Tainted Love Chords

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

Author LalaHachi [a] 150.

1 contributor total, last edit on Sep 14, 2018

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[Intro]
F#m /  A /  D /  A Bm
F#m /  A /  D /  A Bm
 
[Verse]
 
    F#m   A D          A Bm
Sometimes I feel I've got to 
F#m  A    D         A Bm
     Run away I've got to 
F#m A     D            A  Bm
    Get away from the pain you 
F#m            A
drive into the heart of me the 
F#m  A  D      A    Bm
love we share seems to 
F#m A  D     A   Bm
go  nowhere and I've 
F#m  A   D    A Bm
lost my light for I 
F#m                   A
toss and turn I can't sleep at night 
 
[chorus]
F#
Once I ran to you (I ran) 
A
Now I'll run from you 
D
This tainted love you've given 
Bm
I give you all a boy could give you 
C#
Take my tears and that's not nearly 
F#m   A         D     A   Bm
all Oh...tainted love 
F#m   A       D      A  Bm
    Tainted love 
 
[Verse]
 
F#m  A  D         A  Bm
Now  I know I've got to 
F#m  A    D       A  Bm
    Run away I've got to 
F#m  A   D       A  Bm
    Get away,   You don't 
F#m             A
really want any more from me 
   F#m   A      D          A  Bm
To make things right, you need some-
F#m     A         D      A  Bm
-one to hold you tight, and you
F#m        A     D      A  Bm
think love is to pray, but I'm
F#m            A
sorry I don't pray that way 
 
[chorus]
F#
Once I ran to you (I ran) 
A
Now I'll run from you 
D
This tainted love you've given 
Bm
I give you all a boy could give you 
C#
Take my tears and that's not nearly 
     Tainted love   D      A Bm
all Oh...tainted love 
F#m   A       D      A Bm
      Tainted love 
 
[Coda]
      F#m   A  D          A  Bm
Don't touch me please, I cannot
F#m       A       D       A  Bm
stand the way you tease 
  F#m                 A       D      A  Bm
I love you though you hurt me so ,   now I'm
F#m               A
going to pack my things and go 
F#m   A       D      A  Bm
     Tainted love,
F#m   A       D       A  Bm
      tainted love  
F#m   A              D        A  Bm
      Touch me baby, tainted love  
F#m   A              D        A  Bm
      Touch me baby, tainted love 
F#m   A       D      A  Bm
      Tainted love   
F#m   A       D      A  Bm
      Tainted love 
F#m   A       D      A  Bm
      Tainted love 
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This one did it for me, you need a few chord changes to make it interesting. I wonder if you could put a bit more tension at the end of the chorus: B B/C Take my tears and that's not nearly