Dm                  C7                F             C7

The tax man's taken all my dough, and left me in my stately home,

A           A7         Dm                C7                  F          C7

Lazing on a sunny afternoon, and I can't sail my yacht, he's taken everything I got

A              A7         Dm       D

all I got this sunny afternoon.



D7                D7                G7       G7         C7            C7

Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze, I've got a big fat momma trying to

F       A7      Dm              G           Dm                G7      F       

break me, and I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of luxury, lazing on 

  A           Dm Dm7 Dm6 A7

a sunny afternoon,

Dm Dm7 Dm6 A7      Dm Dm7 Dm6 A7      Dm Dm7 Dm6 A7

in the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime



Dm                      C7               F                C7

My girlfriend's gone of with my car, and gone back to her ma and pa,

A                A7              Dm                C7

telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty, now I am sitting here,

F             C7             A           A7         Dm   D

sipping at my ice-cold beer, lazing on a sunny afternoon.



D7         D7                    G   G7          C7

Help me, help me, help me sail away, you give me two good reasons,

C7             F    A7       Dm              G           Dm           

why I ought to stay, cause I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of 

G7      F           A             Dm Dm7 Dm6 A7

luxury, lazing on a sunny afternoon,

Dm Dm7 Dm6 A7      Dm Dm7 Dm6 A7      Dm Dm7 Dm6 A7 

in the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime