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Soft Cell-Tainted Love - BPM - 116 [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] [Outro] [Am] [C] Tainted [F] love, [C] oh, [G] oh, oh,[Am] [C] Tainted [F] love, [C] oh, [G] oh, oh,[Am] [C] Tainted [F] love, [C] oh, [G] oh, oh,[Am] [C] Tainted [F] love, [C] oh, [G] oh, oh, [Am] [C] Touch me, [F] baby, tainted [C] luh [G] uuv[Am] [C] Touch me, [F] baby, tainted [C] luh [G] uuv (vocals go high)[Am] [C] Tainted [F] love, [C] oh, [G] oh, oh, [Am] [C] Tainted [F] love, [C] oh, [G] oh, oh, [End] [Am] ########################################################################
Steve Winwood-Valerie - BPM - 116 [Intro Keyboard riff - BPM 116 - G = 3x003x G* = 355433, C/G 335553 - Capo 2 for original key]  
GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx
[Verse]  
[Am]  So 
[G/B]  wild, 
[C]  standing 
[G]  there , ....
[G]  with her hands in her 
[Em]  hair 
[Am]  I 
[G/B]  can't 
[C]  help re 
[G]  member,...... 
[Em]  just where she touched me 
[Fadd9] [Dm7]  ....... There's 
[C] still 
[G] no face 
[Dm7]  ....... here 
[C] in 
[G] her place
 
[Verse]  
[Am]  So 
[G/B]  cool, 
[C]  she 
[G]  was like 
[D7sus4-xx0213]  jazz on a summer's day 
[D7]  
[Am]  Mu- 
[G/B]  sic, 
[C]  high 
[G]  and sweet, 
[D7sus4]  then she just blew away 
[D7]  
 
[Chorus - just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx - Esus2/G# = 476454 - no sus2]  
[D/F#]  Now she 
[C]  can't be that 
[G]  warm 
[D/F#]  
with the 
[C]  wind in her 
[G]  arms - Va le (drums back in)
[C]  Rie 
[G]  eeee 
[D]  call on 
[C]  me, call on 
[Em]  me 
[G]  eeee 
[C]  Vale 
[G/B]  rie Come and 
[Csus2]  (drums stop) see--------(b+Csus2 b+Csus2 - second on me) me, 
I'm the same (bass drum in) boy I used to be
[Riff]  GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx
[Verse]  
[Am]  Love 
[G/B]  songs 
[C]  fill the 
[G]  night,....
[G]  but they don't tell it 
[Em]  all,
[Am]  Not 
[G/B]  how 
[C]  lovers 
[G]  cry out,..... 
[Em]  just like they are dy 
[Fadd9]  ying 
[Dm7]  .......... Her 
[C] cries 
[G] hang there 
[Dm7]  ....... in 
[C] time 
[G] somewhere 
[Verse]  
[Am]  Some 
[G/B]  day, 
[C]  some 
[G]  good wind, 
[D7sus4]  may blow her back to me 
[D7] [Am]  Some 
[G/B]  night 
[C]  I__ 
[G]  may hear, 
[D7sus4]  her like she used to be 
[D7]  
 
[Chorus]  
[D/F#]  No they 
[C]  can't be that 
[G]  warm 
[D/F#]  
with the 
[C]  wind in her 
[G]  arms 
Vale 
[C]  rie,---- 
[G]  ------- 
[D]  call on 
[C]  me, call on 
[Em]  me,--- 
[G]  ------- 
[C]  Valer 
[G/B]  ie 
Come and 
[Csus2]  see--------me, I'm the same boy I used to be
 
[Riff]  GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx
 
[Solo] |Am--G/B----C-|-------------|G------------|Em---------|
|Am--G/B----C-|G------------|Em-----Fadd9-|-----------|
|Dm7----C-----|G------------|Dm7----C-----|G----------|
 
[Verse]  
[Am]  So 
[G/B]  cool, 
[C]  she 
[G]  was like, 
[D7sus4]  jazz on a summer's day 
[D7]  
[Am]  Mu- 
[G/B]  sic, 
[C]  high 
[G]  and sweet, 
[D7sus4]  then she just blew away 
[D7]  
 
[Chorus - just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx]  
[D/F#]  Now she 
[C]  can't be that 
[G]  warm 
[D/F#]  
with the 
[C]  wind in her 
[G]  arms - Va le (drums back in)
[C]  Rie 
[G]  eeee 
[D]  call on 
[C]  me, call on 
[Em]  me 
[G]  eeee 
[C]  Vale 
[G/B]  rie Come and 
[Csus2]  (drums stop) see--------(b+Csus2 b+Csus2 - second on me) me, 
I'm the same (bass drum in) boy I used to be
 
[Riff]     GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx
[Ending]   GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx
I'm the 
[G]  same boy I used be.___ 
[G]  (hard stop)
[End]
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