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

INTRO:
[Bb] [Bb] [Bb] [Bb open]
[Cm] [Dm] [Gm] [Gm]
[Cm] [Dm] [Gm] [Gm]
[Cm] [Dm] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Bb] [Bb] [Bb open]

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

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[Cm] Could it be, a [Dm] devil in me
Or is [Eb] this the way love's sup-[F]-posed to be?

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

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

PRE-CHORUS 2:
Has [Cm] high blood pressure got a [Dm] hold on me
Or is [Eb] this is the way love's sup-[F]-posed to be

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + PRE-CHORUS]

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

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

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

OUTRO: [ad lib]