Peggy Lee, Fever (1958)
Key: :[Am] (w: John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) (Little Willie John, 1956)
INTRO: [Am] [Am] [E7] [Am]
VERSE 1:
[Am] Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a
[E7] fever that's so hard to
[Am] bear
[Am] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning,
[E7] Fever all through the
[Am] night
VERSE 2:
[Am] Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you
[E7] know I'm gonna treat you
[Am] right
[Am] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning,
[E7] fever all through the
[Am] night
BRIDGE:
[Am] Everybody's got the fever, that is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing,
[E7] fever started long a-
[Am]-go
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [Bbm]
BREAK: [Bbm] [Bbm] [F7] [Bbm]
VERSE 3:
[Bbm] Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said
[F7] "Julie baby you're my
[Bbm] flame"
[Bbm] Thou givest fever; when we kisseth, fever when thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm a fire,
[F7] fever yea I burn for-
[Bbm]-sooth
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [Bm]
BREAK: [Bm] [Bm] [F#7] [Bm]
VERSE 4:
[Bm] Captain Smith and Pocahontas, had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said
[F#7] "Daddy-o don't you
[Bm] dare"
[Bm] He gives me fever; with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his Missus,
[F#7] daddy won't you treat him
[Bm] right
VERSE 5:
[Bm] Now you've listened to my story, here's a point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever, be it
[F#7] fahrenheit or centi-
[Bm]-grade
[Bm] They give you fever; when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever, till you sizzle,
[F#7] what a lovely way to
[Bm] burn
OUTRO:
[F#7] What a lovely way to
[Bm] burn;
[F#7] what a lovely way to
[Bm] burn
[F#7] What a lovely way to
[Bm] burn;
[F#7] what a lovely way to
[Bm] burn
