{title: Sunny Afternoon}
{artist: The Kinks}
{album: work in progress}
{define: A7* frets 2 1 3 0 fingers 0 0 0 0}
{define: A+ frets 2 1 1 0 fingers 0 0 0 0}
{define: C+ frets 1 0 0 3 fingers 0 0 0 0}
# Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1oRP7FfBw
# (play along in this key)
# From: Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook
# www.scorpex.net/Uke
{comment: Intro (2 strums each chord) or picked notes over chords: }
[Dm] [Dm7] [Dm6] [Bb] [A] [A7*] [A+] [A7] [Dm] [Dm7] [Dm6] [Bb] [A] [A7*] [A+] [A7]
Or riff and chords over Dm | A7:
{start_of_tab}
A|-5-5-3-3-2-2-1-1-|-0-0-----------------------|
E|-----------------|-----3-3-1-1-0-0-|----------------|
C|-----------------|---------------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------------|
{end_of_tab}
Dm A7 Dm A7
A|55 33 22 11 00 -- -- -- 55 33 22 1
1 00 -- -- --
E|-- -- -- -- -- 33 11 00 -- -- -- -
- -- 33 11 00
The [Dm]tax man's taken [C]all my dough and [F]left me in my [C]stately home
[A]Lazing [A7*] on a [A+] 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 [A+] sunny [A7] after[Dm]noon [D]
[D7]Save me save me save me from this [G7]squeeze
I got a [C7]big fat mama [C]trying to [C+]break [F]me [A7]
And I [Dm]love to live so [G7]pleasantly [Dm]live this life of [G7]luxu[C7]ry
[F]Lazing on a [A7]sunny after[Dm]noon [Dm7] [Dm6] [Bb]
In the [A]summer[A7*]time [A+] [A7]
In the [Dm]summer[Dm7]time [Dm6] [Bb]in the [A]summer[A7*]time [A+] [A7]
Option2:
[F]Lazing on a [A7]sunny after
Dm A7 Dm
A7
noon in the summertime in the summertime
in the summertime
A|55 33 22 11 0 0 -- -- -- 5 5 33 22
11 0 0 -- -- --
E|-- -- -- -- - - 33 11 00 - - -- --
-- - - 33 11 00
Or play Dm and A7 against descending bass line on bass uke or piano (notes DD CC BB BbBb AA GG FF EE)
Easier option 3 for solo playing:
[F]Lazing on a [A7]sunny after[Dm]noon [G7]
In the [Dm]summertime [G7]in the [Dm]summertime [G7]
My [Dm]girlfriend's run off [C]with my car and [F]gone back to her [C]ma and pa
[A]Telling {A7*} tales of {A+} drunken{A7}ness and [Dm]cruelty
Now I'm [C]sitting here [F]sipping at my [C]ice cold beer
[A]Lazing [A7*] on a [A+] sunny [A7] after[Dm]noon [D]
[D7]Help me help me help me sail a[G7]way
Or give me [C7]two good reasons [C]why I [C+]oughta [F]stay [A7]
Cause I [Dm]love to live so [G7]pleasantly [Dm]live this life of [G7]luxu[C7]ry
[F]Lazing on a [A7]sunny after[Dm]noon [Dm7] [Dm6] [Bb]
In the [A]summer[A7*]time [A+] [A7]
In the [Dm]summer[Dm7]time [Dm6] [Bb]in the [A]summer[A7*]time [A+] [A7]
[D7]Save me save me save me from this [G7]squeeze
I got a [C7]big fat mama [C]trying to [C+]break [F]me [A7]
And I [Dm]love to live so [G7]pleasantly [Dm]live this life of [G7]luxu[C7]ry
[F]Lazing on a [A7]sunny after[Dm]noon [Dm7] [Dm6] [Bb]
In the [A]summer[A7*]time [A+] [A7]
In the [Dm]summer[Dm7]time [Dm6] [Bb]in the [A]summer[A7*]time [A+] [A7]
In the [Dm]summer[Dm7]time [Dm6] [Bb]in the [A]summer[A7*]time [A+] [A7] [D]
