| Dm | C7 | F | C7 | |
| The tax man's taken | all my dough, and | left me in my | stately home, |
| A | A7 | Dm | C7 | F | C7 | |
| Lazing on a | sunny after | noon, and I can't | sail my yacht, he's | taken every | thing I got |
| A | A7 | Dm | D | |
| all I got this | sunny after | noon. |
| D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 | C7 | C7 | |
| Save me, save me, | save me from this | squeeze, | I've got a | big fat momma | trying to |
| F | A7 | Dm | G | Dm | G7 | F | |
| break me | , and I | love to live so | pleasantly, | live this life of | luxury, | lazing on |
| A | Dm | Dm7 | Dm6 | A7 | |
| a | sunny aftern | oon | , |
| Dm | Dm7 | Dm6 | A7 | Dm | Dm7 | Dm6 | A7 | Dm | Dm7 | Dm6 | A7 | |
| in | the | summ | ertime, | in | the | summ | ertime, | in | the | summ | ertime |
| Dm | C7 | F | C7 | |
| My girlfriend's gone of | with my car, and | gone back to her | ma and pa, |
| A | A7 | Dm | C7 | |
| telling tales of | drunkenness and | cruelty, now I am | sitting here, |
| F | C7 | A | A7 | Dm | D | |
| sipping at my | ice-cold beer, | lazing on a | sunny after | noon. |
| D7 | D7 | G | G7 | C7 | |
| Help me, he | lp me, help me sail aw | ay, | you give me | two good reasons, |
| C7 | F | A7 | Dm | G | Dm | |
| why I ought to | stay, | cause I | love to live so | pleasantly, | live this life of |
| G7 | F | A | Dm | Dm7 | Dm6 | A7 | |
| luxury, | lazing on a | sunny afternoo | n, |
| Dm | Dm7 | Dm6 | A7 | Dm | Dm7 | Dm6 | A7 | Dm | Dm7 | Dm6 | A7 | |
| in | the | summ | ertime, | in | the | summ | ertime, | in | the | summ | ertime |