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30th August 2001
PITY POOR ALFIE/FEVER by THE JAM
Pity Poor Alfie written by Paul Weller
Fever written by Davenport/Cooley
B-side to 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)' (1982)
Chords used:
Em:  022000     Am:  x02210    D7/F#: 2x0212
D:   xx0232     E:   022100
C:   x32013     Gm:  355333
Bm:  x24432     F:   133211
G:   3x0033     Eb:  xx5343
 Em   D   C   Bm(x2)
 GThe streets of pleasure took you Amto the top
But every Dlight was red and every Csign said Amstop
I felt Cso confined, just like Dglued to this spot, oh
 GAs were sleeping in the Amnoon day sun
We escaped the Dtest and the Cmarathon Amrun
And Cnobody heard and these Cmuffled cries of "EmAlfie!"D  
 CWe put a Bmstop to EmthatD  C  
BmWhoa, but EmAlfie,  D    CI wish you'd Bmplease come EmbackD  C  
 AmSo no one's hurt - we might have made it through
But now there's Dnothing left except the memories of Emyou
D C Bm Em D C Bm
 GWith overflowing Ampowerful woes
'Cause there's Dreal and fright
To the Ctop of the Amstairs to Cfind poor Alfie
And Dblood stained letters
Don't Dcount for change
And don't Clook for blame
'Cause it's a Dfair exchange
For the Emlast DadvenCture AmI have Cleft
Am D
G Am D C Am C D
 G'Cause we were sleeping in the Amnoon day sun
We esDcaped the test and the Cmarathon Amrun
And Cnobody heard and these Dmuffled cries of "EmAlfie!"D  
 CWe put a Bmstop to EmthatD  C  
 BmOh, but EmAlfie,  D   CI wish you'd Bmplease come EmbackD  
C
 BmNow it's Amgonna be hard for me to make it through
When Dall that's left is the memories of
ENothing left except the memories of Cwar and pain
Please Dpity poor Alfie
 Em   D   C   Bm(x2)
Poor EmAlfie  D    Cput a Bmstop to EmthatD  C  Bm  
Poor EmAlfie  D    CI wish you'd Bmplease come EmbackD  C  Bm  
Poor EmAlfie  D    Cput a Bmstop to EmthatD  C  Bm  
Oh, but EmAlfie  D    CI wish you'd Bmplease come EmbackD  C  Bm  
Poor EmAlfie!D  C  Bm  
D
 GmYou'll never know Fhow much I Eblove Dyou
 GmNever know how Fmuch I EbcareD7/F#  
'Cause Gmwhen you put your Farms aEbround Dme
I get a Ebfever I can Dhardly Gmbear
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
When you Dkiss me
GmFever when you Fhold me EbtightD7/F#  
 GmFever Fthrough the EbdayDtime
I get a Ebfever all Dthrough the Gmnight
F Eb D
 GmSun lights Fup the EbdayDtime
 GmMoon liFghts up the EbnightD7/F#  
 GmI light Fup when you Ebkiss Dme
And I Ebknow I'm gonna Dtreat you Gmright
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
When you Dkiss me
GmFever when you Fhold me EbtightD7/F#  
 GmFever Fthrough the EbdayDtime
I get a Ebfever all Dthrough the Gmnight
F Eb D
 GmBless my Fsoul I Eblove Dyou
 GmTake me Fso far aEbwayD7/F#  
 GmTake these Farms EbI'll never Duse
Just Ebbelieve in what my Dwords have to Gmsay
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
When you Dkiss me
GmFever when you Fhold me EbtightD7/F#  
 GmFever Fthrough the EbdayDtime
I get a Ebfever all Dthrough the Gmnight
N.C.
You give me fever

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Pity Poor Alfie - Fever

by The Jam

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D7/F#

30th August 2001

PITY POOR ALFIE/FEVER by THE JAM

Pity Poor Alfie written by Paul Weller

Fever written by Davenport/Cooley

B-side to 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)' (1982)

Chords used:

Em: 022000 Am: x02210 D7/F#: 2x0212

D: xx0232 E: 022100

C: x32013 Gm: 355333

Bm: x24432 F: 133211

G: 3x0033 Eb: xx5343

Em D C Bm

(x2)

G Am

The streets of pleasure took you to the top

D C Am

But every light was red and every sign said stop

C D

I felt so confined, just like glued to this spot, oh

G Am

As were sleeping in the noon day sun

D C Am

We escaped the test and the marathon run

C C Em D

And nobody heard and these muffled cries of "Alfie!"

C Bm Em D C

We put a stop to that

Bm Em D C Bm Em D C

Whoa, but Alfie, I wish you'd please come back

So no one's hurt - we might have made it through

D Em

But now there's nothing left except the memories of you

D C Bm Em D C Bm

G Am

With overflowing powerful woes

'Cause there's real and fright

C Am C

To the top of the stairs to find poor Alfie

And blood stained letters

Don't count for change

And don't look for blame

'Cause it's a fair exchange

Em D C Am C

For the last adventure I have left

Am D

G Am D C Am C D

G Am

'Cause we were sleeping in the noon day sun

D C Am

We escaped the test and the marathon run

C D Em D

And nobody heard and these muffled cries of "Alfie!"

C Bm Em D C

We put a stop to that

Bm Em D C Bm Em D

Oh, but Alfie, I wish you'd please come back

Bm Am

Now it's gonna be hard for me to make it through

When all that's left is the memories of

E C

Nothing left except the memories of war and pain

Please pity poor Alfie

Em D C Bm

(x2)

Em D C Bm Em D C Bm

Poor Alfie put a stop to that

Em D C Bm Em D C Bm

Poor Alfie I wish you'd please come back

Em D C Bm Em D C Bm

Poor Alfie put a stop to that

Em D C Bm Em D C Bm

Oh, but Alfie I wish you'd please come back

Em D C Bm

Poor Alfie!

Gm F Eb D

You'll never know how much I love you

Gm F Eb D7/F#

Never know how much I care

Gm F Eb D

'Cause when you put your arms around me

Eb D Gm

I get a fever I can hardly bear

N.C.

You give me fever

Gm F Eb

When you kiss me

Gm F Eb D7/F#

Fever when you hold me tight

Gm F Eb D

Fever through the daytime

Eb D Gm

I get a fever all through the night

F Eb D

Gm F Eb D

Sun lights up the daytime

Gm F Eb D7/F#

Moon lights up the night

Gm F Eb D

I light up when you kiss me

Eb D Gm

And I know I'm gonna treat you right

N.C.

You give me fever

Gm F Eb

When you kiss me

Gm F Eb D7/F#

Fever when you hold me tight

Gm F Eb D

Fever through the daytime

Eb D Gm

I get a fever all through the night

F Eb D

Gm F Eb D

Bless my soul I love you

Gm F Eb D7/F#

Take me so far away

Gm F Eb D

Take these arms I'll never use

Eb D Gm

Just believe in what my words have to say

N.C.

You give me fever

Gm F Eb

When you kiss me

Gm F Eb D7/F#

Fever when you hold me tight

Gm F Eb D

Fever through the daytime

Eb D Gm

I get a fever all through the night

N.C.

You give me fever

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