Intro 2x: Dm  C  B  Bb  A  G  F  E

     Dm             C
The taxman's taken all my dough
     F              C
And left me in my stately home
A      G   F    E    Dm
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
             C
And I can't sail my yacht
      F           C
He's taken everything I've got
A         G        F     E   Dm
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
 Dm               G7  C7
Live this life of luxury
F            A7        Dm  C  B  Bb
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
        A     G  F  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