Capo: 1st fret Verse 1: C When the fever passes At the bottom of The cotton in the background In the background of the flood F Dm C Dry among the, dry among the wet and the rotten C When the fever passes Next to the brimming well The worst is more than over And anyone can tell F When the fever passes Dm C And we're all back in our nests D F C We'll be extravagant hosts instead of the imposing guests CHORUS: D F C And all that you know of this is what you have heard C I'm not sure even the best of us, I'm not sure even the best of us D F C And all that you know of this is what you have heard C I'm not sure even the best of us, I'm not sure even the best of us D F C Can care all the time Verse 2: C When the fever passes When we don't know what to do We'll buy twice as many comforts Just like we used to do F When the fever passes Dm C When the fever clears D F C Oh we'll look back on these quietly like they're someone else's years CHORUS: D F C And all that you know of this is what you have heard C I'm not sure even the best of us, I'm not sure even the best of us D F C And all that you know of this is what you have heard C I'm not sure even the best of us, I'm not sure even the best of us D F C Can care all the time Verse 3: C When the fever passes At the bottom of The cotton in the background In the background of the flood F Dm C Dry among the, dry among the wet and the rotten C When the fever passes Next to the brimming well The worst is more than over And anyone can tell F When the fever passes Dm C And we're all back in our nests D F C We'll be extravagant hosts instead of the imposing guests CHORUS: D F C And all that you know of this is what you have heard C I'm not sure even the best of us, I'm not sure even the best of us D F C And all that you know of this is what you have heard C I'm not sure even the best of us, I'm not sure even the best of us D F And all that you know of this D F And all that you know of this D F C And all that you know of this is what you have heard