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Song title:       Lazy Ways
Original Album:   How dare you!

Words and Music by Lol Creme and Eric Stewart
Copyright © 1976 Mercury Records
Published by Mercury Records

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Standard tuning; timing is 4/4.


VERSE:
Chords:
C     x32010 or x3555x
G     320033 or 355433
Dm    x0776x or 557765
Em    779987

G              C
Hazy days with lazy ways 
        Dm                 Em
You get less done but more out of your days


CHORUS:
Chords:
C     x32010 or x3555x
Em7   x79787
Dm    x57765
Bb    688766

C           Em7       Dm           C           Bb
How can you work yet avoid getting out of your lazy ways?


BRIDGE:
       G
You'll never get up if you don't get up
       C
You'll always stay down if you sit around

You'll never get up if you don't get up
You'll always stay down if you sit around 


VERSE:
Hazy days, lazy ways 
We got less done but more out of our days


CHORUS:
How can we ever recapture the feeling of lazy ways?


BRIDGE:
G    355433
C    x35553
Cm7  x35343
Dm7  x57565 or xx0211
D    x57775 or xx0232
A    577655

       G
You'll never get up if you don't get up
       C
You'll always stay down if you sit around
      G
Where nobody cares and nobody tries
       C
'Cos a daydream's resting on the back of your eyes,
       Cm7
On the back of your eyes
Dm7
Taking five

Bass figure:

|---------------------------------------|
|--1-0----------------0-1----1-0--------|
|------4-3-2----2-3-4------------4-3-2--|
|---------------------------------------|


[Play:  D - A - G]   [x8]

Notes:
I've transcribed the vocal line for guitar below but note that only the voice
sings these notes. The harmonising chords are below. 

Vocal line:

|--------------------------------------7-8--|
|--------5-------5-6-----5-6-8---5-6-8------|
|--4-5-7-----5-7-------7--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


G                C
Bring love to me with your body
G               C         G        C
Let me hold you end-less, end-less-ly 


[Play CHORUS chords figure]


BRIDGE:
You'll never get up if you don't get up
You'll always stay down if you sit around
Where nobody cares and nobody tries
'Cos a daydream's resting on the back of your eyes
On the back of your eyes


[Play D - A - G]   [x2]


VERSE:
Hazy days, lazy ways 
You get less done but more out of your days


[repeat CHORUS chords figure fortissimo!]


F           D
Crazy days, lazy ways