Heatwave:Martha And The Vandellas.
#1 on R&B and #4 on BB Hot 100 on
GORDY Records in 1963.

INTRO: C Bb Cm

Fm      Gm  Cm               Fm      Gm  Cm
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..doo-doo-doo-doo-

doo-doo-doo..
Fm      Gm      Ab      Bb       Eb
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..doo-doo-doo-
Eb       
doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..

#1.
Cm       Fm            Gm          Cm           
Whenever I'm with him, something inside, starts to 
Fm      Gm      Cm
burnin' and I'm filled with desire.
Fm              Gm                 Ab
Could it be the devil in me, or is this the way love's 
Bb
supposed to be?
            Cm        Eb
It's like a heatwave..burning in my heart.
                Cm                       Eb
Can't keep from cryin', it's tearing me apart.

#2.
Eb          Fm                Cm
Whenever he calls my name..so slow, sweet and plain.
  Fm                Gm      Cm
I feel, yeah, yeah, well, I feel that burning flame.
Fm                          Gm                Ab
Has my blood pressure got a hold on me, or is this 
               Bb
the way love's supposed to be?
            Cm        Eb
It's like a heatwave..burning in my heart.
                Cm                       Eb
Can't keep from cryin', it's tearing me apart.


INTERLUDE: Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm Cm..Fm Gm Ab Cm

#3.
Cm          Fm              Gm                Cm
Sometimes I stare in space..tears all over my face.
        Fm          Gm
I can't explain it, don't understand it.
        Cm
I ain't never felt like this before.
     Ab                     Gm               Ab
Now, that funny feelin' has me amazed..don't know 
               Bb
what to do, my head's in a haze.
           Cm        
It's like a heatwave..



Cm                       Gm                  Cm
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..(But it's all right, girl.)
Cm               Fm           Gm
Ohhh..(Go ahead, girl)..yeah, yeah..(well, it's all 
Cm
right, girl.)
 Cm                                 Gm        Ab
(Can't miss it, that's love, girl)..I feel it burning.
 Fm                 Gm
(Don't pass up this chance)..right here in my heart.
                  Bb
(It sounds like a true romance.)
                           Cm
Don't you know it's like a heat wave?
Fm                       Gm
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..(burning, burning.)
Cm
Ohhh..(burning, burning, burning.)
                                 Fm
Yeah, don't you know it's like a heat wave?
Gm                   
Burning right here..(burning, burning, burning.)
      Cm
In my heart (Burning, burning, burning.)
Ab                       Gm
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..(burning, burning.)(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.