[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]
[BPM 147 - Capo on 1st Fret for original key] [Intro - Just drums and D note ] E -------- B -------- G ------- D ------- A 5----5--- E -------- X--X--X--
[Chorus - Swung] (Bass run with Dm chord) E ----------------------- B ----------------------- G 7----7------7----7----- D 7----7------7----7----- A 5----5---3455----5------ E --------5-------------- X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--
[Dm] she said i love you boy i love your soul she said i love you baby oh oh oh [A] ohh [Dm] she said i love you more than words can say she said i love you bayayayay [A] by
[Straight beat vamp]
[Verse - Beat straightens BxSS xxS - Chords follow snare] [Dm] so i said, what you sayin girl it cant be right [A] How can you be in love with me, we only just met tonight [Dm] so she said.. boy i loved you from the start [A] when i first heard love goes down, something started burning in my heart [F] i said stop this crazy [A] talk [F] and leave right now and close the [A] door
[Chorus - Beat still straight] [Dm] she said but i love you boy i love you so she said i love you baby oh oh oh [A] oh [Dm] she said i love you more than words can say she said i love you bayayayay [A] by (yes you did)
[Rap - beat straight] [Straight beat vamp]
[Dm] so now I'm up in the courts pleading my case in a witness box telling the judge and jury the same thing that i said to the cops
[A] on the day that i got arrested im innocent I protested she just feels rejected had her heart broken by someone she's obsessed with
[Dm] she likes sound on my music she makes out a fan of my music thats why "love goes down" makes her lose it cos she cant seperate the man from the music
[A] and im saying all this from the stand while my girl cries tears from the galleries this got bigger than i ever could have planned like that song by the Zutons "Valerie"
[F] so the jury dont look like their buying it and shes making me nervous
[A] arms crossed, screwed faced like im trying it their eyes fixed on me like im murderous
[F] they wanna lock me up and throw away the key
[A] they wanna send me down even though i told them she..
[Drums SSSS SSSS SSSS SSS with A - then back to swing for a bit]
[Chorusm - Still swung - BxSS xxS] [Dm] she said i love you boy i love your soul she said i love you baby oh oh oh oh [A] (drums straighten out) - yes you did [Dm] she said i love you more than words can say she said i love you bayayayay [A] by so i said why the hell you gotta treat me this way (stop drums) [Dm] you don't know what love is you wouldn't do this if you [A] did oh no no no noo [Dm - strum fast and light to end]