Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

Aerosmith - Fever

Originally in E, I play in E capo 3

Play the 5’s as 7#9’s

Vox on the 5 on “rip”

I got a rE5ip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes

I got a ME5argarita nose and a breath full of Mad Dog booze

Now it’s definitely a major chord, maybe with 6th

I got the fEever, fevAer, fevEer, fevAer

Yeah, they thrEew me out of jail I tell you Ait ain’t fair

I triEed to kiss the judge from the elAectrical chair

But wEe all here cause we’re nAot all there tonight E→ D

The guE5itar’s cranked and the bass man’s blown a fuse

And when the whE5ole gang bangs tell me then what’s your excuse?

We got the fEever, fevAer, fevEer, fevAer

EFever gives you lust with an Aappetite

It hEits you like the fangs from a rAattlesnake bite

WEe all here cause we’re nAot all there tonight

E→ DD→ AA→ GG→ A

That pattern continues through the bridge, but I’m only writing the second chord from each pair

Vox basically on the 4 of the key (5 of the first chord for the entire bridge, until “caviar”

We cD5an’t run away from trA5ouble

There aiG5n’t no place that fA5ar

But if we D5do it right at the spA5eed of light

There’s the bG5ack seat of my A5car, caviaB5r

Lyrics move a little faster here, no pause after the first line

I was fE5eeling so high I forgot what day

Now I’m fE5eeling low down even slow seems way too fast

And now the bE5ooze don’t work ‘cause the drugs ran out of gas

I got the fEever, fevAer, fevEer, fevAer

The bEuzz that you be getting from the crAack don’t last

Every once in a while, I find a line so awkward that I change it for awesomesongbook.com...

I’d rEather be O.D.in’ in the bAack of the class

Yeah wEe all here ‘cause we’re nAot all there tonight

E→ DD→ AA→ GG→ A

Same deal, just writing the second chord in each pair

My D5first time ever lovA5er

We fell aslG5eep out on the lA5awn

And when E5I woke up I was B5all alone

Makin’ lA5ove to the crack of B5dawn

So D5yo, I beg your pardA5on sir

The G5gang...ster of lA5ove rides agB5ain

Harmonica solo

EEEE

AABB

I got the fEever (you know I got the chill)

FAever (it give me such a thrill)

FEever (like a burnin’ plague)

FAever (yeah, get outta my way)

EFever may be hell and a crAoss to bear

As lEong as I’m in heaven honey AI don’t care

You lEook so good baby lAook so fine

I tEell you you’re the image of the pAerfect crime

You gEets so tired holding Aon so tight

If you thEink you’re going crazy well you mAay be right

Yeah, wEe’re all here ‘cause we’re nAot all there, that’s right

E→ D