“Fever” – Peggy Lee
Chords by Joan’s Genius 2002

- I've revised the chords for the last 3 verses, in response to the feedback re: the 2 key changes. 


[Intro]

   


[Verse 1]

            
Never know how

             
 much I love y

            
ou, never know

            
 how much I ca

re
            
When you put y

             
our arms aroun

              
d me, I get a 

             
fever that's s

          
o hard to bear
            
You give me fe

             
ver, when you 

            
kiss me, fever

              
 when you hold

    
 me tight
           
Fever! In the 

             
morning, fever

              
 all through t

   
he night

[Verse 2]

           
Sun lights up 

             
the daytime, m

             
oon lights up 

    
the night
            
I light up whe

             
n you call my 

              
name, and you 

             
know I'm gonna

            
 treat you rig

ht
            
You give me fe

             
ver, when you 

            
kiss me, fever

              
 when you hold

    
 me tight
           
Fever! In the 

             
morning, fever

              
 all through t

   
he night


[Bridge]

           
Everybody's go

             
t the fever, t

             
hat is somethi

   
ng you all kno

w
           
Fever isn't su

              
ch a new thing

             
, fever starte

        
d long ago

[KEY CHANGE to Bbm = so the chords are now Bbm Db F]

[Verse 3]

         
Romeo loved Ju

           
liet, Juliet s

            
he felt the sa


me
           
When he put hi

            
s arms around 

              
her, he said, 

             
"Julie, baby, 

          
you're my flam

e”
             
"Thou giveth f

          
ever, when we 

           
kisseth, fever

              
 with thy flam

    
ing youth
         
“Fever! I'm af

             
ire, fever, ye

            
ah, I burn, fo


rsooth.”      

      

[KEY CHANGE to Bm = so the chords are now Bm D F#]

[Verse 4]

            
Captain Smith 

             
and Pocahontas

            
 had a very ma

  
d affair
            
When her daddy

             
 tried to kill

              
 him, she said

            
, “Daddy, oh, 

          
don't you dare

!”
             
"He gives me f

            
ever with his 

            
kisses, fever 

              
when he holds 

   
me tight
           
“Fever! I'm hi

             
s missus, so D

#             
addy, won't yo

            
u treat him ri

ght?”

[Verse 5]

            
Now you've lis

             
tened to my st

            
ory, here's th

              
e point that I

      
 have made
            
Chicks were bo

             
rn to give you

              
 fever, be it 

            
Fahrenheit or 

     
Centigrade
              
They give you 

           
fever, when yo

             
u kiss them, f

             
ever if you li

       
ve and learn
           
Fever! 'till y

            
ou sizzle, wha

              
t a lovely way

    
 to burn

[Outro]

            
what a lovely 

       
way to burn 
            
what a lovely 

       
way to burn 
            
what a lovely 

       
way to burn