SUNNY AFTERNOON -       The Kinks


Intro:
Dm - Dm/C - Dm/B - [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch] - A - A/G - A/F - A/E     2x


     Dm                  C7
The      taxman's taken      all my dough
     F                 C7
And     left me in my     stately home
A         A/G        A/F         A/E          Dm
   Lazin'      on a       sunny      after -      noon
Dm               C7
    And I can't     sail my yacht
      F                C7
He's     taken every -      thing I've got
A            A/G           A/F         A/E          Dm       (Dm)
   All I've      got this       sunny      after -      noon


Chorus:
D                     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                   G
And I      love to live so     pleasantly
Dm                     G7        C
    Live this life of     luxu -     ry
F               A7                Dm         Dm/C - Dm/B - [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch]
   Lazin' on a     sunny after -      noon
      A             A/G       A/F - A/E
In a     summer -       time
      Dm           Dm/C       Dm/B - [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch]
In a     summer -       time
      A            A/G        A/F - A/E
In a     summer -       time


    Dm                       C7
My     girlfriend's run off     with my car
     F                     C7
And     gone back to her      ma and pa
A           A/G          A/F             A/E          Dm
   Tellin'      tales of      drunken -      ness and     cruelty
Dm           C7
    Now I'm     sittin' here
F                 C7
   Sippin' at my      ice-cooled beer
A          A/G        A/F         A/E          Dm       (Dm)
   Lazin'       on a       sunny      after -      noon


Chorus:
D                     D7                    G        G7
   Help me, help me,      help me sail a -     way
            C7
Or give me     two good reasons -
               F        A7
why I oughta     stay
          Dm                  G
'Cause I     love to live so     pleasantly
Dm                     G7          C
    Live this life of      luxu -     ry
 F              A7                Dm         Dm/C - Dm/B - [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch]
   Lazin' on a     sunny after -      noon
      A            A/G        A/F - A/E
In a     summer -       time
      Dm           Dm/C       Dm/B - [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch]
In a     summer -       time
      A            A/G        A/F - A/E
In a     summer -       time


Chorus:
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
Dm                     G7         C
    Live this life of     luxu -     ry
F               A7                Dm         Dm/C - Dm/B - [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch]
   Lazin' on a     sunny after -      noon
      A             A/G        A/F - A/E
In a     summer -       time
      Dm            Dm/C       Dm/B - [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch]
In a     summer -       time
      A             A/G        A/F - A/E
In a     summer -       time
      Dm            Dm/C       Dm/B - [ch]Dm/Bb[/ch]
In a     summer -       time
      A             A/G        A/F - A/E
In a     summer -       time


Outro:
D - A - A - A - A      2x then fade



Dm    xx0231
Dm/C  x30231
Dm/B  x20231
[ch]Dm/Bb[/ch] x1x231
A     x02220
A/G   3x2220
A/F   1x2220
A/E   0x2220
C7    x32310
F     133211
D     xx0232
D7    xx0212
G7    320001
A7    x02020
G     320003
C     x32010
D     xxxx3x
A     xxx2xx