JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Cruel Summer” adalah lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh grup musik pop asal Swedia, Ace of Base.
Lagu ini dirilis pada 14 Juli 1998 dan diproduseri oleh Cutfather & Joe.
“Cruel Summer” muncul sebagai trek pertama dalam album mereka yang bertajuk sama dengan judul, Cruel Summer.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Sign - Ace of Base
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Cruel Summer” dari Ace of Base.
[INTRO]
C#m B | A B |
C#m B | A B |
C#m B | A B |
C#m B | A
[VERSE 1]
C#m B A B
Hot summer streets and the pave - ments are burning
C#m B | A B |
I sit around
C#m B A B C#m B | A B |
Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry
[VERSE 2]
C#m B A B C#m
Strange voices are sa - ying (ah, what did they say?)
B A B
Things I can't understand
C#m B
It's too close for comfort,
A B Amaj7 B | A B
this heat has got right out of hand
[CHORUS]
C#m A B A
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#m A B
Leaving me here on my own
A C#m A B
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
A C#m
Now you're gone
A B
You're not the on - ly one
A
It's a cruel
[INTERLUDE 1]
C#m | A A G# |
C#m | A A G# |
[VERSE 3]
C#m B
The city is crowded,
A B C#m B | A G#m7 |
my friends are away and I'm on my own
C#m B
It's too hot to handle,
A B A B A B
so I gotta get up and go, and go
[CHORUS 2]
C#m A B A
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#m A B
Leaving me here on my own
A C#m A B
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
A C#m
Now you're gone
A B
You're not the on - ly one
A C#m A B A
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#m A B
Leaving me here on my own
A C#m A B
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
A C#m
Now you're gone
A B
You're not the on - ly one
A
It's a cruel
[INTERLUDE 2]
C#m | A A G# | A B | A B |
[BRIDGE]
C#m A
Now don't you leave me, mm
B A
Now don't you leave me
C#m A
Well don't you leave me
B A
Come on, come on
C#m A
Now don't you leave me, mm
B A
Now don't you leave me
A B
Well don't you leave me
Amaj7 B
Come on, come on
[FINAL CHORUS 1]
C#m A B A
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#m A B
Leaving me here on my own
A C#m A B A
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#m A B
You're not the on - ly one
[FINAL CHORUS 2]
A C#m A B A
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#m A B
Leaving me here on my own
A C#m A B
It's a cruel, (it's a cruel) cruel sum - mer
A C#m
Now you're gone
A B
You're not the on - ly one
[OUTRO]
A C#m A B A
It's a cruel, (cruel) cruel sum - mer
C#m A | B A |
It's a cruel sum - mer
C#m A B A
It's a cruel, cruel sum - mer
C#m A | B A | C#m
It's a cruel sum - mer