Carmen McRae

Heat Wave(Chords)

Carmen McRae

Key: C

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Intro: C  

Verse one 
             F       G  
Whenever I'm with him 
Am             F       G 
Something inside, starts to burning 
Am 
And I'm filled with desire 
F               G  
Could it be the devil in me  
      F                       G  
Or is this the way love's supposed to be 
            C  
It's like a heat wave 
Burning in my heart 
Can't keep from crying 
It's tearing me apart 

Refrain 
               F  
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
       G       Am 
Yeah yeah oh oh heat wave  
      F            G  
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
Am 
Oh heat wave 

Verse two 
            F            G  
Whenever He calls my name 
Am 
Soft, low, sweet and plain 
  F          G  
I feel, yeah yeah 
Am 
Well I feel that burning flame  
    F                         G  
Has high blood pressure got a holdon me  
    F                         G  
Or is this the way love's supposed to be 
            C  
It's like a heat wave 
Burning in my heart 
Can't keep from crying 
It's tearing me apart 

Refrain 
               F  
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
       G       Am 
Yeah yeah oh oh heat wave  
      F            G  
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
Am 
Oh heat wave 
               F  
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
       G       Am 
Yeah yeah oh oh heat wave  
      F            G  
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
Am 
Oh heat wave 

Interlude: F G Am F G Am F G F G C  

Verse three 
            F               G  
Sometimes I stare into space 
Am 
Tear sall over my face  
        F  
I can't explain it  
        G  
Don't under stand it  
Am 
I hadn't ever felt like this before 
    F                      G  
Now that funny feeling has me amazed 
        F        
I don't know what to do  
   G  
My head's in a haze 
            C  
It's like a heat wave 
Burning in my heart 
Can't keep from crying 
It's tearing me apart
  
Refrain 
               F  
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
       G       Am 
Yeah yeah oh oh heat wave  
      F            G  
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
Am 
Oh heat wave 
F             G  
Don't pass up this chance  
F             G  
This time it's true romance  
C  
Heat wave. Heat wave.Heat wave 
C F G Am 
Oooh heat wave
	        

Written by Irving Berlin

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