This is my first tab, i didn't like the ones already done so here's my version:
I play the chords as barre chords but can be played as open chords, i find it easier to
barre chords to change between the riff part of the chorus and strumming the chords.
Intro:
(Dm) (C) (Bm) (Bb) (A) (G)
(E)
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|-7-7--5-5--4-4--3-3----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2--|
|---------------------5-5--3-3--1-1--0-0--|
The taxman's taken all my dough,
and left me in my stately home,
A G F E Dm (Play as second part of intro, i.e barre chords)
lazin' on a sunny afternoon.
And I can't sail my yacht,
he's taken everything I've got.
(Play as 2nd part of intro)
All I've got's this sunny afternoon.
Chorus:
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze,
I've got a big fat mama tryin' to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
lazin' on a sunny afternoon,
(Dm) (C) (Bm) (Bb) (A) (G)
(E)
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|-7-7--5-5--4-4--3-3----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2--|
|---------------------5-5--3-3--1-1--0-0--|
in the summertime...
(Dm) (C) (Bm) (Bb) (A) (G)
(E)
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|-7-7--5-5--4-4--3-3----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2--|
|---------------------5-5--3-3--1-1--0-0--|
in the summertime...
Verse:
My girlfriend's run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa.
A G F E Dm (Play as 2nd part of intro)
Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now I'm sittin' here,
Sippin' at my ice-cooled beer,
(Play as 2nd part of intro)
All I've got's this sunny afternoon.
Chorus:
Help me, help me, help me sail away,
or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
Cuz I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
lazin' on a sunny afternoon,
(Dm) (C) (Bm) (Bb) (A) (G)
(E)
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|-7-7--5-5--4-4--3-3----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2--|
|---------------------5-5--3-3--1-1--0-0--|
in the summertime...
(Dm) (C) (Bm) (Bb) (A) (G)
(E)
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|-7-7--5-5--4-4--3-3----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2--|
|---------------------5-5--3-3--1-1--0-0--|
in the summertime...
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze,
I've got a big fat mama tryin' to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
lazin' on a sunny afternoon,
(Dm) (C) (Bm) (Bb) (A) (G)
(E)
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|-----------------------------------------|
|-7-7--5-5--4-4--3-3----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2--|
|---------------------5-5--3-3--1-1--0-0--|
in the summertime...
(Dm) (C) (Bm) (Bb) (A) (G)
(E)
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|-7-7--5-5--4-4--3-3----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2--|
|---------------------5-5--3-3--1-1--0-0--|
in the summertime...
End on Dm