Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A [Verse 1] Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A It was a hot and sultry day somewhere in early September Dm7 G/A I don't hardly remember the day Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A Just the way the sun beat down upon the bay, baby [Verse 2] Dm7 G/A I did not even need to know your name Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A It was, oh, so plain to see that you had eyes for me Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A Halfway open, halfway closed, half-naked eyes for me, baby [Chorus] Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A It was a slow burning love, a fair-weather love affair Dm7 G/A A slow burning, smoldering love for you and I Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky, it died [Bridge] Cmaj9 Oh, the lights of the city were close at hand Dm7 I might just as well have been another man Bbmaj9 You might just as well have been another girl Dmaj9 It might just as well have been another world [Chorus] Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A It was a slow burning love, a fair-weather love affair Dm7 G/A A slow burning, smoldering love for you and I Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky, it died Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A Oh, slow burning love Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A You were smoking up that day, some kind of hot Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A It was a slow burning love, a fair-weather love affair Dm7 G/A A slow burning, smoldering love for you and I Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky, it died [Outro] Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A Ah Dm7 G/A Ah