Bad case of loving you - Robert Palmer

Bad case of loving you

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VERSE 1
E/A E/D E E/D
Hot summer night fell like a net
 
A B E E/D E
I've gotta find my baby yet
 
E/D E E/D E/D
I need you to soothe my head
 
A B E E/D E
And turn my blue heart to red
 
CHORUS
N/C E
Doctor Doctor, gimme the news I got a bad case of lovin' you
 
A E B E E/D EEriff
No pill's gonna cure my ill I got a bad case of lovin' you
 
VERSE 2
E/A E/D E E/D
A pretty face don't make no pretty heart
 
A B E E/D E
I learned that buddy from the start
 
E/D E E/D E/D
You think I'm cute, a little bit shy
 
A B E E/D E
Mama, I ain't that kind of guy
 
C Break... EE/DE Whoa____E/D_______Eriff
E A B stop & then 3 quick strums for next 3 chords BBbA
N/EC E E E-riff
I know you like it,riff you like it on top
 
A C# B E E/D
Tell me mamma , are you gonna stop?
 
You had me down twentyone to zip
Smile of Judas on your lip
Shake my fist knock on wood
I got it bad, and I got it good.
 
Chorus...
 
Chorus...

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