Intro: D#m G# C# A#7 D#m G# C# A#7 D#m
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I'm sitting by the side of a river
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Underneath the pale blue sky
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Got no need to worry, I'm in no hurry
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I'm looking at the world going by
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Just sitting in the midday sun
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Just soaking up that currant bun
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With no particular purpose or reason
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Sitting in the midday sun
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Everybody see I'm lazing
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They all say, "Get a job, you slob"
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I'd rather be a hobo walking 'round with nothing
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Than a rich man's scatterings and all new scars
CHORUS:
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So I'm just sitting in the midday sun
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Just soaking up that currant bun
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With no particular purpose or reason
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Sitting in the midday sun
BRIDGE:
Fm
Ohh, look at all the lazies
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Looking their best in their summer dresses
Fm
Ohh, sitting in the sun
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I've got no home, I've got no money
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But who needs a job when it's sunny, oh oh, oh ohh
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Haven't got a steady occupation
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And I can't afford a telephone
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Haven't got a stereo radio or video
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Mortgage, overdraft or bank loan
CHORUS:
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The only way that I can get my fun
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Is by soaking up the midday sun
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I don't have to give my reason
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For sitting in the midday sun
BRIDGE:
Fm
Ohh, listen to the people
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Say I'm a loser and I've got nothing
Fm
Ohh, if they could only see
D#m Fm
I've got my pride, I've got no money
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But who needs a job when it's sunny, oh oh, oh ohh
CHORUS:
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I'm just sitting in the midday sun
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Just a-soaking up that currant bun
G# C# A#7
With no particular purpose or reason
D#m G# C# A#7
Sitting in the midday sun
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Sitting in the midday sun
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Sitting in the midday sun