In the Heat of the Summer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][G][Am][G][Am]
[G][Am]

[Verse 1]
In the [G]heat of [Am]the sum[G]mer[C]
When the pavements were [E]burning
[Dm]The soul [G]of a city [E]was ravaged
in [Am]the night
After [G]the city sun [Am]was
sinkin'
[G][Am]

[Verse 2]
[G]
[Am]Now no one k[G]nows how
[Am]it started[G][C]
Why the windows were [E]shattered
But [Dm]deep in [G]the dark,
[E]someone set the [Am]spark
And then [G]it no longer
[Am]mattered.
[G][Am]

[Verse 3]
[G]
[Am]Down the s[G]treets they were
[Am]rumbling[G][C]
All the tempers were ra[E]gin'
Oh, [Dm]where, oh,
[G]where are the [E]white silver [Am]tongues
Who forgot to [G]listen to the warn[Am]ings?

[Verse 4]
On [G]and On come the angry
No longer following reason
And all [Am]the stores [G]were the target
now
Where just the other
[Am]day they were buyin'

[Verse 5]
Drunk with [G]the memory of
[Am]the ghetto[G][C]
Drunk with the lure of the [E]looting
And the [Dm]memory of [G]the uniforms
[E]shoving with their sti[Am]cks
Asking, ";Are you [G]looking [Am]for
trouble?";
[G][Am]

[Verse 6]
[G][Am]
"No, no, [G]no," [Am]moaned
the may[G]or.[C]
"It's not the way of [E]the order.
[Dm]"Oh stay in your h[G]omes,
please [E]leave us [Am]alone
"We'll be glad to [G]talk in
the morn[Am]ing."
[G][Am]

[Verse 7]
[G]
[Am]"For shame,
for [G]shame," wrote the pa[Am]pers.[G][C]
"Why the hurry to your [E]hunger?
"Now [Dm]the r[G]ubble's resting
on your [E]broken [Am]streets
"So you see what your [G]rage
[Am]has unraveled."

[Verse 8]
[G]Baricades sadly were risin'
Bricks were heavily flyin'
And [Am]the loudspeaker [G]drowned like
[Am]a whisperin' sound
When compared to the angered [G]emotions
[Am]And when the fury

[Verse 9]
[G]was[Am] over[G]
And [C]the Shame was replacing the [E]anger.
So [Dm]wrong, so [G]wrong,
[E]but we've been down so [Am]long
And we had to make [G]some[Am]body listen
[G][Am][G][Am][G][Am]
In the [G]heat [Am]of the sum
[G]mer[Am]
[G][Am][G][Am]