Heat wave    (intro)    (midi)    (sample)

 

    C ~ ~

 

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1. Whenever I'm with him,        something inside

                    F          - G               Am

    starts to burning,         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               F                     C

It's like a heat wave, burning in my heart,

           F               C                        F        C

can't keep from crying, it's tearing me apart !

 

     - - - - - - - - -     F                      - G          Am

2. Whenever he calls my name,          soft, low, sweet and plain,

        F               G               Am

    I feel, yeah yeah, well, I feel that burning flame.

            F                                        G

    Has high blood pressure got a hold on me,

             F                                  G

    or is this the way love's supposed to be ?

 

                  C               F                     C

It's like a heat wave, burning in my heart,

           F               C                        F        C

can't keep from crying, it's tearing me apart !

 

+ instrumental = verse 2     + C ~ ~

 

     - - - - - - - - -    F                      - G                Am

3. Sometimes I stare into space,        tears all over my face,

                     F                            G                    Am

    I can't explain it, don't understand it, I hadn't ever felt like this before.

               F                                G

    Now that funny feeling has me amazed,

                   F                              G

    I don't know what to do, my head's in a haze.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                  C               F                     C

It's like a heat wave, burning in my heart,

           F               C                        F        C

can't keep from crying, it's tearing me apart !

 

     - - - - - - - - - - -     F                G          Am

4. Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, oh oh (heat wave),

               F                 G   Am

    yeah yeah, yeah yeah, oh (heat wave) !

F                           G

    Don't pass up this chance,

F                       G

    this time it's true romance.

 

       C                  C                 C

    Heat wave ! Heat wave ! Heat wave !

         F       C                - F - G - Am

    O….h, heat wave !

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Linda Ronstadt)