Graham Parker Heat Treatment Lyrics

Heat Treatment Lyrics

Pre>thanks to robert watson robert@gcmac.demon.co.uk
For a complete revision of this chart.

Robert’s chart has the em over the word "treatment"...
I like playiong g g em as below. try it (both ways) and
Let me know what you prefer.

Chorus
Intro: horns over g  em g  em  g em  c	 d (twice)
Bass : (g d e  e d e d) x 3 c d
G   (g)    em  g		  em
Heat treatment baby sweet treatment baby
G	    em	 c	  d
Heat treatment while the flame is burning
G	   em  g		  em
Heat treatment baby sweet treatment baby
G	    em	 c	  d
Heat treatment while the world is turning
G   em g	 em			c  d
Around	round around	round around

Verse
G			   c		 d	    g
Now when the sun fades out and the street lights rise
G	  c	    d   g
News makes print and a baby cries
G		  c		 d		g
That’s when you might find me waiting on the day
G	  c	   d	   g
Uh huh baby I’m wasting away

Repeat chorus

Verse
Well a out in the jungle there’s a war going down
You wind up eating all the friends you’ve found
But you know and I know and it’s understood
Let’s get out while the gettings good

Chorus (then after " the world is turning")

Bridge
Am			 d
I tried to eat but I could not swallow
Am			 d
Mouth got dry and my tongue got hollow
Am			 d	  em
When you call babe you know I’ll follow
C		 d		   g
In your love baby I want to wallow yeah
G	  g	  g	   c	d
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah - yeah eah
F	 g  f   g	 f  g  c	d a
Eah ---				   huh
(modulates to a)
A		 f#m
I want to burn baby (six times)
A		  f#m 	d	 e
I want to burn while the flame is burning

The riff played here by the bass and guitar sounds like
F# f e a e f f#	repeated with an extra a sometimes before the e f f#

In tab on the bottem 2 strings
A ------0------	repeated
E 2-1-0---0-1-2

Repeat chorus with a f#m, d e and fade /pre>