Intro: Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm

       Gm (355333@1)        DmIn (xx0231@1)the heat of the summer
F (133211@1)                     AWhen (x02220@1)the pavements were burning
    Dm (xx0231@1)      C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)The soul of a city was ravaged in the night
          Gm (355333@1)         DmAfter (xx0231@1)the city sun was sinkin'


Dm (xx0231@1)       Gm (355333@1)         DmNow (xx0231@1)no one knows how it started
F (133211@1)                  Awhy (x02220@1)the windows were shattered
Dm (xx0231@1)        C (x32010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)            
But deep in the dark, someone set the spark
           Gm (355333@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)And then it no longer mattered.

Dm (xx0231@1)     Gm (355333@1)              DmDown (xx0231@1)the streets they were rumbling
F (133211@1)                  AAll (x02220@1)the tempers were ragin
Dm (xx0231@1)        C (x32010@1)          DmOh, (xx0231@1)where, oh, where are the white silver tongues
              Gm (355333@1)          DmWho (xx0231@1)forgot to listen to the warnings?

Dm (xx0231@1)   Gm (355333@1)        DmOn (xx0231@1)and On come the angry 
F (133211@1)                 ANo (x02220@1)longer following reason
Dm (xx0231@1)    C (x32010@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)And all the stores were the target now
               Gm (355333@1)                DmWhere (xx0231@1)just the other day they were buyin

Dm (xx0231@1)           Gm (355333@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Drunk with the memory of the ghetto
F (133211@1)                        ADrunk (x02220@1)with the lure of the looting
Dm (xx0231@1)              C (x32010@1)          DmAnd (xx0231@1)the memory of the uniforms shoving with their sticks
             Gm (355333@1)            DmAsking, (xx0231@1)"Are you looking for trouble?"

Dm (xx0231@1)     Gm (355333@1)            Dm"No, (xx0231@1)no, no," moaned the mayor.
F (133211@1)                  A (x02220@1)  
"It's not the way of the order.
 Dm (xx0231@1)       C (x32010@1)                Dm (xx0231@1)"Oh stay in your homes, please leave us alone
               Gm (355333@1)           Dm"We'll (xx0231@1)be glad to talk in the morning."

Dm (xx0231@1)            Gm (355333@1)              Dm"For (xx0231@1)shame, for shame," wrote the papers.
F (133211@1)                    A"Why (x02220@1)the hurry to your hunger?
Dm (xx0231@1)         C (x32010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)   
"Now the rubble's resting on your broken streets
                 Gm (355333@1)            Dm"So (xx0231@1)you see what your rage has unraveled."

Dm (xx0231@1)      Gm (355333@1)       DmBaricades (xx0231@1)sadly were risin 
F (133211@1)                 ABricks (x02220@1)were heavily flyin 
Dm (xx0231@1)        C (x32010@1)                  DmAnd (xx0231@1)the loudspeaker drowned like a whisperin' sound
              Gm (355333@1)           Dmwhen (xx0231@1)compared to the angered emotions   

Dm (xx0231@1)         Gm (355333@1)     DmAnd (xx0231@1)when the fury was over
F (133211@1)                             AAnd (x02220@1)the Shame was replacing the anger.
Dm (xx0231@1)      C (x32010@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)  
So wrong, so wrong, but we've been down so long
           Gm (355333@1)             DmAnd (xx0231@1)we had to make somebody listen
       Gm (355333@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)      GmDm GmDm
In the heat of the summer......