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From: rogers@sasuga.hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Subject: Re: Req:Sunny Afternnon/Kinks

intro:	Dm  Dm/C  Dm/B  Dm/Bb   A   A/G   A/F  A/E

	     Dm             C
	The taxman's taken all my dough
	     F              C
	And left me in my stately home
	A     A/G   A/F   A/E   Dm
	Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
	And I can't sail my yacht
	He's taken everything I've got
	All I've got's this sunny afternoon

	D7                                     G7
	Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
	            C7                       F     A7
	I got a big fat mama tryin' to break me
	      Dm                G7
	And I love to live so pleasantly
	 D7               G7  C7
	Live this life of luxury
	F            A7        Dm  Dm/C  Dm/B  Dm/Bb
	Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
		A    A/G   A/F  A/E
	In the summertime

	My girlfriend's run off with my car
	And gone back to her ma and pa
	Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
	Now I'm sittin' here
	Sippin' at my ice-cooled beer
	All I've got's this sunny afternoon

	Help me, help me, help me sail away
	Or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
	'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
	Live this life of luxury
	Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
	In the summertime

From: Harlan L Thompson 

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

CHORUS #1:
D                  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
 D7                  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

My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
Now I'm sittin' here
Sippin' at my ice-cooled beer
Lazin
CHORUS #2:
Help me, help me, help me sail away
Or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
In a summertime, in a summertime
In a summertime

REPEAT CHORUS #1


   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)

(from Face to Face, 1966, also on Greatest Hits)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)


Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 10:56:27 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Kruell" 
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Kinks :		Sunny afternoon

	[Intro:]


     a		    G7		      C		    G7
The taxman's taken all my dough, and left me in my stately home,
 E7			a
lazing on a sunny afternoon.
 a	     G7			 C	     G7
And I can't sail my yacht, he's taken ev'rything I've got.
 E7				 a
All I've got 's this sunny afternoon.

 A7				     D7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze,
	    G				 C  E7
I've got a big fat mamma tryin' to break me.
       a		D	   a		     D7		
And I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of luxury
 C	     E7		a   E7
lazing on a sunny afternoon,
    a	     E7    a 	    E7    a        E7
in summertime, in summertime, in summertime.

   a			  G7	       C		   G7
My girlfriend's gone off with my car, and gone back to her ma and pa
 E7				 a
telling tales of drunkeness and cruelty.
 a	 G7 	       C		G7	
Now I'm sitting here, sipping at my ice-cold beer,
 E7			a
lazing on a sunny afternoon.

 A7			   D7
Help me, help me, help me sail away,
	G7				    C
you give me two good reasons why I ought to stay.
 E7			  D	    a		      D7	
'Cos I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of luxury
 C	     E7		a   E7
lazing on a sunny afternoon,
    a	     E7    a 	    E7    a        E7
in summertime, in summertime, in summertime.

 A7				     D7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze,
	    G				 C  E7
I've got a big fat mamma tryin' to break me.
       a		D	   a		     D7		
And I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of luxury
 C	     E7		a   E7
lazing on a sunny afternoon,
    a	     E7    a 	    E7    a        E7
in summertime, in summertime, in summertime.