Tainted Love Chords

Song: Tainted love
Artist: Soft Cell
Composer: Ed Cobb
Album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
 
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
5th Mar 2017
 
CAPO: 3rd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Gm)
 
Emphasise the two beats on each Em,
and the bass notes of each chord
 
Chord names and fret positions are relative to
the capo position:
 
Em   = 022000   C    = x32010   Am = x02210
Em/G = 322000   Am/G = 302210   E  = 022100
 
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[Intro]
    Em     Em/G       C      Am/G Am
||: /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   / :|| [Repeat]
    ^  ^
 
[Verse 1]
(Am)   Em     Em/G C         Am/G Am Em Em/G     C
Some - times, I    feel I've got  to ...run  a - way,
     Am/G Am  Em  Em/G    C
I've got  to   ...get a - way,
         Am       Em             Em/G
From the pain you drive into the heart of me,
    Em   Em/G C     Am/G  Am  Em Em/G C
The love we   share seems to  go no - where,
Am/G  Am   Em   Em/G  C
And   I've lost my    light,
Am/G Am Em                     Em/G
For  I  toss and turn, I can't sleep at night
 
[Chorus]
E                       Em/G
   Once I ran to you,(I ran!) now I run from you,
C
   This tainted love you've given,
  Am
I give you all a boy could give you,
Am                                   Em
Take my tears, and that's not nearly all,
Em/G          C          Am/G  Am  Em
      Tainted love, (Oh, woh - oh, oh!)
Em/G    C    Am/G  Am
Tainted love
 
[Verse 2]
Em  Em/G  C         Am/G Am  Em  Em/G    C
Now I     know I've got  to   ...run a - way,
     Am/G Am  Em  Em/G    C
I've got  to   ...get a - way,
Am/G Am    Em              Em/G
You  don't really want any more from me,
   Em   Em/G   C
To make things right,
    Am/G  Am     Em        Em/G     C
You need  some - one ...to hold you tight,
Am/G Am  Em         Em/G   C
And  you think love is  to pray,
Am/G Am  Em             Em/G
But  I'm sorry, I don't pray that way
 
[Chorus]
E                       Em/G
   Once I ran to you,(I ran!) now I run from you,
C
   This tainted love you've given,
  Am
I give you all a boy could give you,
Am                                   Em
Take my tears, and that's not nearly all,
Em/G          C          Am/G  Am  Em
      Tainted love, (Oh, woh - oh, oh!)
Em/G    C
Tainted love
 
[Verse 3]
Am/G  Am    Em    Em/G  C
      Don't touch me,  please,
  Am/G  Am  Em        Em/G    C      Am/G
I can - not stand the way you tease------,
Am Em                   Em/G    C
I  love you, though you hurt me so,
Am/G Am  Em            Em/G
Now  I'm gonna pack my things and go
 
[Coda]
Em  Em/G    C          Am/G  Am  Em
    Tainted love, (Oh, woh - oh, oh!)
Em/G    C          Am/G  Am  Em
Tainted love, (Oh, woh - oh, oh!)
Em/G    C          Am/G  Am  Em
Tainted love, (Oh, woh - oh, oh!)
Em/G    C          Am/G  Am  Em
Tainted love, (Oh, woh - oh, oh!)
Em/G             C       Am/G   Am   Em
Touch me, baby, tainted love------
              (Touch me, taint - ed love!)
 
Em/G            C         Am/G    Am Em
Touch me, baby, tainted   love------
               (Touch me, taint - ed love!)
 
Em/G    C          Am/G  Am  Em
Tainted love, (Oh, woh - oh, oh!)
Em/G    C          Am/G  Am  Em
Tainted love, (Oh, woh - oh, oh!)
Em/G    C    Am/G Am Em  Em/G    C   Am/G Am Em
Tainted love,            tainted love-----------!
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