Intro
|N.C. |N.C. | 4x
|C# |C# |
[Verse]
C#
I got a rip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes
C#
I got a Margarita nose and a breath full of Mad Dog Booze
[Chorus]
F# C# F#
I got the fever, fever, fever, fever
C# F#
Yeah, they threw me out of jail I tell you it isn’t fair
C# F#
I tried to kiss the judge from the electrical chair
C# F# B
Yeah we're all here cause we're not all there tonight
[Instrumental]
|C# |C# |
[Verse]
C#
The guitar's cranked and the bass man's blown a fuse
C#
And when the whole gang bangs tell me then what's you're excuse?
[Chorus]
F# C# F#
We got the fever, fever, fever, fever
C# F#
Fever gives you lust with an appetite
C# F#
It hits you like the fangs from a rattlesnake bite
C# F# C#5 B5 F#5 E5 F#5
We're all here cause we're not all there tonight!
[Instrumental]
|C#5 B5 |B5 F#5 |F#5 E5 |E5 F#5 |
[Bridge]
C#5 B5 F#5
We can't run away from trouble
E5 F#5
There ain’t no place that far
C#5 B5 F#5
But if we do it right at the speed of light
E5 F#5 G#5
There's the back seat of my car, caviar
[Guitar Solo]
|C# |C# | 2x
[Verse]
C#
I was feeling so high I forgot what day
C#
Now I'm feeling low down even slow seems way too fast
C#
And now the booze don't work and the drugs ran out of gas
[Chorus]
F# C# F#
I got the fever, fever, fever, fever
F#
The buzz that you be getting from the crack don't last
C# F#
I'd rather be O.D.in' on the crack of her ass
C# F# C#5 B5 F#5 E5 F#5
Yeah we're all here 'cause we're not all there tonight
[Bridge]
C#5 B5 F#5
My first time ever lover
E5 F#5
We fell asleep out on the lawn
D#5 C#5 G#5
And when I woke up I was all alone
F#5 G#5
Makin' love to the Crack of Dawn
C#5 B5 F#5
So yo, I beg your pardon sir
E5 F#5 G#5
The gangster of love rides again
[Harmonica Solo]
|C# |C# | 2x
|F# |F# |B |B |
[Chorus]
C# F# C# F#
I got the fever, fever, fever, fever
C# F#
Fever may be Hell and a cross to bear
C# F#
As long as I'm in heaven honey I don't care
C# F#
You look so good baby look so fine
C# F#
I tell you you're the image of the perfect crime
C# F#
You gets so tired holding on so tight
C# F#
If you think you're going crazy well you may be right
C# F# C#5 B5
Yeah, we're all here 'cause we're not all there, that's right!