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Tuning: G C E A
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Fever – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Eddie Cooley/Otis Blackwell
From: “Elvis is Back!” (1960)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Soprano C
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[Intro] swing feel
Cm G Cm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----3-------3---|----3-----3-----|--------2-------|3---------------|
E|----3-------3---|----3-----3-----|----3-------3---|----1-----------|
C|0-------3-------|0-----3-----0---|----2-------2---|0-------3---2---|
g|----------------|----------------|0---------------|--0-------------|
[Verse] swing feel
Cm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|0-------3-------|0-----3---------|0-------3-------|0-----3---------|
g|----------------|------------0---|----------------|------------0---|
Cm G Cm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|0-------3-------|0-----3-----0---|----------------|0---------------|
g|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|------------0---|
Cm
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A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|0-------3-------|0-----3---------|0-------3-------|0-----3---------|
g|----------------|------------0---|----------------|------------0---|
Cm G Cm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--3-1-----------|
C|0---------------|0-----3-----0---|----------------|0-------3---2---|
g|------------0---|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
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[Intro]
| Cm | % | G | Cm |
[Verse 1]
CmNever know how much I love you
CmNever know how much I care
CmWhen you put your arms around me
I get a Gfever that's so hard to Cmbear
You give me fever .Cm.. when you kiss me
CmFever when you hold me tight
CmFever in the morning
GFever all through the Cmnight.
[Verse 2]
Cm Sunlight’s up the daytime
CmMoonlight’s up the night
CmI light up when you call my name
And you Gknow I'm gonna treat you Cmright
You give me fever .Cm.. when you kiss me
CmFever when you hold me tight
CmFever in the morning
GFever all through the Cmnight
[Middle 8]
Cm Ev'rybody's got the fever
Cm That is something you all know
Cm Fever isn't such a new thing
G Cm | % | % | G | Cm |
Fever started long ago (= Intro)
[Verse 3]
CmRomeo loved Juliet
CmJuliet she felt the same
CmWhen he put his arms around her
He said 'GJulie, baby, you're my Cmflame
Thou giv-est fever Cm... when we kisseth
CmFever with thy flaming youth
CmFever - I'm afire
GFever, yea, I burn for Cmsooth'
[Verse 4]
CmCaptain Smith and Pocahontas
CmHad a very mad affair
CmWhen her daddy tried to kill him
She said 'GDaddy, o, don't you Cmdare
He give me fever Cm... with his kisses
CmFever when he holds me tight
CmFever, I'm his misses,
G Cm | % | % | G | Cm |
Oh daddy, won't you treat him right' (= Intro with some extra notes)
[Verse 5]
CmNow you listened to my story
CmHere's the point that I have made
CmCats were born to give chicks fever
Be it GFahrenheit or CentiCmgrade
O, they give-a you fever Cm... when you kiss them
CmFever if you live and learn
CmFever till you sizzle
GWhat a lovely way to Cmburn
[Outro]
GWhat a lovely way to Cmburn
GWhat a lovely way to Cmburn
(repeat and fade)