Chords used (G, Em, C, D)



        G    Em                C           D

Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning 

    G     Em,  C  , D

I sit around 

   G        Em            C          D        G , Em, C, D

Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry 

  

G.....

Strange voices are saying (ah, what did they say?) 

Things I can't understand 

It's too close to comfort, this heat has got 

Right out of hand 



It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer 

Leaving me here on my own 

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer 

Now you're gone 

You're not the only one 

It's a cruel 



The city is crowded, my friends are away and I'm on my own 

It's too hot to handle, so I gotta get up and go, and go 



It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer 

Leaving me here on my own 

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer 

Now you're gone 

You're not the only one 



It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer (leaving me) 

Leaving me here on my own 

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer 

Now you're gone 

You're not the only one 

It's a cruel 



Now don't you leave me 

Now don't you leave me 

Now don't you leave me 

Come on, come on 



Now don't you leave me 

Now don't you leave me 

Now don't you leave me 



Come on, come on 



It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer (cruel summer) 

Leaving me here on my own (leaving me here on my own) 



It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer 

Now you're gone 

You're not the only one 



It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer (leaving me) 

Leaving me here on my own 

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer 

Now you're gone 

You're not the only one 



It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer 

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer 



It's a cruel, cruel summer (leaving me) 

It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel summer 



It's a cruel summer