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

INTRO:
[B] [B] [B] [B open]
[C#m] [D#m] [G#m] [G#m]
[C#m] [D#m] [G#m] [G#m]
[C#m] [D#m] [E] [Gb]
[B] [B] [B] [B open]

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

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + PRE-CHORUS]

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

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

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

OUTRO: [ad lib]