Intro
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[Verse 1]
Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Am
Yes, I'm burning
A#
If you really lie and cheat
A# Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
[Verse 2]
Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Am
Yes, I'm burning
A#
Don't believe you're trying to make it
A# Dm
And I just can't keep on taking it no more
[Middle 8]
A# C
Don't mean to say you double-crossed me
A# C
But somehow I think that you've lost me
A# C
Maybe you weren't even trying to see
A# C [ F ]
Where I was or where I should be
F A#maj7
And if you're just faking
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We'd better start breaking away tonight (stop)
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So take this fire from my heart tonight
[Verse 3]
Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Am
Yes, I'm burning
A#
Don't believe you're trying to make it
A# Dm
And I just can't keep on taking it no more
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Am
Yes, I'm burning
A#
If you really lie and cheat
A# Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
[Middle 8]
A# C
Don't mean to say you double-crossed me
A# C
But somehow I think that you've lost me
A# C
Maybe you weren't even trying to see
A# C [ F ]
Where I was or where I should be
F A#maj7
And if you're just faking
Gm Eb | Eb |
We'd better start breaking away tonight (stop)
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So take this fire from my heart tonight
[Verse 5]
Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Dm
Take the heat off me
Am
Yes, I'm burning
A#
If you really lie and cheat
A# Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
[Verse 6]
Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Dm
Take the heat off me
Am
Yes, I'm burning
A#
If you really lie and cheat
A# Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
[Interlude]
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[Verse 7]
Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Dm
Take the heat off me
Am
Yes, I'm burning
A#
If you really lie and cheat
A# Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
[Verse 8]
Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
Dm
Take the heat off me
Am
Yes, I'm burning
A#
If you really lie and cheat
A# Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more
[Interlude]
= coda
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