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