Chord In The Heat Of The Summer by Phil Ochs

intro : Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm 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’ Dm Gm Dm 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 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 warnings? Dm Gm Dm on and 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 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 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 morning . " Dm Gm Dm "for shame , for 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 . " Dm Gm 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 emotions Dm Gm Dm and when the 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 summer . . . . . .