Peggy Lee, Fever (1958)
Key: :[Fm] (w: John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) (Little Willie John, 1956)
INTRO: [Fm] [Fm] [C7] [Fm]
VERSE 1:
[Fm] Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a
[C7] fever that's so hard to
[Fm] bear
[Fm] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning,
[C7] Fever all through the
[Fm] night
VERSE 2:
[Fm] Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you
[C7] know I'm gonna treat you
[Fm] right
[Fm] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning,
[C7] fever all through the
[Fm] night
BRIDGE:
[Fm] Everybody's got the fever, that is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing,
[C7] fever started long a-
[Fm]-go
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [Gbm]
BREAK: [Gbm] [Gbm] [C#7] [Gbm]
VERSE 3:
[Gbm] Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said
[C#7] "Julie baby you're my
[Gbm] flame"
[Gbm] Thou givest fever; when we kisseth, fever when thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm a fire,
[C#7] fever yea I burn for-
[Gbm]-sooth
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [Gm]
BREAK: [Gm] [Gm] [D7] [Gm]
VERSE 4:
[Gm] Captain Smith and Pocahontas, had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said
[D7] "Daddy-o don't you
[Gm] dare"
[Gm] He gives me fever; with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his Missus,
[D7] daddy won't you treat him
[Gm] right
VERSE 5:
[Gm] Now you've listened to my story, here's a point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever, be it
[D7] fahrenheit or centi-
[Gm]-grade
[Gm] They give you fever; when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever, till you sizzle,
[D7] what a lovely way to
[Gm] burn
OUTRO:
[D7] What a lovely way to
[Gm] burn;
[D7] what a lovely way to
[Gm] burn
[D7] What a lovely way to
[Gm] burn;
[D7] what a lovely way to
[Gm] burn
