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#mBAB
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#mBABC#m
Strange voices are sa - ying (ah, what did they say?)
BAB
Things I can't understand
C#mB
It's too close for comfort,
A B Amaj7 B | A B
this heat has got right out of hand
CHORUS
C#mABA
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#mAB
Leaving me here on my own
AC#mAB
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
AC#m
Now you're gone
AB
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#mB
The city is crowded,
A B C#m B | A G#m7 |
my friends are away and I'm on my own
C#mB
It's too hot to handle,
ABABB
so I gotta get up and go, and go
CHORUS 2
C#mABA
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#mAB
Leaving me here on my own
AC#mAB
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
AC#m
Now you're gone
AB
You're not the on - ly one
AC#mABA
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#mAB
Leaving me here on my own
AC#mAB
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
AC#m
Now you're gone
AB
You're not the on - ly one
A
It's a cruel
INTERLUDE 2
C#m | A A G# | A B | A B |
BRIDGEC#mA
Now don't you leave me, mm
BA
Now don't you leave me
C#mA
Well don't you leave me
BA
Come on, come on
C#mA
Now don't you leave me, mm
BA
Now don't you leave me
AB
Well don't you leave me
AmajB
Come on, come on
FINAL CHORUS 1
C#mABA
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#mAB
Leaving me here on my own
AC#mABA
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#mAB
You're not the on - ly one
FINAL CHORUS 2
AC#mABA
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#mAB
Leaving me here on my own
AC#mAB
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
AC#m
Now you're gone
AB
You're not the on - ly one
OUTRO
AC#mABA
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#m A | B A |
It's a cruel sum - mer
C#mABA
It's a cruel, cruel sum - mer
C#m A | B A | C#m
It's a cruel sum - mer