CAPO: 1st Fret
[INTRO]
[Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 1]
In the [G]heat of the [Am]summer
[C]When the pavements were [E]burning
The [Am]soul of a [G]city was [E]ravaged in the [Am]night
After the [G]city sun was [Am]setting [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 2]
Now no one [G]knows how it [Am]started
[C]why the windows were [E]shattered
But [Am]deep in the [G]dark, [E]someone set the [Am]spark
And then it [G]no longer [Am]mattered [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 3]
Down the [G]streets they were [Am]rumbling
[C]All the tempers were [E]raging
Oh, [Am]where, oh, [G]where are the [E]white silver [Am]tongues
Who forgot to [G]listen to the [Am]warnings? [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 4]
On and [G]on come the [Am]angry
[C]No longer following [E]reason
And [Am]all the [G]stores [E]were the target [Am]now
Where just the other [G]day they were [Am]buying [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 5]
Drunk with the [G]memory of the [Am]ghetto
[C]Drunk with the lure of the [E]looting
And the[Am] memory of the [G]uniforms [E]shoving with their [Am]sticks
Asking, "Are you [G]looking for [Am]trouble?"[G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 6]
"No, no, [G]no," moaned the [Am]mayor
[C]"It's not the way of [E]the order
"Oh [Am]stay in your[G] homes, please [E]leave us a[Am]lone
"We'll be glad to [G]talk in the [Am]morning" [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 7]
"For shame, for [G]shame," wrote the [Am]papers
[C]"Why the hurry to your [E]hunger?
"[Am]Now the rubble's [G]resting [E]on your broken [Am]streets
"So you see what your [G]rage has un[Am]ravelled"[G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 8]
Barricades [G]sadly were [Am]rising
[C]Bricks were heavily [E]flying
And the [Am]loudspeaker [G]drowned like a [E]whispering [Am]sound
when compared to the [G]angered e[Am]motions [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 9]
And when the [G]fury was [Am]over
[C]And the shame was replacing the [E]anger
So [Am]wrong, so [G]wrong, but [E]we've been down so [Am]long
And we had to [G]make somebody [Am]listen
In the [G]heat of the [Am]summer [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[INTRO]
[Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 1]
In the [G]heat of the [Am]summer
[C]When the pavements were [E]burning
The [Am]soul of a [G]city was [E]ravaged in the [Am]night
After the [G]city sun was [Am]setting [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 2]
Now no one [G]knows how it [Am]started
[C]why the windows were [E]shattered
But [Am]deep in the [G]dark, [E]someone set the [Am]spark
And then it [G]no longer [Am]mattered [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 3]
Down the [G]streets they were [Am]rumbling
[C]All the tempers were [E]raging
Oh, [Am]where, oh, [G]where are the [E]white silver [Am]tongues
Who forgot to [G]listen to the [Am]warnings? [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 4]
On and [G]on come the [Am]angry
[C]No longer following [E]reason
And [Am]all the [G]stores [E]were the target [Am]now
Where just the other [G]day they were [Am]buying [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 5]
Drunk with the [G]memory of the [Am]ghetto
[C]Drunk with the lure of the [E]looting
And the[Am] memory of the [G]uniforms [E]shoving with their [Am]sticks
Asking, "Are you [G]looking for [Am]trouble?"[G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 6]
"No, no, [G]no," moaned the [Am]mayor
[C]"It's not the way of [E]the order
"Oh [Am]stay in your[G] homes, please [E]leave us a[Am]lone
"We'll be glad to [G]talk in the [Am]morning" [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 7]
"For shame, for [G]shame," wrote the [Am]papers
[C]"Why the hurry to your [E]hunger?
"[Am]Now the rubble's [G]resting [E]on your broken [Am]streets
"So you see what your [G]rage has un[Am]ravelled"[G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 8]
Barricades [G]sadly were [Am]rising
[C]Bricks were heavily [E]flying
And the [Am]loudspeaker [G]drowned like a [E]whispering [Am]sound
when compared to the [G]angered e[Am]motions [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 9]
And when the [G]fury was [Am]over
[C]And the shame was replacing the [E]anger
So [Am]wrong, so [G]wrong, but [E]we've been down so [Am]long
And we had to [G]make somebody [Am]listen
In the [G]heat of the [Am]summer [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
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