Boogie fever (1975)    (video)    (midi)

 

    D - C - D - C (2x)

 

   D                 - C              D                  - C

Boogie fever,        got to boogie down !

   D                 - C                    D                  - C

Boogie fever,        I think it's going around.

 

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1.     I took my baby to the drive-in show,

D                                         C

    she turned the speaker down.

D                                              C

    And then she turned on the radio,

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    I watched a silent movie, diggin'        funky sound.

 

                         D                - C                       D                    - C

She's got the boogie fever,       she likes to boogie down !

                         D               - C                    D                   - C

She's got the boogie fever,       I think it's going around.

 

    D                                       C

2.     I took my baby too the pizza parlor,

D                          C

    to get a bite to eat.

D                                         C

    I put some money in the jukebox for her,

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    you know she ate her pizza dancing to the beat.

 

                         D                - C                       D                    - C

She's got the boogie fever,       she likes to boogie down !

                         D               - C                    D                   - C

She's got the boogie fever,       I think it's going around.

 

    E                A                                               E

+      All night long, we did the bump, bump, bump,

                                       A

    Yes, we did, yes, we did, yes, we did, yeah !

E                                 A                                            E

    She kept it going strong, doin' the bump, bump, bump,

                                             A

    we did the bump, bump, bump.

 

    D                                           C                            D

3.     I called the doctor on the telephone (doctor, doctor),

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    said, doctor, doctor, please !

D                             C

    I got this feeling rockin' and a'reelin',

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    tell me,       what can it be, is it         some new disease ?

 

                     D                - C                      D                    - C

They call it boogie fever,        you got to boogie down !

   D                 - C                   D                  - C

Boogie fever,       I think it's going around.

 

    D - C               - D - C              - D - C

+            Fever !              Fever !               Fever !      +  D - C

 

    E                A                                               E

+      All night long, we did the bump, bump, bump,

                                       A

    Yes, we did, yes, we did, yes, we did, yeah !

E                                 A                                            E          A

    She kept it going strong, doin' the bump, bump, bump, yeah !

 

                                   D                - C

Everybody's got the boogie fever,

    D                             C

boogie down, get on down, get on down !

   D                - C                    D                             C

Boogie fever,       I think it's going around (and around, and around).

 

     D                  C                    D                        C

+  (I) I got the boogie fever, (you) you got the boogie fever,

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  (She's) She's got the boogie fever, everybody's got the boogie fever ....

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (The Sylvers)