| D | A | G | |
| My friend the | communi | st, |
| D | A | G | |
| Holds meetings | in his R | V |
| D | A | G | |
| I can't af | ford his g | as |
| D | A | G | |
| So I'm stuck here | watching | TV |
| Chorus: |
| D | A | |
| I'm gonna soak up the s | un |
| Em | G | A | |
| I'm gonna tell every | one to l | ighten | up |
| (I'm gonna tell them that) |
| D | A | |
| I've got no one to bl | ame |
| Em | |
| For every time I feel l | ame |
| G | A | |
| I'm l | ooking u | p |
| D | A | |
| I'm gonna soak up the | sun |
| G | D | |
| I'm gonna | soak up the s | un |
| (verses 2,3,4 same as first) |
| Bridge: |
| D | |
| Every time I turn around |
| C | G | |
| I'm l | ooking up, your | looking down |
| D | |
| Maybe something's wrong with you |
| F | G | |
| That | makes you act the | way you do |
| F | G | |
| Maybe I am | crazy too |
| (Chorus) |
| A | D | |
| I'm gonna soak up the su | n |
| G | D | A | |
| W | hile its still fr | ee |
| G | D | A | |
| I'm gonna | soak up the su | n |
| G | D | A | G | |
| Before i | t goes out on m | e |
| Coda: |
| D | A | |
| I | 'm gonna soak up the s | un |
| Em | |
| I've got my forty five o | n |
| G | A | |
| So | I can rock o | n |