VERSE 1: [Dm] Hot summer [C] streets and the [Bb] pavements are [C] burning I [Dm] sit a-[C]-round [Bb][C] [Dm] Trying to [C] smile but the [Bb] air is so [C] heavy and [Dm] dry [C][Bb][C]
VERSE 2: [Dm] Strange [C] voices are [Bb] sayin', [C] what did they [Dm] say? [C] Things I [Bb] can't under-[C]-stand
It's [Dm] too close for [C] comfort this [Bb] heat has got [C] right out of [Bb] hand [C][Bb][C]
CHORUS:
It's a [Dm] cruel, [Bb] cruel [C] summer [Bb] [Dm][Bb] Leaving me [C] here on my [Bb] own
It's a [Dm] cruel, [Bb] cruel [C] summer [Bb]
Now you've [Dm] gone, [Bb] you're not the [C] only [Bb] one
VERSE 3: [Dm] The city is [C] crowded my [Bb] friends are a-[C]-way and I'm [Dm] on my [C] own [Bb][C]
It's [Dm] too hot to [C] handle so [Bb] I gotta [C] get up and [Bb] go [C][Bb][C]
