Intro:

        organ and electric piano arr. for guitar [3X]

         v   v   v   v
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-------------x---|
D|-6-------5-------|
A|-----------------|
E|-4-------3-------|
                     ^ echoed drums

        bass (note intentional G-Ab dissonance on the first beat):

         v   v   v   v
E|-----------------|
B|-5-------5-------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|


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]           Abmaj7        G
        Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
        Cm         Cm/Bb
        Been down, isn't it a pity
        F9/A                 Abmaj7          G
        Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

         G          G7/B
        All around, people looking half dead
         Cm                       C
        Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

Chorus (w/autoharp):

        F                   Bb
        But at night it's a different world
        F          Bb
        Go out and find a girl
        F                   Bb
        Come-on come-on and dance all night
        F                      Bb
        Despite the heat it'll be alright

            Dm               G
        And babe, don't you know it's a pity
                 Dm         G
        That the days can't be like the nights
               Dm              G
        In the summer, in the city
               Dm              G
        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

         Cm               Ab7
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
E|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|-5--3-3-5-3---3--|-6--4-4-6-4---4---|
A|-----6------6----|-----6------6-----|
E|-----------------|------------------|

        organ:

        C (octaves; hold through next section)
        / / / /

        Wurlitzer electric piano arr. for two guitars [2X]

        (Cm)       (/Bb)         (/A)        (/Ab)(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--|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|

                   guitar 3 (2nd time only): Abmaj7  G
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
        -------------------------|-------------------------|
        10-10----10--8-------8---|-7--------7--6--------5--|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-8--8-----8--6-------6---|-5--------5--4--------3--|
        2: ^^  1: ^^