[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------
[Intro 2 - Start with strummed muted string triplets with full drums as per higher ground] [Am][C][F] ([C] x [G]) 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] (double snare) [C] Run a- [F] way, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am] (double snare) [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... (GET READY - HIGH A) [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] (double snare) [C] Run a- [F] way, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am] (double snare) [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]
[Kenny] [C] Baby when I met you there was [C6-x3555] peace un [C] known I set out to get you with a [C6] fine tooth [C7] comb. I was [F] soft inside there was something going [C] on. [C][F\C]
(Both) [C] You do something to me that I [C6] can't ex [C] plain Hold me closer and I [C6] feel no [C7] pain every [F] beat of my heart .. We got something going [C] on.
(Kenny) Tender love is [Fmaj7] blind .. It requires a dedi [F]cation.
(Both) [Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation.
[Chorus] We [C] ride it together uh huh Making love with each other uh huh.
[C] Islands in the stream [C6] That is what we [F] are No one in be [Dm] tween how can we [Dm7] be wrong? Sail a [C] way with me [C6] to a [F] nother world And we re [C] ly on each other uh huh From one [Dm] lover to another uh [C] huh.
[Key Change - Dolly] [Verse] [G#] I can't live without you if the love is gone Everything is nothing if you got no one And you did [C#] walk in the night [C#] Slowly losing sight of the [G#] real thing.
(Both) But [G#] that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the [C#] messages is clear [C#] This could be the year of the [G#] real thing.
(Dolly) [G#] No more will you [C#maj7] cry baby I will hurt you [C#] never.
(Both) We [C#m]start and end as one in love forever We can [G#] ride it together [C#] uh [G#] huh Making love with each other [C#] uh [G#] huh.
[G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one [A#m] in between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh
(perhaps drop to just bass drum and emphasise higher line/harmonies) [G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one [A#m] in between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh.
[G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one in [A#m] between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh. . . .
