organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X]
v v v v
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^ echoed drums
bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat):
v v v v
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Verse 1:
[Notes: 1) I believe that the guitar is capoed at the third fret,
in which case the chord progression transposes to the stock folkie
riff Am-Am/G-D9/F#-Fmaj7-E. This is further confirmed by the
voicings of the F and Bb chords in the chorus, which sound like
root-position D and G capoed up. 2) The electric piano plays a
variation of the second part of the instrumental break (q.v.) on
the first four lines of the verse.]
Cm Cm/Bb
Hot town, summer in the city
F9/A x03543 G#maj7 GBack of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
F9/A G#maj7 GDoesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
G G7/B
All around, people looking half dead
Cm CWalking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
Chorus (w/autoharp):
But at night it's a different world
F BbGo out and find a girl
F BbCome-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
Dm GThat the days can't be like the nights
Dm GIn the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city
Verse 2:
Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop
[repeat chorus]
Instrumental break:
guitar (doubled octave higher w/electric piano) w/sound effects
v v v v v v v v
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organ:
C (octaves; hold through next section)
Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X]
(Cm) /Bb) /A) /G#)(Gsus4)
v v v v v v v v
15----15----1515--15-----|1515--15----1515-15--15--
16----16----1516--16-----|1516--16----1615-15--15--
17----17----1717--17-----|1717--17----1717-17--17--
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guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7 G
v v v v v v v v
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10-10----10--8-------8---|-7--------7--6--------5--
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-8--8-----8--6-------6---|-5--------5--4--------3--
2 1
[repeat first verse and chorus]
[repeat instrumental break]
[repeat first verse and chorus w/o vocals; fade]
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