The Music Is Hot chords by John Hiatt

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

Verse:
C                    F
Sheets dance on the line  White as the clouds gone by
G                    C
Screen door kicking time  As kids melt into the sky
C                     F
You′re making your moves  Trying just to stay alive
G           C
And the music is hot
C           F
WSM on your transistor radio
G                   C
A song about trains You can hear that whistle blow
C                      F
Waylon walks the line Merle's mama tries to tell him so
G

And the music is hot

Chorus:
F
You got a story ′bout twenty miles long
C
You got a tune like a number one song
G
You got the sweat like the shirt off my back
C
You got the heart, let me open it a crack
F
Fiddle and steel takin' you higher
C
Passed cotton fields and telephone wires
G
Out to the church and the gospel choir
C
And you're gone

Verse:
C                    F
Sun going down You′re scrounging to feed the dog
G                    C
You′re wearing a dress  You saw in a catalog
C                       F
The crickets have started To sing with those old bull frogs
G           C
And the music is hot
C                   F
You tuck in the kids And think of a nice long bath
G                   C
You notice your mom  Staring back from a photograph.
C                       F
And quick as you turn You're certain you can hear her laugh
G
And the music is hot

Chorus:
F
You got a story ′bout twenty miles long
C
You got a tune like a number one song
G
You got the sweat like the shirt off my back
C
You got the heart, let me open it a crack
F
Fiddle and steel takin' you higher
C
Passed cotton fields and telephone wires
G
Beyond the church and the gospel choir
F
And you′re gone

Outro:
          C - -  F - -  C - -  G - - C
Gone, Gone, Gone, oh