (x32310@1)        And left me in my stately home
         A7 (x02020@1)        Lazing on a (x02210@1)        ---------------|
         ---------------|
         ---------------|
         ---------------|
         ---------------|
         -3-3-1-0-------|
         Sunny after...
         Dm (xx0231@1)               C7 (x32310@1)        Noon. And I can't sail my yacht
               F (133211@1)        C7 (x32310@1)        He's taken everything I've got
         A7 (x02020@1)        All I've got's this
         -------------1----1-1-------1---------1--------------|
         ------------3----3---3-----3-----2---3---------------|
         -----------2----2-----2---2-----2---2----------------|
         ----------0----0-------0-0-----2---0-----------------|
         ------------------------------0---------0-2-4--------|
         -3-3-1-0---------------------------------------------|
         Sunny afternoon.

          D7 (xx0212@1)                                 G7Chorus (320001@1)1: Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze
                   C7 (x32310@1)                          F (133211@1)  A7 (x02020@1)         I got a big fat Mama, trying to break me
                Dm (xx0231@1)             Dm/C (030231@1)         And I love to live so pleasantly
          Dm (xx0231@1)              G7 (320001@1)C7 (x32310@1)         Live this life of luxury
          F (133211@1)          A7 (x02020@1)         Lazing on asunny (x02210@1)after...
          Dm (xx0231@1)         ---1---1---1---0---|
          ---3---3---3---3---|
          ---2---2---0---0---|
          -0-----0---0---0---|
          -----3---2---1-----|
          -------------------|
          Noon
                  Dm (xx0231@1)     A7 (x02020@1)         In the summertime. In the...
          Dm (xx0231@1)               A (x02220@1)         ---1---1---1---0-----0-------0-0----------|
          ---3---3---3---3-----2---2---2-2----------|
          ---2---2---0---0-----2---2---2-2----------|
          -0-----0---0---0-----2---2---2-2----------|
          -----3---2---1-----0-----0---0-0----------|
          -----------------------3---1--------------|
          Summertime.

             Dm (xx0231@1)                         C7Verse (x32310@1)2: My Girlfriend's run off with my car
              F (133211@1)             C7 (x32310@1)        And gone back to her Ma and Pa
         A7 (x02020@1)        Telling tales of...
         ---------------|
         ---------------|
         ---------------|
         ---------------|
         ---------------|
         -3-3-1-0-------|
         Drunkenness and...
         Dm (xx0231@1)                    C7 (x32310@1)        Cruelty. Well now I'm sitting here
         F (133211@1)           C7 (x32310@1)        Sipping at my ice-cold beer
         A7 (x02020@1)        Lazing on a (x02210@1)        -------------1----1-1-------1---------1--------------|
         ------------3----3---3-----3-----2---3---------------|
         -----------2----2-----2---2-----2---2----------------|
         ----------0----0-------0-0-----2---0-----------------|
         ------------------------------0---------0-2-4--------|
         -3-3-1-0---------------------------------------------|
         Sunny afternoon.

          D7 (xx0212@1)                            G7Chorus (320001@1)2: Help me, help me, help me sail away
                   C7 (x32310@1)                             F (133211@1)  A7 (x02020@1)         Give me two good reasons why I ought to stay
                  Dm (xx0231@1)             Dm/C (030231@1)         Cause I love to live so pleasantly
          Dm (xx0231@1)              G7 (320001@1)C7 (x32310@1)         Live this life of luxury
          F (133211@1)          A7 (x02020@1)         Lazing on asunny (x02210@1)after...
          Dm (xx0231@1)         ---1---1---1---0---|
          ---3---3---3---3---|
          ---2---2---0---0---|
          -0-----0---0---0---|
          -----3---2---1-----|
          -------------------|
          Noon
                  Dm (xx0231@1)     A7 (x02020@1)         In the summertime. In the...
          Dm (xx0231@1)               A (x02220@1)         ---1---1---1---0-----0-------0-0----------|
          ---3---3---3---3-----2---2---2-2----------|
          ---2---2---0---0-----2---2---2-2----------|
          -0-----0---0---0-----2---2---2-2----------|
          -----3---2---1-----0-----0---0-0----------|
          -----------------------3---1--------------|
          Summertime.

        D7 (xx0212@1)                                 G7Chorus (320001@1)1: Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze
                   C7 (x32310@1)                          F (133211@1)  A7 (x02020@1)         I got a big fat Mama, trying to break me
                Dm (xx0231@1)             Dm/C (030231@1)         And I love to live so pleasantly
          Dm (xx0231@1)              G7 (320001@1)C7 (x32310@1)         Live this life of luxury
          F (133211@1)          A7 (x02020@1)         Lazing on asunny (x02210@1)after...
          Dm (xx0231@1)         ---1---1---1---0---|
          ---3---3---3---3---|
          ---2---2---0---0---|
          -0-----0---0---0---|
          -----3---2---1-----|
          -------------------|
          Noon
                  Dm (xx0231@1)     A7 (x02020@1)         In the summertime. In the...
          Dm (xx0231@1)               A (x02220@1)         ---1---1---1---0-----0-------0-0----------|
          ---3---3---3---3-----2---2---2-2----------|
          ---2---2---0---0-----2---2---2-2----------|
          -0-----0---0---0-----2---2---2-2----------|
          -----3---2---1-----0-----0---0-0----------|
          -----------------------3---1--------------|
          Summertime.

And that's it! Hope you enjoyed. Please don't hesitate to rate/make a comment or 
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