In the Heat of the Summer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]In t[G]he[Am][G][Am]
[G]heat of [Am]the summer
F a
[C]When the pavements were bur[E]ning
[D]Dm c dm
The soul of a [G]city was
[E]ravaged in the [Am]night
Gm dm
After the [G]city sun [Am]was sinkin'
[G][Am]

[Verse 2]
[G]Dm gm dm[Am]
Now no one [G]knows how [Am]it started
[G]F a
[C]Why the windows were sha[E]ttered
Dm c dm
But [D]deep in [G]the dark,
[E]someone set [Am]the spark
Gm dm
And then it [G]no [Am]longer [G]mattered.[Am][G]
[Am]Dm gm dm Down the

[Verse 3]
[G]
streets they [Am]were rumbling
F [G]a
[C]All the tempers were rag[E]in
Dm c dm
[D]Oh, where, oh,
[G]where are the [E]white silver [Am]tongues
Gm dm
Who forgot to [G]listen to the warn
[Am]ings?[G][Am][G]
[Am]Dm gm dm On and

[Verse 4]
[G]
on come [Am]the angry
[G]F a
[C]No longer following [E]reason
Dm c [D]dm
And all the [G]stores were [E]the target [Am]now
Gm dm
Where just the other [G]day they
[Am]were buyin[G]
[Am]Dm gm dm Drunk with the

[Verse 5]
[G]
memory of [Am]the ghetto
[G]F a
[C]Drunk with the lure [E]of the looting
Dm c dm
And the [D]memory of the [G]uniforms
[E]shoving with their [Am]sticks
Gm dm
Asking, are you [G]looking [Am]for [G]trouble?
[Am]Dm gm

[Verse 6]
[G]dm
No, no, no, moaned [Am]the mayor.
[G]F a
[C]It's not the way of the[E] order.
Dm c [D]dm
Oh stay in your [G]homes,
[E]please leave us [Am]alone
Gm dm
We'll be glad [G]to talk in
[Am]the morn[G]ing.[Am]
[G]Dm gm dm For shame, for

[Verse 7]
shame, [Am]wrote the papers.
[D]F a
[C]Why the hurry to [E]your hunger?
Dm c dm
[D]Now the [G]rubble's resting
on your [E]broken [Am]streets
Gm dm
So you see what your [G]rage has
[Am]unraveled.[G][Am]

[Verse 8]
[G]Dm gm dm
Baricades sadly [Am]were risin
[G]F a
[C]Bricks were heavily fly[E]in
Dm c dm
And the [D]loudspeaker [G]drowned
like [E]a whisperin' [Am]sound
Gm dm
When compared to [G]the angered
[Am]emo [G]tions[Am][G]
[Am]Dm gm dm And when the

[Verse 9]
[G]
fury was [Am]over
[G]F a
And the [C]shame was replacing
[E]the anger.
Dm c dm
So [D]wrong, so [G]wrong,
[E]but we've been down [Am]so long
Gm dm
And we had to make [G]somebody
[Am]listen[G]
[Am]Gm dm gm dm gm dm
In the [G]heat of [Am]the summer......
[Am][G]