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

INTRO:
[A] [A] [A] [A open]
[Bm] [C#m] [F#m] [F#m]
[Bm] [C#m] [F#m] [F#m]
[Bm] [C#m] [D] [E]
[A] [A] [A] [A open]

VERSE 1:
Whenever I'm [Bm] with him [C#m]
Something in-[F#m]-side [F#m]
Starts to [Bm] burnin' [C#m]
And I'm [F#m] filled with [F#m] desire

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[Bm] Could it be, a [C#m] devil in me
Or is [D] this the way love's sup-[E]-posed to be?

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

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

PRE-CHORUS 2:
Has [Bm] high blood pressure got a [C#m] hold on me
Or is [D] this is the way love's sup-[E]-posed to be

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + PRE-CHORUS]

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

PRE-CHORUS 3:
Now, that [Bm] funny feelin' has [F#m] me in a maze
Don't [D] know what to do, my [E] head's in a haze

BRIDGE:
It's like a [A] heat wave
Yeah yeah [Bm] yeah yeah [C#m]; [F#m] Oh yeah [F#m]
Yeah [Bm] yeah yeah [C#m] yeah; [F#m] Oh yeah [F#m]
[Bm] Don't pass up [C#m] this chance
[D] It sounds like [E] true romance

OUTRO: [ad lib]