Sunny Afternoon

Chords for "Sunny Afternoon"

                            "Sunny Afternoon"
                              (Ray Davies)

Intro:

        Dm  /C   /B  /Bb  A   /G   /F  /E       [2X]
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

             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

Chorus 1:

        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

Verse 2:

        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

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 the summertime


Transcribed by Andrew Rogers.  Check out these other 
60's and 70's tabs by him.

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: July 26, 1999 5:28 PM
From: Jonathan Longstaff, durandal@newearth.org


Here's the ending to Sunny Afternoon:

Using a Dm fingering, pluck the B-string once, 
then the G-string three times-do this several 
times while fading out.