Written by John Latouche and Jerome Moross
Em Em7 Em6 Em7/6 Em6 It's a lazy afternoon Em Em7 Em6 Em7/6 Em6 And the beetle bugs are zoomin' Em7 A7 Em7 A7 Em7 A7 And the tulip trees are bloomin' Em7 Em7/9 Em7 A7 Em7 A7/9 Em7 Em9 Em7 A7 And there's not another humanin view but us two Am Am7 D9 Am7 D9 It's a lazy afternoon Am Am7 D9 Am7 D9 And the farmer leaves his reapin' Am Am7 D9 Am7 D7/9 In the meadow, cows are sleepin', Am7 D9 Am7 A7/9 Am7 A7/9 D9 A7/9 Em7 G/B A7/9 D7 And the speckled trout stops leapin' ups tream as we dream Am7 A9 A7/9 A9 A7/9 D7 Am7 D7 A fat, pink cloud hangs over the hill Am7 D7 D7/9 D7 Am7 D9 Un folding 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 Em7/9 Em6 It's a hazy afternoon Em Em7 Em6 Em7/9 Em6 And I know a place that's quit G/B A7 Em7 A7 Em7 'Cept for daisies runnin' riot Em7 Em7/9 Em7 A7 Em7 A7/9 Em7 Em9 Em7 A7 And there's noone passin' by it to see Em7 A Am Am7 Am D9 Am7 D7/9 Em Come spend this lazy afternoon with me