I believe this is tuned a half step down, but you can play it in standard tuning
and it sounds fine. Simple tune, sounds good acoustic.
Chords:
G 320033
D xx0232
Am x02210
C x32010
Em 022000
Intro Verse 1
(quiet)
GDAm
I was walking along on the ocean,
GDAm
I felt a fever burning up all I am,
GD
'Cause if there's one thing that I can't stand,
AmCG
It's standing next to my fellow man.
DAm
Ah-ah-ah. Ah-ah-ah.
AmD
It's about to break. Oh.
Verse 2
GDAm
For the social worker at the needle exchange.
GDAm
For the self-medicated and the hard deranged.
GDAm
For the lesbians at the bakery,
GDAm
Saying, "Do you really hate me?"
GAm
It's about to break.
Chorus 1
(loud)
GAm
Break like a fever.
GAm
It's about to break.
GAm
Break like a fever.
Verse 3
(loud)
EmDAm
People looking for themselves inside of mirrors.
EmDAm
For not knowing why you're here.
EmDAm
The public appearances on the verge of tears.
EmDAm
When you're all played out from weed and beer.
Bridge
Am
Stand up let me get a look at you.
D
Can't we all take a wider view?
(x2)
Verse 4
(starts quiet, grows)
GDAm
For the evangelist with a stinger-missile,
GDAm
Weapons hot, thinking this will,
GDAm
We won't make them follow orders,
GDAm
For Doctors Without Borders.
(Am)
About to break.
D
It's about to break.
Chorus 2
(loud)
(Break Like a fever.)
GDAmC
When I see your face, I wanna be in the human race. (Break like a fever)
GDAmC
You're beautiful it's true, I want to be beautiful like you. (Break like a fever)
GDAmC
When I see your face, I wanna be in the human race. (Break like a fever)
GDAmC
You're beautiful it's true, I want to be beautiful like you. (Break like a fever)
GDAm
For a teenage mother with the baby asleep, (Break like a fever)
GDAm
For Africa, where life is cheap.
End
(quiet)
GDAm
For losing faith in who you're going with,
GDAm
America fades into myth.
tabbed by Chris
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