Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart:The Supremes
#7 R&B and #9 on Both CASH BOX and BB Hot 100
on MOTOWN Records in 1966.
INTRO: B F Bb C F Bb C
#1.
Eb Bb Ab Fm
The love bug done bit me..didn't mean for him to
Bb
get me.
F Gm Ab Eb F
Wooo, get up in the morn..ing and I'm filled with
Bb
desire.
Eb F C Ab Bb
No, no, I can't stop the fire..love is a real live
wire.
Eb F Ab Bb C
Ooh, it's a burning sensation..far beyond imagination.
CHORUS:
Dm Bb Gm
Love is like an itchin' in my heart..tearing it all
F C
apart..just an itching in my heart and baby, I can't
Bb
scratch it.
BRIDGE:
F Bb Eb Fm Ab
Keeps me sighing, oooo-oooo-ooo..keeps me yearning.
Eb Ab Eb Ab Bb
Nooo, mama can't help me..nooo, daddy can't help me.
F Bb Gm F
I've been bitten by the love bug and I need some information,
Bb F
to help me out this situation.
#2.
Eb Bb F Bb Fm Bb F
Now, when you're ill, you take a pill......when you're thirsty,
Bb Fm
drink your fill.
Gm C Dm Bb
What you gonna do (oh, yeah) when love gets a hold, a hold
C F C Dm C
on you..love is like an itchin' in my heart and baby, I can't
Bb
scratch it.
INTERLUDE: Dm F Bb Cm Eb F Bb Cm F C Cm Eb F Cm
#3.
Eb F Bb Ab F Gm F
Love is a naggin' irritation..causing my heart complication.
Bb Ab Bb F Fm
Love is a growing infection and I don't know the correction.
F Ab Bb C
Got me rockin' and a-reelin'..and I can't shake the feelin'.
CHORUS:
Dm Bb Gm
Love is like an itchin' in my heart..tearing it all
F C
apart..just an itching in my heart and baby, I can't
Bb F
scratch it.
BRIDGE:
Bb Ab F
Keeps me sighing, ooo-ooo-ooo.(keeps me cryin')..
Bb Eb F
Keeps me yearning..(keeps me burning)..
Bb Eb F Bb
Keeps me tossing..(keeps me turning)..keeps me yearning.
OUTRO:
F Bb Gm Fm
I've been bitten by the love bug and I need some information..
C F Bb
to help me out this situation.
C Bb F Eb F Bb Fm
Love is a naggin' irritation..causing my heart complication.
F Bb
I've been bitten by the love bug..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.