{title: Summer in the city}
{artist: Joe Cocker}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 89}
{key: Dm}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Dm] [Bb7] [Dm] [Bb7] [Dm] [C] [-] [Bb7] [A7] [-] [Dm] [C] [-] [Bb7] [A7] [-]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Dm] Hot town, [Dm7/C]summer in the city
[Bdim]Back of my neck gettin' [BbM7]dirty and [A7]gritty
[Dm] Been down, [Dm7/C]isn't it a pity?
[Bdim]Doesn't seem to be a [BbM7]shadow in the [A7]city
[A] All around [A7/G]people looking half-dead
[F6]Walking on the sidewalk, [D/F#]hotter than a match head
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[G] But at night it's a [C]different world
[G] Go out and [C]find a girl
[G]Come on, come on and [C]dance all night
[G]Despite the heat it'll [C]be alright
And [Em]babe, don't you [A7]know it's a pity
The [Em]days can't [A7]be like the nights
In the [Em7]summer in the [A7]city
In the [Em7]summer in the [A7]city
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{start_of_part: Link}
[Dm] [C] [-] [Bb7] [A7] [-]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Dm] Cool town, [Dm7/C]evenin' in the city
[Bdim]Dressed so fine and [Bb7]lookin' so [A7]pretty
[Dm] Cool cat [Dm7/C]lookin' for a kitty
[Bdim]Gonna look in every [Bb7]corner of the [A7]city
[A] 'Til I'm [A7/G]weezin' at the bus stop
[F6]Runnin' up the stairs gonna [D/F#]meet ya on the roof-top
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{chorus: Chorus 1}
{start_of_part: Link}
[Dm] [C] [-] [Bb7] [A7] [-]
[Dm] [C] [-] [Bb7] [A7] [-]
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{start_of_part: Solo}
[Gm] [Gm7/F] [Edim] [Eb7] [-] [D7]
[Gm] [Gm7/F] [Edim] [Eb7]
[Dm] [Dm7/C] [Bdim] [Bb7] [-] [A7]
[Dm] [Dm7/C] [Bdim] [Bb7] [A]
[A7/G] [F6] [D/F#]
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{chorus: Chorus 1}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
[F#m] [B] [F#m] [B]
Summer in the [F#m]city [B] [F#m] [B]
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{start_of_part: Outtro A}
[Em] Hot town [Em7/D] [C#dim] [C7] [B7]summer in the city
[Em] [Em7/D] [C#dim] [C7] ??? [B7]girl
[Em] Cool town [Em7/D] [C#dim] [C7] [B7]evenin' in the city
[Em] [Em7/D] [C#dim] [C7] [B7]
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{start_of_part: Outtro B (repeat, ad lib.)}
[Em] [Em7/D] [C#dim] [C7] [-] [B7]
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