Intro: BmDGD
Verse:
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Screen door cracked, thereʼs ball game on
GD
Man on a porch singin’ baritone
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Tan line leads to that gentle place
GD
Between her collarbone and her stone-cold face
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Verse:
BmD
Dockhand boys all say goodbye
GD
To the women that they swear are gonna be their wives
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Theyʼll be gone by the wintertime
GD
And they donʼt wanna bother with no friend of mine
Chorus:
BmAGD
Wet, hot, American nights
ABm
Shake your body dry under coastline light
BmAGD
Wet, hot, American nights
ABm
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
ABm
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
Verse:
BmD
Heard David got back from his first tour
GD
But he ain’t the same boy that he was before
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Twentyʼs too young to nearly die
GD
American boys are a friend of mine
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Verse:
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Delco Danny cut a deal with the dealer
GD
That he met out at the Rivers Casino
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He got caught countinʼ cards, then them spades broke his heart
GD
Then the Point Breeze boys broke his nose
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Mary got that job that she wanted out of town
GD
She was better than the sum of all of us anyhow
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She still stops by whenever she can
GD
Sheʼs tougher than my brother with her bad left hand
Chorus:
BmAGD
Wet, hot, American nights
ABm
Shake your body dry under coastline light
BmAGD
Wet, hot, American nights
BmAGD
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
BmAGD
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
BmDGD
Outro:
BmD
Screen door cracked, thereʼs ball game on
GD
Man on a porch singin’ baritone
BmD
Tan line leads to that gentle place
GD
Between her collarbone and her stone-cold face