Tom:
Introdução: C Ab G
C
Well, my appetite, it ain't a-working right
C7/G
And my heart keeps skippin' time
F C
Oh, misery! It's killin' me, in this old soul of mine
G D7
One thing I'm sure: penicillin won't cure
C Ab
And I've got it, I got the petticoat fever
G C G9
And it's makin' a believer, out of me
C Ab
I get it, ever' time I leave 'er
G C C7
And the petticoat fever, boy it's killin' me
F
I sent for the doctor to come
Fm
And he took one look at my tongue
D7
But when I told him what I had done
G
He said to me...
C Ab
Said, boy, you've got it, you got the petticoat fever
G C G9
And it's makin' a believer, out o' me
C Ab G C G9
C Ab G C C7
F Fm D7 G
C Ab G C
C Ab
Well, I've got it, I got the petticoat fever
G C G9
An' ever' time I leave 'er, I get a brand new case
C Ab
When I'm with her, I walk the streets of glory
G C C7
But this petticoat story, that's like that other place
F
I spent my very last cent
Fm
That I'd saved for payin' my rent
D7
Just to buy me an oxygen tent
G
Here's what I learned...
C Ab
You can't cure it, not the petticoat fever
G C
And it's makin' a believer, out o' me
C Ab G C G9
C Ab G C
F Fm D7 G
C Ab
Well, I've got it, I got the petticoat fever
G C A
And it's makin' a believer, out o' me
D7 G C C9
Man, that petticoat fever, it's killin' me!