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Dm xx0231
Dm/C x30231
Dm/B x20231
Dm/Bb x1x231
A x02220
A/G 3x2220
A/F 1x2220
A/E 0x2220
C7 x32310
F 133211
D xx0232
D7 xx0212
G7 320001
A7 x02020
G 320003
C x32010
D xxxx3x
A xxx2xx
Intro:
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb | A A/G A/F A/E x2
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 after - noon
Dm C7
And I can't sail my yacht
F C7
He's taken every - thing I've got
A A/G A/F A/E Dm (Dm)
All I've got this sunny after - noon
Chorus:
D 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 G
And I love to live so pleasantly
Dm G7 C
Live this life of luxu - ry
F A7 Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Lazin' on a sunny after - noon
A A/G A/F - A/E
In the summer - time
Dm Dm/C Dm/B - Dm/Bb
In the summer - time
A A/G A/F - A/E
In the summer - time
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 drunken - ness and cruelty
Dm C7
Now I'm sittin' here
F C7
Sippin' at my ice-cold beer
A A/G A/F A/E Dm (Dm)
Lazin' on a sunny after - noon
Chorus:
D D7 G G7
Help me, help me, help me sail a - way
C7
Or give me two good reasons -
F A7
why I oughta stay
Dm G
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Dm G7 C
Live this life of luxu - ry
F A7 Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Lazin' on a sunny after - noon
A A/G A/F A/E
In the summer - time
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
In the summer - time
A A/G A/F A/E
In the summer - time
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 C
Live this life of luxu - ry
F A7 Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Lazin' on a sunny after - noon
A A/G A/F A/E
In the summer - time
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
In the summer - time
A A/G A/F A/E
In the summer - time
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
In the summer - time
A A/G A/F A/E
In the summer - time
Outro:
D A A A A x2, then fade