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In The Heat Of The Summer

Biography:

Judy Collins (born Judith Marjorie Collins on May 1, 1939, in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter known for the eclectic range of material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, and rock and roll, as well as and standards) and for her social activism. Beginning in 1959, she was drawn to the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and the traditional songs of the folk revival of the early 1960s. In 1968 she was awarded a Grammy for "Both Sides Now".

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Judy Collins - In The Heat Of The Summer

CAPO: 1st Fret

{Intro]
Am G Am G Am G Am G Am

[Verse 1]
G Am
In the heat of the summer
C E
When the pavements were burning
Am G E Am
The soul of a city was ravaged in the night
G Am G Am G Am
After the city sun was setting

[Verse 2]
G Am
Now no one knows how it started
C E
why the windows were shattered
Am G E Am
But deep in the dark, someone set the spark
G Am G Am G Am
And then it no longer mattered

[Verse 3]
G Am
Down the streets they were rumbling
C E
All the tempers were raging
Am G E Am
Oh, where, oh, where are the white silver tongues
G Am G Am G Am
Who forgot to listen to the warnings?

[Verse 4]
G Am
On and on come the angry
C E
No longer following reason
Am G E Am
And all the stores were the target now
G Am G Am G Am
Where just the other day they were buying

[Verse 5]
G Am
Drunk with the memory of the ghetto
C E
Drunk with the lure of the looting
Am G E Am
And the memory of the uniforms shoving with their sticks
G Am G Am G Am
Asking, "Are you looking for trouble?"

[Verse 6]
G Am
"No, no, no," moaned the mayor
C E
"It's not the way of the order
Am G E Am
"Oh stay in your homes, please leave us alone
G Am G Am G Am
"We'll be glad to talk in the morning"

[Verse 7]
G Am
"For shame, for shame," wrote the papers
C E
"Why the hurry to your hunger?
Am G E Am
"Now the rubble's resting on your broken streets
G Am G Am G Am
"So you see what your rage has unravelled"

[Verse 8]
G Am
Barricades sadly were rising
C E
Bricks were heavily flying
Am G E Am
And the loudspeaker drowned like a whispering sound
G Am G Am G Am
when compared to the angered emotions

[Verse 9]
G Am
And when the fury was over
C E
And the shame was replacing the anger
Am G E Am
So wrong, so wrong, but we've been down so long
G Am
And we had to make somebody listen
G Am G Am G Am
In the heat of the summer