Intro
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[Verse]
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I got a rip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes
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I got a Margarita nose and a breath full of Mad Dog Booze
[Chorus]
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I got the fever, fever, fever, fever
A# D#
Yeah, they threw me out of jail I tell you it isn’t fair
A# D#
I tried to kiss the judge from the electrical chair
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Yeah we're all here cause we're not all there tonight
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
A#
The guitar's cranked and the bass man's blown a fuse
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And when the whole gang bangs tell me then what's you're excuse?
[Chorus]
D# A# D#
We got the fever, fever, fever, fever
A# D#
Fever gives you lust with an appetite
A# D#
It hits you like the fangs from a rattlesnake bite
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We're all here cause we're not all there tonight!
[Instrumental]
|A#5 G#5 |G#5 D#5 |D#5 C#5 |C#5 D#5 |
[Bridge]
A#5 G#5 D#5
We can't run away from trouble
C#5 D#5
There ain’t no place that far
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But if we do it right at the speed of light
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There's the back seat of my car, caviar
[Guitar Solo]
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[Verse]
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I was feeling so high I forgot what day
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Now I'm feeling low down even slow seems way too fast
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And now the booze don't work and the drugs ran out of gas
[Chorus]
D# A# D#
I got the fever, fever, fever, fever
D#
The buzz that you be getting from the crack don't last
A# D#
I'd rather be O.D.in' on the crack of her ass
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Yeah we're all here 'cause we're not all there tonight
[Bridge]
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My first time ever lover
C#5 D#5
We fell asleep out on the lawn
C5 A#5 F5
And when I woke up I was all alone
D#5 F5
Makin' love to the Crack of Dawn
A#5 G#5 D#5
So yo, I beg your pardon sir
C#5 D#5 F5
The gangster of love rides again
[Harmonica Solo]
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|D# |D# |G# |G# |
[Chorus]
A# D# A# D#
I got the fever, fever, fever, fever
A# D#
Fever may be Hell and a cross to bear
A# D#
As long as I'm in heaven honey I don't care
A# D#
You look so good baby look so fine
A# D#
I tell you you're the image of the perfect crime
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You gets so tired holding on so tight
A# D#
If you think you're going crazy well you may be right
A# D# A#5 G#5
Yeah, we're all here 'cause we're not all there, that's right!