Elvis Presley – Fever (Ukulele Intro)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Eddie Cooley/Otis Blackwell From: “Elvis is Back!” (1960) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Soprano C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] swing feel
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[Verse] swing feel
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Cm | % | G | Cm | [Verse 1]
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Never know how much I love you

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Never know how much I care

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When you put your arms around me

        G                       Cm
I get a fever that's so hard to bear

                   Cm
You give me fever ... when you kiss me

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Fever when you hold me tight

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Fever in the morning

G                     Cm
Fever all through the night.
[Verse 2 ]
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 Sunlight’s up the daytime

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Moonlight’s up the night

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I light up when you call my name

        G                        Cm
And you know I'm gonna treat you right

                   Cm
You give me fever ... when you kiss me

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Fever when you hold me tight

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Fever in the morning

G                     Cm
Fever all through the night
[Middle 8]
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 Ev'rybody's got the fever

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 That is something you all know

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 Fever isn't such a new thing

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Fever started long ago     (= Intro)
[Verse 3]
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Romeo loved Juliet

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Juliet she felt the same

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When he put his arms around her

         G                      Cm
He said 'Julie, baby, you're my flame

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Thou giv-est fever ... when we kisseth

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Fever with thy flaming youth

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Fever - I'm afire

G                      Cm
Fever, yea, I burn for sooth'
[Verse 4]
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Captain Smith and Pocahontas

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Had a very mad affair

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When her daddy tried to kill him

          G                   Cm
She said 'Daddy, o, don't you dare

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He give me fever ... with his kisses

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Fever when he holds me tight

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Fever, I'm his misses,

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Oh daddy, won't you treat him right'       (= Intro with some extra notes)
[Verse 5]
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Now you listened to my story

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Here's the point that I have made

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Cats were born to give chicks fever

      G                  Cm
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade

                         Cm
O, they give-a you fever ... when you kiss them

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Fever if you live and learn

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Fever till you sizzle

G                    Cm
What a lovely way to burn
[Outro]
G                    Cm
What a lovely way to burn

G                    Cm
What a lovely way to burn
(repeat and fade)