Words and Music by James Taylor from his 1976 album "In The Pocket" [Chords] Dm7     xx0121 (5fr.) G/A     x0x121 (7fr.) Cmaj9   2xx121 (7fr.) Bbmaj9  2xx121 (5fr.) Dmaj9   xx0121 (9fr.) [Intro]   /     / [Verse 1] It was a hot and sultry day    somewhere in early September I don’t hardly remember the day   Just the way the sun beat down upon the bay baby   [Verse 2] I did not even need to know your name It was oh so plain to see that you had eyes for me      Halfway open halfway closed half-naked eyes for me baby     [Chorus] It was a slow burning love a fair-weather love affair     A slow burning smoldering love for you and I And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky it died       [Bridge] Oh the lights of the city were close at hand I might just as well have been another man You might just as well have been another girl It might just as well have been another world [Chorus] It was a slow burning love a fair-weather love affair     A slow burning smoldering love for you and I And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky it died       Oh slow burning love            You were smoking up that day some kind of hot It was a slow burning love a fair-weather love affair     A slow burning smoldering love for you and I And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky it died       [Outro]   / Ah      Ah