Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks (Ray Davies, 1966)


_| Dm7 Dm7 | Dm6 Bb  | A   A7  | Aaug A7  |
A|-5-5-3-3-|-2-2-1-1-|-0-0-----|----------|
E|---------|---------|-----3-3-|-1-1--0-0-|
C|---------|---------|---------|----------|
G|---------|---------|---------|----------|

Strum:  4/4 | d - D - d - D - |
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Intro
| [Dm7!!] [Dm7!!] | [Dm6!!] [Bb!!] | [A!!] [A7!!] | [Aaug!!] [A7!!] |
| [Dm7!!] [Dm7!!] | [Dm6!!] [Bb!!] | [A!!] [A7!!] | [Aaug!!] [A7!!]

The | [Dm] taxman's taken | [C] all my dough
And | [F] left me in my | [C] stately home |
| [A] Lazin' [A7] on a | [Aaug] sunny [A7] after- | [Dm] noon
And I can't | [C] sail my yacht, he's | [F] taken every- | [C] thing I've got |
| [A] All I've [A7] got's this | [Aaug] sunny [A7] after- | [Dm] noon | [Dm] |

| [D7] Save me, save me, | save me from this | [G7] squeeze | [G7]
I got a | [C7] big fat mama, | tryin' to break | [F] me | [A7]
And I | [Dm] love to live so | [G7] pleasantly |
| [Dm] Live this life of | [G7] luxur- [C7] y |
| [F] Lazin' on a | [A7] sunny after- | [Dm7] noon [Dm7] | [Dm6] [Bb]

In the | [A] summer- [A7] time | [Aaug] [A7]
In the | [Dm7] summer- [Dm7] time | [Dm6] [Bb]
In the | [A] summer- [A7] time | [Aaug] [A7]

My | [Dm] girlfriend's run off | [C] with my car
And | [F] gone back to her | [C] ma and pa |
| [A] Tellin' [A7] tales of | [Aaug] drunken- [A7] ness and | [Dm] cruelty
Now I'm | [C] sittin' here | [F] sippin' at my | [C] ice-cold beer |
| [A] Lazin' [A7] on a | [Aaug] sunny [A7] after- | [Dm] noon | [Dm] |

| [D7] Help me, help me, | help me sail a- | [G7] way | [G7]
Or give me | [C7] two good reasons, | why I oughta | [F] stay | [A7]
'Cause I | [Dm] love to live so | [G7] pleasantly |
| [Dm] Live this life of | [G7] luxur- [C7] y |
| [F] Lazin' on a | [A7] sunny after- | [Dm7] noon [Dm7] | [Dm6] [Bb]
In the | [A] summer- [A7] time | [Aaug] [A7]
In the | [Dm7] summer- [Dm7] time | [Dm6] [Bb]
In the | [A] summer- [A7]time | [Aaug] [A7]

Oh | [D7] save me, save me, | save me from this | [G7] squeeze | [G7]
I got a | [C7] big fat mama, | tryin' to break | [F] me | [A7]
And I | [Dm] love to live so | [G7] pleasantly |
| [Dm] Live this life of | [G7] luxur- [C7] y |
| [F] Lazin' on a | [A7] sunny after- | [Dm7] noon [Dm7] | [Dm6] [Bb]

In the | [A] summer- [A7] time | [Aaug] [A7]
In the | [Dm7] summer- [Dm7] time | [Dm6] [Bb]
In the | [A] summer- [A7] time | [Aaug] [A7]
In the | [Dm7] summer- [Dm7] time | [Dm6] [Bb]
In the | [A] summer- [A7] time | [Aaug] [A7] | [Dm!]

#Play along with the Kinks in this key.

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#Last Updated 02/10/23 JJ
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