The doctor calls chords by June tabor
Verse 1
Am
F
He lights the candle, he draws the blood
C
Am
His face is calm, his face is kind
G
Am
His hands are waiting,
F
every time you fall
C
Em
C
F
G
Evening comes, the dark to call
Am
And when you're
F
stoned alone again
Am
He'll ease your mind, your only friend
G
Am
He takes the burden
F
of all those things you know
G
F
The darkest touch, the softest snow
G
C
G
C
Am
He says love, love is the fever that lays
F
C
F
G
C
G
C
Am
F
C
F
you low
G
Am
G
F
If I forget you, I'll let you go
G
Am
Rain won't rain, the wind won't blow
G
Am
And when you need me,
G
F
I always come around
G
F
The doctor calls, the sun goes down
G
C
He says, love,
G
C
G
F
C
F
G
love is the fever that lays you down
C
G
C
Love, love is the fever
Am
F
that lays you down
C
Em
F
The doctor says, I told you so
Dm
No more stars or red guitars
Am
No more burning up the bars
Dm
No more blazing fiddle tunes
Am
No more smoky Spanish moons
Dm
No more tinder, no more spark
Am
No more laughter in the dark
Dm
No more lightning in the veins
Em
No more going up in flames
E
No more dancing in the flames
Bb
He's the one
Am
And when you stumble
C
F
alone again
G
Am
He'll ease your mind, your only friend
G
Am
His hands are waiting
G
F
for everything that falls
G
F
Dm
Evening comes, the doctor calls
G
C
G
C
He says, love, love is the fever
Am
F
C
F
G
that lays you low
C
Am
F
Love, love is the fever that lays you low
C
F
But alright, I told you so
G
C
G
C
G
F
Love, love is the fever that lays you low
C
F
But alright, I told you so
G
C
G
C
It's the love, the love is the fever,
G
F
the day is your bone
C
F
The doctor says, I told you so
C
Bb
The doctor says, I told you so
F
G
I told you so
F
G
I told you so
F
G
F
G
I told you so, I told you so
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