Martha & the Vandellas, Heat Wave (1963)
^{Key: :[Ab] (w: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland Jr.)}

INTRO:
[Ab] [Ab] [Ab] [Ab open]
[A#m] [Cm] [Fm] [Fm]
[A#m] [Cm] [Fm] [Fm]
[A#m] [Cm] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [Ab] [Ab] [Ab open]

VERSE 1:
Whenever I'm [A#m] with him [Cm]
Something in-[Fm]-side [Fm]
Starts to [A#m] burnin' [Cm]
And I'm [Fm] filled with [Fm] desire

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[A#m] Could it be, a [Cm] devil in me
Or is [Db] this the way love's sup-[Eb]-posed to be?

CHORUS:
It's like a [Ab] heat wave
Burnin' in my [Ab] heart
I can't keep from [Ab] crying
Tearin' me a-[Ab]-part

VERSE 2:
Whenever he [A#m] calls my name [Cm]
Soft, low, [Fm] sweet and plain [Fm]
I [A#m] feel, right [Cm] there
I [Fm] feel that burning [Fm] flame

PRE-CHORUS 2:
Has [A#m] high blood pressure got a [Cm] hold on me
Or is [Db] this is the way love's sup-[Eb]-posed to be

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + PRE-CHORUS]

VERSE 3:
Sometimes, I [A#m] stare in space [Cm]
Tears all [Fm] over my [Fm] face
I can't [A#m] explain it, don't [Cm] understand it
I ain't [Fm] never felt like this be-[Fm]-fore

PRE-CHORUS 3:
Now, that [A#m] funny feelin' has [Fm] me in a maze
Don't [Db] know what to do, my [Eb] head's in a haze

BRIDGE:
It's like a [Ab] heat wave
Yeah yeah [A#m] yeah yeah [Cm]; [Fm] Oh yeah [Fm]
Yeah [A#m] yeah yeah [Cm] yeah; [Fm] Oh yeah [Fm]
[A#m] Don't pass up [Cm] this chance
[Db] It sounds like [Eb] true romance

OUTRO: [ad lib]