Neko Case – Fever (Guitar)

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Chords

Capo at 4th fret (all chords relative to capo) For the G* chord, play it with the "e" string open. INTRO: (something like this)

e--9^-----------------|
B--9^--9^--7^--9^-----|
G------8^--6^--8^-----| x2
D---------------------|
A---------------------|
E---------------------|

e--9-----------------9-----------|
B--9---9---7------9--9---9-9-7---|
G------8---6------8-----8-8--6---|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|

IN AN OPEN FIELD AT DUSK TO FOOTFALLS I AWOKE MARCHING ANTS ACROSS MY TEMPLES, OH

G
THEIR FEET HAD NO INTENTION

THEY FOLLOWED SOME MAGNETIC DRUM

Em                 Asus2  Em
PRISONERS OF THEIR DESTINATION

VERSE 1:

G
FROM THE SLATS OF THE FACTORY COME

WHERE ONCE THEY DID MAKE RAILS OLD DEATH'S PECULIAR SONGS

          C          Am
HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS LISTENING

VERSE 2:

G
SO HE CROWED OUT NICE AND LONG

                       Am             G*
TO THE SPIDERS AND THE LUMBER AND THE DUST

       Am                D           Em
OF HIS CONQUESTS AND HIS HUNGER, HIS LUST

VERSE 3:

G
I HEARD HIS FEET REJOICE

I HEARD HIM TAP HIS CANE

   Am
AS IF HE HAD HIS OWN REVIEW

                D
ON STAGE AT THE ATHENAEUM

VERSE 4:

  Em                       G*
I CAUGHT HIS WORDS WITH MY OPEN MOUTH

  Em                    G*
I GAGGED AND CHOKED AND SPIT THEM OUT

  Em                  G*
I HEARD HIM TURN AS HE DID HEAR

   C              Am
MY TINY HEARTBEAT IN HIS EAR

Em
I WAS ALREADY RUNNING

I HEARD HIM COMING VERSE 5:

Em                     G*
SHRAPNEL SPITTING FROM HIS WHEELS

Em                     G*
HIS SCYTHING ARMS RAKE FOR MY HEELS

Em                     G*
I DOVE AND ROLLED AND HID MY FACE

      Am               Em
AND I SAID THESE MAGIC WORDS:

CHORUS:

Am                    C                  Em
"MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME"

G
I SAID THESE MAGIC WORDS AND

     Am
FELL DOWN, DOWN, THE ANTHILL

Em
FOR DAYS

Am                    C                  Em
"MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME"

Am                    C                  Em
"MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME"