Letra In The Heat Of The Summer de Phil Ochs original
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......