Pity Poor Alfie chords by The Jam

30th August 2001

PITY POOR ALFIE/FEVER by THE JAM

Pity Poor Alfie written by Paul Weller
Fever written by Davenport/Cooley

B-side to 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)' (1982)

Chords used:

Em: 022000   Am: x02210  D7/F#: 2x0212
D:  xx0232   E:  022100
C:  x32013   Gm: 355333
Bm: x24432   F:  133211
G:  3x0033   Eb: xx5343

Em D C Bm (x2)

G                 Am
 The streets of pleasure took you to the top
     D            C     Am
But every light was red and every sign said stop
    C           D
I felt so confined, just like glued to this spot, oh
G            Am
 As were sleeping in the noon day sun
        D      C    Am
We escaped the test and the marathon run
  C           C         Em    D
And nobody heard and these muffled cries of "Alfie!"
C     Bm   Em   D C
 We put a stop to that
Bm    Em  D C       Bm     Em    D C
Whoa, but Alfie,  I wish you'd please come back


Am
 So no one's hurt - we might have made it through
        D                  Em
But now there's nothing left except the memories of you

D C Bm Em D C Bm

G         Am
 With overflowing powerful woes
        D
'Cause there's real and fright
    C     Am    C
To the top of the stairs to find poor Alfie
  D
And blood stained letters

   D
Don't count for change
     C
And don't look for blame
       D
'Cause it's a fair exchange
    Em  D  C  Am   C
For the last adventure I have left

Am D

G Am D C Am C D

G                Am
 'Cause we were sleeping in the noon day sun
   D           C    Am
We escaped the test and the marathon run
  C           D         Em    D
And nobody heard and these muffled cries of "Alfie!"
C     Bm   Em   D C
 We put a stop to that
Bm    Em  D C       Bm     Em   D
 Oh, but Alfie,  I wish you'd please come back

C

Bm    Am
 Now it's gonna be hard for me to make it through
   D
When all that's left is the memories of
E                  C
Nothing left except the memories of war and pain
    D
Please pity poor Alfie

Em D C Bm (x2)

   Em  D C    Bm   Em   D C Bm
Poor Alfie  put a stop to that
   Em  D C       Bm     Em    D  C Bm
Poor Alfie  I wish you'd please come back
   Em  D C    Bm   Em   D C Bm
Poor Alfie  put a stop to that
    Em  D C       Bm     Em   D  C Bm
Oh, but Alfie  I wish you'd please come back
   Em   D C Bm
Poor Alfie!

D

Gm         F     Eb  D
 You'll never know how much I love you
Gm       F   Eb  D7/F#
 Never know how much I care
    Gm        F   Eb  D
'Cause when you put your arms around me
    Eb     D   Gm
I get a fever I can hardly bear
N.C.
You give me fever

Gm F Eb

     D
When you kiss me
Gm       F    Eb     D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm   F      Eb D
 Fever through the daytime
    Eb    D      Gm
I get a fever all through the night

F Eb D

Gm     F   Eb D
 Sun lights up the daytime
Gm   F      Eb    D7/F#
 Moon lights up the night
Gm    F      Eb  D
 I light up when you kiss me
   Eb       D     Gm
And I know I'm gonna treat you right
N.C.
You give me fever

Gm F Eb

     D
When you kiss me
Gm       F    Eb   D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm   F      Eb D
 Fever through the daytime
    Eb    D      Gm
I get a fever all through the night

F Eb D

Gm    F   Eb  D
 Bless my soul I love you
Gm    F    Eb    D7/F#
 Take me so far away
Gm     F  Eb     D
 Take these arms I'll never use
   Eb         D       Gm
Just believe in what my words have to say
N.C.
You give me fever

Gm F Eb

     D
When you kiss me
Gm       F    Eb    D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm   F      Eb D
 Fever through the daytime
    Eb    D      Gm
I get a fever all through the night
N.C.
You give me fever