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Sunny Afternoon

by The Kinks · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab
C Tenor - Low C

-3  -5  6    -6 7  -7  -9   8
The taxman's taken all my dough
 8   -7  -9 8  -9  -7 -9   8
and left me in my stately home
-7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7  -6  6  -5  
lazing on a sunny afternoon.

-5 -6  7     -7  -9   8
And I can't sail my yacht
 8   -7 -9  8  -9 -7  -9    8
he's taken ev'rything I've got;
-7   -7   -7    -7  -7 7  -6  6  -5 
all I've got's this sunny afternoon.

 -9  -9   -9  -9
Save me  save me
 -9  -9  -9   -9   -9  -5
save me from this squeeze
 -9  -9 -9 -9  -9   9 -9  -9   8  -7 7  -7  
I've got a big fat momma tyin' to break me.
-7 -7  -5  -7  -5  -7  -5 -7  -5
And I love to live so pleasantly
 -9   -9   -9  -9 -10 -10 10 -9
live this life of luxury-------
 8  8  8  8 <8 <8 -9 10 -10
lazing on a sunny afternoon
8  -10 -9 -9 
in Summertime
8  -10 -9 -9
in summertime
 
-3   -5   6      -6   7   -7  -9  8
My girlfriend's gone off with my car
 8   -7   -9  8  -9  -7 -9  8
and gone back to her ma and pa
 -7 -7    -7  -7  -7  7 -6   <4  -5 6 -5
telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.

-6   7   -7 -9   8
Now I'm sitting here
 -7 -9  8  -9  -7 -9   8
sipping at my icecold beer
-7 -7  -7 -7 -7 7  -6  6  -5
lazing on a- sunny afternoon.

 -9  -9   -9  -9
Help me  help me
 -9  -9  -9  -9 -9 -5
help me sail away----
-9   -9  -9 -9   -9   9  -9  -9  8  -7   7   -7
you give me two good reasons why I ought to stay.
 -7 -7  -5  -7  -5  -7  -5 -7  -5
'Cos I love to live so pleasantly
 -9   -9   -9  -9 -10 -10 10 -9
live this life of luxury-------
 8  8  8  8 <8 <8 -9 10 -10
lazing on a sunny afternoon
8  -10 -9 -9 
in Summertime
8  -10 -9 -9
in summertime
8  -10 -9 -9
in summertime
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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