Key: D major
Verse 1
Like a smokescreen hanging
off the porch light
The windows open but the
curtains don't move
The southern breeze
has been asleep since June
G
D
There's a full moon in the sky,
G
D
a half an hour till midnight
G
D
Feet pace the floor
G
A
with one eye on the door
F
G
D
Heat and wind in the delta,
F
G
D
passion burning like a red hot coal
A
Bb
Trouble brewing as
F
A
the evening thunder rolls
F
G
D
Heatwave in the delta
F
G
D
A
Where the devil feels right at home
Bb
F
A
All summer he's reeling in the sores
D
It's hard to breathe if you can't stay still
You don't want to do
it but you know you will
Hearts pound, minds rage,
young girls look twice their age
Young men's hot wheels,
like locusts on a sweet corn field
G
D
The sky lights a lightning flash,
G
D
like the sound of a shotgun blast
G
D
Mama cries, daddy sighs,
G
A
they remember why
F
G
D
Heat wave in the delta
F
G
D
Passion burnin' like a red -hot coal
A
Bb
Trouble brewin' as
F
A
the evening thunder rolls
F
G
D
Heat wave in the delta
F
G
D
A
Where the devil feels right at home
Bb
F
A
All summer he's reeling in the soles
You don't wanna do it,
but you know you will
It's hard to move, you can't stand still
Bb
D
sure enough will
You
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