In the Heat of the Summer
In the Heat of the Summer

In the Heat of the Summer easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • E

  • D

  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • E

  • D

    • Verse 1
    In the 

    heat 
    of 
    the 
    summer 

    F a 

    When 
    the pavements 
    were 
    burning 

    Dm c 
    dm 

    The soul of a 
    city 
    was 

    ravaged 
    in the 
    night 

    Gm dm 

    After the 
    city sun 
    was 
    sinkin' 

    Verse 2
    Dm gm d
    m 

    Now no 
    one 
    knows 
    how 
    it started 

    F a 

    Why 
    the windows 
    were 
    shattered 

    Dm c 
    dm 

    But 
    deep 
    in 
    the dark, 

    someone 
    set 
    the spark 

    Gm dm 

    And then it 
    no 
    longer 
    mattered. 

    Dm gm dm 
    Down the 
    Verse 3

    streets 
    they 
    were rumbling 

    F 
    a 

    All 
    the tempers 
    were 
    ragin 

    Dm c 
    dm 

    Oh, where, 
    oh, 

    where 
    are 
    the 
    white 
    silver 
    tongues 

    Gm dm 

    Who 
    forgot 
    to 
    listen 
    to 
    the warn

    ings? 

    Dm gm dm 
    On and 
    Verse 4

    on 
    come 
    the 
    angry 

    F a 

    No 
    longer 
    following 
    reason 

    Dm c 
    dm 

    And 
    all the 
    stores 
    were 
    the target 
    now 

    Gm dm 

    Where just 
    the other 
    day 
    they 

    were buyin 

    Dm gm dm 
    Drunk with 
    the 
    Verse 5

    memory 
    of 
    the 
    ghetto 

    F 
    a 

    Drunk 
    with 
    the lure 
    of 
    the looting 

    Dm c dm 

    And the 
    memory 
    of 
    the 
    uniforms 

    shoving 
    with their 
    sticks 

    Gm dm 

    Asking, 
    are you 
    looking 
    for 
    trouble? 

    Dm gm 
    Verse 6
    dm 

    No, no, no, 
    moaned 
    the mayor. 

    F a 

    It's not 
    the way 
    of 
    the order. 

    Dm c 
    dm 

    Oh stay 
    in your 
    homes, 

    please leave 
    us 
    alone 

    Gm dm 

    We'll be glad 
    to 
    talk in 

    the morn
    ing. 

    Dm gm dm 
    For shame, 
    for 
    Verse 7

    shame, 
    wrote the papers. 

    F a 

    Why 
    the hurry to 
    your 
    hunger? 

    Dm c 
    dm 

    Now the 
    rubble's resting 

    on your 
    broken 
    streets 

    Gm dm 

    So 
    you see 
    what your 
    rage 
    has 

    unraveled. 

    Verse 8
    Dm g
    m dm 

    Baricades sadly 
    were risin 

    F a 

    Bricks were 
    heavily 
    flyin 

    Dm c 
    dm 

    And the 
    loudspeaker 
    drowned 

    like 
    a whisperin' 
    sound 

    Gm dm 

    When 
    compared 
    to 
    the angered 

    emo
    tions 

    Dm g
    m dm 
    And when the 
    Verse 9

    fury 
    was 
    over 

    F a 

    And the 
    shame 
    was replacing 

    the anger. 

    Dm c dm 

    So 
    wrong, 
    so 
    wrong, 

    but 
    we've been 
    down 
    so long 

    Gm dm 

    And 
    we had 
    to make 
    somebody 

    listen 

    Gm dm gm dm gm dm 

    In the 
    heat 
    of 
    the 
    sum
    mer...... 


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