Lazy Afternoon

Words & Music by John Latouche & Jerome Moross
Recorded by June Christy, 1957


Em     Em7  Em6 Em7/6   Em6
It's a lazy af - ter - noon, 

Em      Em7       Em6 Em7/6  Em6
And the bee - tle bugs are  zoom - in'

Em7 A7  Em7       A7   Em7  A7
And the tu - lip trees are bloom - in'

Em7 Em7/6   Em7      A7   Em7 A7/9     Em7 Em9  Em7    A7
And there's not an - oth - er  hu - man in view but us two.


Am     Am7     D9   Am7    D9
It's a la - zy af - ter - noon,

Am      Am7        D9    Am7  D9
And the far - mer leaves his reap - in',

Am      Am7        D9  Am7 D7/9
In the mea - dow, cows are sleep - in',

Am7 D9   Am7        A7/9   Am7  A7/9       D9    A7/9 Em7 G/B  A7/9  D7
And the speck - led trout stops leap - in' up - stream as  we dream.


Am7 A9  A7/9  A9   A7/9 D7       Am7  D7
 A fat, pink cloud hangs o - ver the hill,

Am7   D7   D7/9  D7 Am7 D9
Un - fold - ing like a rose;

Am7    D7/9 Am7 D7  Am7 D   Am7   D7
If you hold my hand and sit real still,

Am      D7/9 A7/9 Am  Am7 A7/9  D9  B7  Em
You can hear the grass as  it grows.


Em    Em7      Em6  Em7/6  Em6
It's a ha - zy  af - ter - noon, 

Em     Em7    Em6 Em7/6   Em6
And I know a place that's qui - et, 

 G/B      A7         Em7   A7   Em7  
'Cept for dai - sies run - nin' ri - ot,

Em7 Em7/6   Em7      A7    Em7 A7/9   Em7 Em9  Em7    A7
And there's no - one pass - in' by it  to see;


Em7    A   Am      Am7  Am D9         Am7  D7/9 Em
Come spend    this la - zy af - ter - noon with me.


I'm probably biased, but between this song and "Lazy Summer Night," few songs have ever painted word-pictures so eloquently. The two make a pretty awesome medley, too.


 
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