Peggy Lee, Fever (1958)
Key: :[Cm] (w: John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) (Little Willie John, 1956)
INTRO: [Cm] [Cm] [G7] [Cm]
VERSE 1:
[Cm] Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a
[G7] fever that's so hard to
[Cm] bear
[Cm] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning,
[G7] Fever all through the
[Cm] night
VERSE 2:
[Cm] Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you
[G7] know I'm gonna treat you
[Cm] right
[Cm] You give me fever; when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning,
[G7] fever all through the
[Cm] night
BRIDGE:
[Cm] Everybody's got the fever, that is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing,
[G7] fever started long a-
[Cm]-go
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [Dbm]
BREAK: [Dbm] [Dbm] [G#7] [Dbm]
VERSE 3:
[Dbm] Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said
[G#7] "Julie baby you're my
[Dbm] flame"
[Dbm] Thou givest fever; when we kisseth, fever when thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm a fire,
[G#7] fever yea I burn for-
[Dbm]-sooth
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [Dm]
BREAK: [Dm] [Dm] [A7] [Dm]
VERSE 4:
[Dm] Captain Smith and Pocahontas, had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said
[A7] "Daddy-o don't you
[Dm] dare"
[Dm] He gives me fever; with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his Missus,
[A7] daddy won't you treat him
[Dm] right
VERSE 5:
[Dm] Now you've listened to my story, here's a point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever, be it
[A7] fahrenheit or centi-
[Dm]-grade
[Dm] They give you fever; when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever, till you sizzle,
[A7] what a lovely way to
[Dm] burn
OUTRO:
[A7] What a lovely way to
[Dm] burn;
[A7] what a lovely way to
[Dm] burn
[A7] What a lovely way to
[Dm] burn;
[A7] what a lovely way to
[Dm] burn
