Fever

capo at 4th fret ( all chords relative to capo )

for the G * chord , play it with the “e” string open .

intro :
( something like this )

E – – 9^ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – 9^ – – 9^ – – 7^ – – 9^ – – – – – |
G – – – – – – 8^ – – 6^ – – 8^ – – – – – | x2
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

E – – 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – 9 – – – 9 – – – 7 – – – – – – 9 – – 9 – – – 9 – 9 – 7 – – – |
G – – – – – – 8 – – – 6 – – – – – – 8 – – – – – 8 – 8 – – 6 – – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

in an open field at dusk
to footfalls i awoke
marching ants across my temples , oh

G
their feet had no intention
they followed some magnetic drum
Em Asus2 Em
prisoners of their destination

verse 1 :

G
from the slats of the factory come
where once they did make rails
old death’s peculiar songs
C Am
he didn’t know i was listening

verse 2 :

G
so he crowed out nice and long
Am G *
to the spiders and the lumber and the dust
Am D Em
of his conquests and his hunger , his lust

verse 3 :

G
i heard his feet rejoice
i heard him tap his cane
Am
as if he had his own review
D
on stage at the athenaeum

verse 4 :

Em G *
i caught his words with my open mouth
Em G *
i gagged and choked and spit them out
Em G *
i heard him turn as he did hear
C Am
my tiny heartbeat in his ear
Em
i was already running
i heard him coming

verse 5 :

Em G *
shrapnel spitting from his wheels
Em G *
his scything arms rake for my heels
Em G *
i dove and rolled and hid my face
Am Em
and i said these magic words :

chorus :

Am C Em
“my dove is home , her breast is warm , my dove is home”

G
i said these magic words and
Am
fell down , down , the anthill
Em
for days

Am C Em
“my dove is home , her breast is warm , my dove is home”
Am C Em
“my dove is home , her breast is warm , my dove is home”