ORDER: I V1 V2 C INT1 V3 C2 INT2 B FC1 FC2 O INTRO C#m B | A B | C#m B | A B | C#m B | A B | C#m B | A VERSE 1 C#m B A B Hot summer streets and the pave - ments are burning C#m B | A B | I sit around C#m B A B C#m B | A B | Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry VERSE 2 C#m B A B C#m Strange voices are sa - ying (ah, what did they say?) B A B Things I can't understand C#m B It's too close for comfort, A B Amaj7 B | A B this heat has got right out of hand CHORUS C#m A B A It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer C#m A B Leaving me here on my own A C#m A B It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer A C#m Now you're gone A B You're not the on - ly one A It's a cruel INTERLUDE 1 C#m | A A G# | C#m | A A G# | VERSE 3 C#m B The city is crowded, A B C#m B | A G#m7 | my friends are away and I'm on my own C#m B It's too hot to handle, A B AB B so I gotta get up and go, and go CHORUS 2 C#m A B A It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer C#m A B Leaving me here on my own A C#m A B It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer A C#m Now you're gone A B You're not the on - ly one A C#m A B A It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer C#m A B Leaving me here on my own A C#m A B It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer A C#m Now you're gone A B You're not the on - ly one A It's a cruel INTERLUDE 2 C#m | A A G# | A B | A B | BRIDGE C#m A Now don't you leave me, mm B A Now don't you leave me C#m A Well don't you leave me B A Come on, come on C#m A Now don't you leave me, mm B A Now don't you leave me A B Well don't you leave me AmajB Come on, come on FINAL CHORUS 1 C#m A B A It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer C#m A B Leaving me here on my own A C#m A B A It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer C#m A B You're not the on - ly one FINAL CHORUS 2 A C#m A B A It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer C#m A B Leaving me here on my own A C#m A B It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer A C#m Now you're gone A B You're not the on - ly one OUTRO A C#m A B A It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer C#m A | B A | It's a cruel sum - mer C#m A B A It's a cruel, cruel sum - mer C#m A | B A | C#m It's a cruel sum - mer