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[Intro]
C  C  C  C
[Verse 1]
Whenever I'm Fwith him,G  
Something inAmside,
Starts to Fburning,G  
And I'm Amfilled with desire.
FCould it be the Gdevil in me,
Or is Fthis the way love's supGposed to be?
[Chorus]
It's like a Cheat wave,
Burning in my Cheart.
Can't keep from Ccrying,
It's tearing me aCpart.
[Verse 2]
Whenever he Fcalls my name,G  
Soft, Amlow, sweet and plain.
I Ffeel, yeah yeah,G  
Well I Amfeel that burning flame.
Has Fhigh blood pressure got a Ghold on me,
Or is Fthis the way love's supGposed to be?
[Chorus]
It's like a Cheat wave,
Burning in my Cheart.
Can't keep from Ccrying,
It's tearing me aCpart.
[Instrumental]
F  G  Am  F  G  Am
F  G  F   G
C  C  C   C
[Verse 3]
Sometimes I Fstare into space,G  
Tears all Amover my face.
I can't exFplain it, don't understand it,G  
I ain't Amnever felt like this before.
Now Fthat funny feeling has Gme amazed,
I don't Fknow what to do, my Ghead's in a haze.
[Chorus]
It's like a Cheat wave,
Burning in my Cheart.
Can't keep from Ccrying,
It's tearing me aCpart.
[Outro]
Yeah yeah yeah Fyeah,
Yeah Gyeah, oh Amoh. (heat wave)
Yeah Fyeah yeah Gyeah,
AmOh (heat wave).
FDon't pass up Gthis chance,
FThis time it's Gtrue romance.
CHeat wave.
CHeat wave.
CHeat wave.
COooh, heat wave.
[Outro]
F  G  Am

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Heat Wave

by Linda Ronstadt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C C C C

[Verse 1]

F G

Whenever I'm with him,

Something inside,

F G

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?

[Chorus]

It's like a heat wave,

Burning in my heart.

Can't keep from crying,

It's tearing me apart.

[Verse 2]

F G

Whenever he calls my name,

Soft, low, sweet and plain.

F G

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?

[Chorus]

It's like a heat wave,

Burning in my heart.

Can't keep from crying,

It's tearing me apart.

[Instrumental]

F G Am F G Am

F G F G

C C C C

[Verse 3]

F G

Sometimes I stare into space,

Tears all over my face.

F G

I can't explain it, don't understand it,

I ain't never 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.

[Chorus]

It's like a heat wave,

Burning in my heart.

Can't keep from crying,

It's tearing me apart.

[Outro]

Yeah yeah yeah yeah,

G Am

Yeah yeah, oh oh. (heat wave)

F G

Yeah yeah yeah yeah,

Oh (heat wave).

F G

Don't pass up this chance,

F G

This time it's true romance.

Heat wave.

Oooh, heat wave.

[Outro]

F G Am

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