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

INTRO:
[Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb open]
[Fm] [Gm] [Cm] [Cm]
[Fm] [Gm] [Cm] [Cm]
[Fm] [Gm] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb open]

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

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[Fm] Could it be, a [Gm] devil in me
Or is [Ab] this the way love's sup-[Bb]-posed to be?

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

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

PRE-CHORUS 2:
Has [Fm] high blood pressure got a [Gm] hold on me
Or is [Ab] this is the way love's sup-[Bb]-posed to be

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + PRE-CHORUS]

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

PRE-CHORUS 3:
Now, that [Fm] funny feelin' has [Cm] me in a maze
Don't [Ab] know what to do, my [Bb] head's in a haze

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

OUTRO: [ad lib]