Its A Sin Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Album: Actually
Title: It's A Sin
 
Strum: D DUD DU
 
[Verse 1]
Em             Am           D
When I look back upon my life
               G                 C
It's always with a sense of shame
               Am               B7
I've always been the one to blame
Em           Am            D
For everything I long to do
            G                C
No matter when or where or who
             Am
Has one thing in common, too
 
[Chorus]
B7                               Em
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
C         Em   C
It's a sin
Am
Everything I've ever done
B7
Everything I ever do
Am
Every place I've ever been
B7
Everywhere I'm going to
         Em
It's a sin
 
[Verse 2]
Em             Am               D
At school they taught me how to be
                 G                  C
So pure in thought and word and deed
       Am               B7
They didn't quite succeed
Em             Am        D
For everything I long to do
          G                  C
No matter when or where or who
        Am
Has one thing in common, too
 
[Chorus]
B7                               Em
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
C         Em   C
It's a sin
Am
Everything I've ever done
B7
Everything I ever do
Am
Every place I've ever been
B7
Everywhere I'm going to
         Em
It's a sin
 
[Bridge]
Em                  Gm
Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it
Bm                       Em
Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
                        Gm
Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it
Bm                               C
Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care
           D               B7
And I still don't understand
 
[Verse 3]
Em        Am           D
So I look back upon my life
               G             C
Forever with a sense of shame
            Am                B7
I've always been the one to blame
Em             Am        D
For everything I long to do
          G                  C
No matter when or where or who
        Am
Has one thing in common, too
 
[Chorus]
B7                               Em
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
C         Em   C
It's a sin
Am
Everything I've ever done
B7
Everything I ever do
Am
Every place I've ever been
B7
Everywhere I'm going to
         Em
It's a sin
B7
Everywhere I'm going to
         Em
It's a sin
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Its A Sin – Pet Shop Boys

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Good chart but the original is in C-minor so strange to use Em as your base key. Maybe easy to play and sing though. For the original, best to transpose this chart +5 into Am and play with capo3. (Or read version 1, which is perfect.) There's also two mistakes towards the end, a missed B7 on "blame", and the Gm on "no matter when" should be G-major.

Fab and quality easy to follow

Should be transposed down 4 so the key of A if I'm correct