[Intro]
[Dm] [Dm] [A7] [A7]
[Dm] [Dm] [A7] [A7]
 
[Verse 1]
     [Dm]                [C]
The tax man's taken all  my dough
     [F]            [C]
And left me in my statley home.
[A7]                         [Dm]
Lazing on a sunny afternoon. 
              [C]
And i can't sail my yacht,
     [F]          [C]
He's taken everything i've got,
[A7]                      [Dm]
All i've got this sunny afternoon. 
 
[Chorus 1]
 [D7]                                      [G7]
Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze,
         [C]                            [F]   [A7]
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.    
       [Dm]             [G7]
And i love to live so pleasantly,
[C]                    [F]  
Live this life of luxury,
[A#]            [A7]             [Dm]
Lazing on a sunny afternoon, 
       [A7]
In the summertime,
       [Dm]                  [A7]
In the summertime, In the summertime.
 
[Verse 2]
 
    [Dm]                    [C]
My girlfriends run off with my car
    [F]                [C]
And gone back to her ma and pa
[A7]                                    [Dm]
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
         [C]
Now i'm sitting here,
[F]              [C]
Sipping on my ice cold beer,
[A7]                        [Dm]
Lazing on a sunny after noon.
 
[Chorus 2]
 
[D7]                                  [G7]
Help me, Help me, Help me sail away,
 
[C]                           [F]   [A7]
Well, give me two good reasons why i oughta stay.
 
'Cause i love to live so pleasantly
[C]                    [F]  
Live this life of luxury,
[A#]            [A7]             [Dm]
Lazing on a sunny afternoon, 
       [A7]
In the summertime,
       [Dm]                  [A7]
In the summertime, In the summertime.