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