...(LOVE IS LIKE A) HEAT WAVE... by Martha and the Vandellas
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*from 'Heat Wave' (1963)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: [Bb])
Intro:
[D] [G], [D] [G], [D] [G], [D] [G] (x2)
[Em7] [F#m7], [Bm7] (x2), [Em7] [F#m7], [G6] [A7]
[D] [G], [D] [G], [D] [G], [D] [G] (x2)
Verse 1:
[Em7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Whenever I'm with him, something in-side,
[Em7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Is still burning, and I'm filled with desire.
Bridge 1:
[Em7] [F#m7] [G6] [A7]
Could it be a devil in me, or is this the way love's sup-posed to be?
Chorus 1:
[D] [G] [D] [G], [D] [G]
It's like a heat-wave,
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
Burning in my heart.
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
I can't keep from cry-ing;
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G], [D] [G], ([D])
It's tearing me a-part.
Verse 2:
([D]) [Em7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Whenever he calls my name; soft, low, sweet and plain.
[Em7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
I feel, yeah, yeah, well, I feel that burnin' flame.
Bridge 2:
[Em7] [F#m7]
Has high blood pressure got a hold on me,
[G6] [A7]
Or is this the way love's sup-posed to be?
Chorus 2:
[D] [G] [D] [G], [D] [G]
It's like a heat-wave,
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
Burning in my heart.
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
I can't keep from cry-ing;
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G], [D] [G] [D]
It's tearing me a-part.
Interlude:
[Em7] [F#m7], [Bm7] (x2), [Em7] [F#m7], [G6] [A7], [D]
Verse 3:
([D]) [Em7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Sometimes I stare in space; tears all over my face.
[Em7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
I can't ex-plain it, don't under-stand it; ain't never felt like this before.
Bridge 3:
[Em7] [F#m7]
Now this funny feeling, got me amazed;
[G6] [A7]
Don't know what to do; my head's in a haze.
Chorus 3:
[D] [G] [D] [G], [D]
It's like a heat-wave. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Coda: (with Vocal Ad-libs)
[Em7] [F#m7], [Bm7] (x2), [Em7] [F#m7], [G6] [A7]
[D] [G], [D] [G], [D] [G], [D] [G]
(Repeat and Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[D] [G] [Em7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [G6] [A7]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 320003 022030 242222 x24232 322000 x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
