Peggy Lee, Fever (1958)
Key: :[G#m] (w: John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) (Little Willie John, 1956)
INTRO: [G#m] [G#m] [D#7] [G#m]
VERSE 1:
[G#m] Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a
[D#7] fever that's so hard to
[G#m] bear
[G#m] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning,
[D#7] Fever all through the
[G#m] night
VERSE 2:
[G#m] Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you
[D#7] know I'm gonna treat you
[G#m] right
[G#m] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning,
[D#7] fever all through the
[G#m] night
BRIDGE:
[G#m] Everybody's got the fever, that is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing,
[D#7] fever started long a-
[G#m]-go
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [Am]
BREAK: [Am] [Am] [E7] [Am]
VERSE 3:
[Am] Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said
[E7] "Julie baby you're my
[Am] flame"
[Am] Thou givest fever; when we kisseth, fever when thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm a fire,
[E7] fever yea I burn for-
[Am]-sooth
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [A#m]
BREAK: [A#m] [A#m] [F7] [A#m]
VERSE 4:
[A#m] Captain Smith and Pocahontas, had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said
[F7] "Daddy-o don't you
[A#m] dare"
[A#m] He gives me fever; with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his Missus,
[F7] daddy won't you treat him
[A#m] right
VERSE 5:
[A#m] Now you've listened to my story, here's a point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever, be it
[F7] fahrenheit or centi-
[A#m]-grade
[A#m] They give you fever; when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever, till you sizzle,
[F7] what a lovely way to
[A#m] burn
OUTRO:
[F7] What a lovely way to
[A#m] burn;
[F7] what a lovely way to
[A#m] burn
[F7] What a lovely way to
[A#m] burn;
[F7] what a lovely way to
[A#m] burn
