Cruel Summer chords by Bananarama

Intro: C#m--A-G#m- x4


Verse 1:
C#m    B    C#m
Hot summer streets
        A
And the pavements
are burning
G#m C#m  B    C#m A G#m
I   sit around
C#m    B   C#m
Trying to smile but
    A
The air is so heavy
G#m C#m B C#m A G#m
and dry
C#m B      C#m
   Strange voices
    A
are saying
     G#m      C#m B
What did they say
C#m      A
Things I can't
          G#m
understand
     C#m
It's too close
B   C#m
for comfort This
A

heat has got
      G#m    A   B A B
Right out of hand


Chorus 1:
       C#m
It's a cruel cruel
A     B     A
cruel summer
C#m        A
   Leaving me
B          A
here on my own
       C#m
It's a cruel it's
  A           B     A
a cruel cruel summer
C#m               A B A
   Now you're gone


Post Chorus:
C#m--A-G#m- x2


Verse 2:
    C#m  A  C#m
The city is crowded
   A
My friends are away
    G#m C#m B  C#m A G#m
And I'm on  my own
     C#m     B  C#m
It's too hot to handle
   A               G#m A B A B
So I got to get up and go


Chorus 2:
       C#m
It's a cruel cruel
A     B     A
cruel summer
C#m        A
   Leaving me
B          A
here on my own
       C#m
It's a cruel it's
  A           B     A
a cruel cruel summer
C#m               A B A
   Now you're gone
       C#m
It's a cruel cruel
A     B     A
cruel summer
C#m        A
   Leaving me
B          A
here on my own
       C#m
It's a cruel it's
  A           B     A
a cruel cruel summer
C#m               A B A
   Now you're gone


Interlude:
C#m B C#m A B A B
C#m A B A x4


Chorus 3:
       C#m
It's a cruel cruel
A     B     A
cruel summer
C#m        A
   Leaving me
B          A
here on my own
       C#m
It's a cruel it's
  A           B     A
a cruel cruel summer
           C#m
Now you're gone
A          B       A
Gonna feel only it was
(Repeat x3)