Sunny Afternoon Chords & Tabs

by The Kinks

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
1st four bars of Intro:
BPM: 122
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202]
2nd four bars of Intro and Descending Bass Lines:
BPM: 122
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101]
Verse :
BPM: 122
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 3, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 3, 202, 101]

[Intro]
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

[Verse]
     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 afternoon
               C7        
And I can't sail my yacht
       F          C7          
He's taken everything I've got
A          A/G        A/F  A/E Dm  
All I've got's this sunny afternoon

[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  C7
Live this life of luxury
F            A         Dm  Dm/C
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
         A     A/G
In a summertime
         Dm    Dm/C
In a summertime
         A     A/G
In a summertime

[Verse]
    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 drunkenness and cruelty
               C7   
Now I'm sittin' here
       F          C7         
Sippin' at my ice-cooled beer
A      A/G     A/F    A/E   Dm
Lazin' on this sunny afternoon

[Chorus]
D                  D7              G
Help me, help me, help me sail away
            C7                       F     A7
Or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
        Dm                G       
Cause I love to live so pleasantly
 Dm                G7  C7
Live this life of luxury
F            A         Dm  Dm/C
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
         A     A/G
In a summertime
         Dm    Dm/C
In a summertime
         A     A/G
In a summertime

[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  C7
Live this life of luxury
F            A         Dm  Dm/C
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
         A     A/G
In a summertime
         Dm    Dm/C
In a summertime
         A     A/G
In a summertime
Chords:
  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)