Bananarama
Cruel Summer
The Karate Kid Soundtrack
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
 - x46654
 -   x24442
 -   x02220
 - 466444


Intro: C#m--A-G#m- x4


Verse 1:
        
Hot summer str


eets
        
And the paveme

nts
are burning
       
I   sit around

  
       
Trying to smil

e but
    
The air is so 

heavy
    
and dry

 
       
   Strange voi

ces
    
are saying
           
What did they 

 
say
      
Things I can't
          
understand
     
It's too close
   
for comfort Th

is

heat has got
          
Right out of h

     
and


Chorus 1:
       
It's a cruel c

ruel
          
cruel summer
        
   Leaving me
          
here on my own
       
It's a cruel i

t's
             
a cruel cruel 

     
summer
           
   Now you're 

      
gone


Post Chorus:
C#m--A-G#m- x2


Verse 2:
        
The city is cr


owded
   
My friends are

 away
       
And I'm on  my

   
 own
          
It's too hot t

  
o handle
             
So I got to ge

         
t up and go


Chorus 2:
       
It's a cruel c

ruel
          
cruel summer
        
   Leaving me
          
here on my own
       
It's a cruel i

t's
             
a cruel cruel 

     
summer
           
   Now you're 

      
gone
       
It's a cruel c

ruel
          
cruel summer
        
   Leaving me
          
here on my own
       
It's a cruel i

t's
             
a cruel cruel 

     
summer
           
   Now you're 

      
gone


Interlude: 
      
    x4


Chorus 3:
       
It's a cruel c

ruel
          
cruel summer
        
   Leaving me
          
here on my own
       
It's a cruel i

t's
             
a cruel cruel 

     
summer
           
Now you're gon

e
            
Gonna feel onl

     
y it was
(Repeat x3)