Tabbed by JCotter1888 [email protected] I have seen many different versions and I think this version is pretty accurate. However, corrections are welcomed. The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon. Capo 5th fret Intro: Reapeat twice Tuning:Standard EADGBe Riff 1 Riff 2 e|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-------1--1------1--1-----1--1-----1--1-|----------------------------------| G|-------2--2------2--2-----2--2-----2--2-|----1--1--------1--1--------1--1--| D|-------2--2------2--2-----2--2-----2--2-|----2--2--------0--0--------0--0--| A|--0-------------------------------------|-2--2--2----2---2--2----3---3--3--| E|--------------3---------2--------1------|----------------------------------| Tuning: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------1--1----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------0--0----------------------------------------------------------------| A|---2---2--2----------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chords: Am G C G Riff 2 / E7 The taxmans taken all my dough, and left me in my stately home. Lazing on a Am G C G sunny afternoon. And I can't sail my yacht, she's taken everything I've got. Riff 2 / E7 Am Lazing on a sunny after noon. e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--0------2-------4---------------------------------------------------------| A7 D7 G G7 Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze, I got a big fat momma trying C E7 Am D7 Am to break me. Because I love to live so pleasantly, in this life of D7 G C G Riff 2 / E7 luxury. Lazing on a sunny aftrenoon. Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 1 Riff 2 In the summer time, In the summer time. In the summer time, In the summer Time. Am G C G My Girlfrieds run off with my car and gone back to her ma and pa's telling Riff 2 / E7 Am G C tales of drunkeness and cruelty. And now I'm sitting here, I'm sipping on G Riff 2 / E7 Am my ice cold beer. Lazing on a sunny afternoon. e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----0-----2-----4----------------------------------------------------------| A7 D7 G G7 Help me, help me, help me sail away, ah give me two good reasons why I C E7 Am D7 Am ought to stay. Because I love to live so pleasantly, in this lif of D7 G C G Riff 2 / E7 Luxury. Lazing on a sunny aftrenoon. Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 1 Riff 2 In the summer time, In the summer time. In the summer time, In the summer Time. A7 D7 G G7 Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze, I got a big fat momma trying C E7 Am D7 Am to break me. Because I love to live so pleasantly, in this life of D7 G C G Riff 2 / E7 luxury. Lazing on a sunny aftrenoon. Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 1 Riff 2 In the summer time, In the summer time. In the summer time, In the summer Time. End on Am* Random picking. Thanks. All comments and corrections welcome.
About the artist behind Sunny Afternoon Chords:
The band's early hard-driving singles set a standard in the mid-1960s for rock and roll, while albums such as Face to Face,[2] Something Else, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur and Muswell Hillbillies are highly regarded by fans, critics, and peers, and are considered amongst the most influential recordings of the era.[3]
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