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