Hot town (1979) (video)

A7 - G - D - G7 (2x)

C G F G

1. So you think you're so refined, ahead of your time,

C G F G

leavin' all your friends behind, are you hopin' to find.

F G C F

Love is a city, 'cause you're young and feelin' pretty,

C G F - G

but you won't even know your name.

C G F G

2. So you think it's all good fun, a movie parade,

C G F G

you spend your best days in the sun, with the new friends you made.

F G C

But when you've got trouble you don't look back,

F - C G F - D

they won't know you, they won't even know your name.

E D B7

Slow down, hot town burns like a fever, lyin' in the back o' your mind.

E D B7

slow down, hot town burns like a fever, sneakin' up on you from behind.

E

You better slow down, hot town burns like a fever,

D B7

lyin' in the back o' your mind,

E

you better slow down, hot town burns like a fever,

D B7

creepin' up on you from behind.

+ A7 - G

C G F G

3. So you think you've got it made, at least for a while,

C - G F G

always sittin' in the shade, adjustin' your smile.

F G C F

But I don't like to shake you, don't you know, you had it comin',

C G F - D

but they don't even know your name.

E D B7

Slow down, hot town burns like a fever, lyin' in the back o' your mind.

E D B7

slow down, hot town burns like a fever, sneakin' up on you from behind.

A G D G

+ No one ever told her or showed her the way,

A G D - B7

no one ever told her or showed her.

E D B7

Slow down, hot town burns like a fever, lyin' in the back o' your mind.

E D B7

slow down, hot town burns like a fever, sneakin' up on you from behind.

E

+ Better slow down, hot town burns like a fever,

D B7 E

burnin' up, burnin' in the back o' your mind.

D

hot town burns like a fever, it's creepin' up,

B7 E

it's creepin' up on you from behind.

Hot town burns like a fever,

D B7 E

oh-oh, burnin' up, oh-oh burnin' in the back o' your mind ....

(orig.. = capo 5th) (Jon English)