Peggy Lee, Fever (1958)
Key: :[Bm] (w: John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) (Little Willie John, 1956)
INTRO: [Bm] [Bm] [F#7] [Bm]
VERSE 1:
[Bm] Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a
[F#7] fever that's so hard to
[Bm] bear
[Bm] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning,
[F#7] Fever all through the
[Bm] night
VERSE 2:
[Bm] Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you
[F#7] know I'm gonna treat you
[Bm] right
[Bm] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning,
[F#7] fever all through the
[Bm] night
BRIDGE:
[Bm] Everybody's got the fever, that is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing,
[F#7] fever started long a-
[Bm]-go
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [Cm]
BREAK: [Cm] [Cm] [G7] [Cm]
VERSE 3:
[Cm] Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said
[G7] "Julie baby you're my
[Cm] flame"
[Cm] Thou givest fever; when we kisseth, fever when thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm a fire,
[G7] fever yea I burn for-
[Cm]-sooth
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [C#m]
BREAK: [C#m] [C#m] [G#7] [C#m]
VERSE 4:
[C#m] Captain Smith and Pocahontas, had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said
[G#7] "Daddy-o don't you
[C#m] dare"
[C#m] He gives me fever; with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his Missus,
[G#7] daddy won't you treat him
[C#m] right
VERSE 5:
[C#m] Now you've listened to my story, here's a point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever, be it
[G#7] fahrenheit or centi-
[C#m]-grade
[C#m] They give you fever; when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever, till you sizzle,
[G#7] what a lovely way to
[C#m] burn
OUTRO:
[G#7] What a lovely way to
[C#m] burn;
[G#7] what a lovely way to
[C#m] burn
[G#7] What a lovely way to
[C#m] burn;
[G#7] what a lovely way to
[C#m] burn
