[Verse 1] You were [F] working as a waitress in a [Gsus4] cocktail [G] bar [F] When I (offbeats) [C]met [G]you ......... I [F] picked you out, I shook you up and [Gsus4] turned you a [G] round [F] Turned you into some [C]one [G]new
[Verse 2] Now [F] five years later on you've got the [Gsus4] world at your [G] feet Suc [F] cess has been so easy [C]for [G]you But [F] don't forget it's me who put you [Gsus4] where you are [G] now And [F] I can put you back [C]there [G]too
[Bridge] [Am] Don't, don't you [Em] want me? ... You [F] know I can't believe it When I [Dm] hear that you won't [Gsus4] see [G] me [Am] Don't, don't you [Em] want me? .. You [F] know I don't believe you When you [Dm] say that you don't [Gsus4] need [G] me
[Pre-Chorus] It's [A] much too late to find When you [Bm] think you've changed your mind You'd [C6-x35555] better change it back or we will both be [E] sorry
[Chorus] [F] Don't you want me, [G] baby? [F] Don't you want me, [G] oh? [F] Don't you want me, [G] baby? [F] Don't you want me, [G] oh?
[Verse 3] I was [F] working as a waitress in a [Gsus4] cocktail [G] bar [F] That much [C]is [G]true But [F] even then I knew I'd find a [Gsus4] much better [G] place [F] Either with or with [C]out [G]you
[Verse 4] The [F] five years we have had have been [Gsus4] such good [G] times [F] I still [C]love [G]you But [F] now I think it's time I live my [Gsus4] life on my [G] own I [F] guess it's just what I [C]must [G]do
[Bridge] [Am] Don't, don't you [Em] want me? ... You [F] know I can't believe it When I [Dm] hear that you won't [Gsus4] see [G] me [Am] Don't, don't you [Em] want me? .. You [F] know I don't believe you When you [Dm] say that you don't [Gsus4] need [G] me
[Pre-Chorus] It's [A] much too late to find When you [Bm] think you've changed your mind You'd [C6] better change it back or we will [E] both be sorry
[Chorus] [F] Don't you want me, [G] baby? [F] Don't you want me, [G] oh? [F] Don't you want me, [G] baby? [F] Don't you want me, [G] oh?
[Interlude] | Am | Am C | Am | Am | x 2
[Chorus] [F] Don't you want me, [G] baby? [F] Don't you want me, [G] oh? [F] Don't you want me, [G] baby? [F] Don't you want me, [G] oh? (repeat and fade)
[Intro - BPM 140] Opening keyboard part Just bass drum E-55--5------ B-XX--X------ G-XX--X------ x 2 D-77--7------ A-XX--X------ E-55--5------ Drums - 3 triplets finish on 1 of 4 then play upstroke to start chords Play triplets below strings (at treble end) so easier to play upstroke Play triplets with both hands RLL RLL RLL R then upstroke to start
Am C F (C x Gsus2 x - triplet feel) (x2)
[Verse 1 - on Em you can play double snare sometimes to emphasise that bit] [G] Some
[Am] times, [C] I [F] feel, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am][C] Run a- [F] way, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am][C] Get A- [F] way, From the [C]pain [G]you [Am] drive in- [C] to the [F] heart of [C]me [G]the
[Am] love [C] we [F] share, [C]seems [G]to, [Am] Go [C] no [F] where [C]And [G]I've [Am] lost [C] my [F] light, [C]For [G]I [Am] toss and [C] turn; I can't [F] sleep at night [C][G].
[Chorus 1] [A] Once I ran to you, [C] now I run from you, [F] This tainted love you've given, I [Dm] give you all a boy could give you. [Dsus2] Take my tears and that's not nearly... [Am] All, [C] Tainted [F] love, [C]oh, [G]oh, oh, [Am] ..... [C] Tainted [F] love. [C][G]
[Verse 2] [Am] Now [C] I [F] know, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am][C] Run a- [F] way, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am][C] Get A- [F] way [C]You [G]don't [Am] really [C] want any [F] more from [C]me [G]to
[Am] make [C] things [F] right You [C]need [G]some [Am] one to [C] hold you [F] tight. [C]And [G]you [Am] think love [C] is to [F] pray, [C]But [G]I'm [Am] sorry, [C] I don't [F] pray that [C]way. [G]
[Chorus 2] [A] Once I ran to you, [C] now I run from you, [F] This tainted love you've given, I [Dm] give you all a boy could give you. [Dsus2] Take my tears and that's not nearly... [Am] All, [C] Tainted [F] love, [C]oh, [G]oh, oh, [Am] ..... [C] Tainted [F] love. [C][G]Don't
[Verse 3] [Am] touch [C] me, [F] please, I [C]can [G]not [Am] stand the [C] way you [F] tease. [C] I [G] [Am] love you, though you [C] hurt me [F] so, [C]Now [G]I'm [Am] going to [C] pack my [F] things and go[C][G]
