TAINTED LOVE Ed Cobb Soft Cell
Dm F Bb F Gm Dm F Bb F Gm Dm Bb F Gm7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / ~ ^Some e^times | ss ss I.I | f^eel Ive got to |
Dm Bb F Gm7 Dm Bb F Gm
| / / ^run a ^way | y^y Ive got to | / / ^get a ^way | yy from^the pain you |
Dm Bb F Gm
| dri ve ^in to ^the | he^art^of^me ee the^love | ee ee we ee | sha^re / seems to |
Dm Bb F Gm Dm Bb F Gm Dm
| go / no oo | whe^re / and Ive | lost tt my yy | li^ght / for I | ^toss and ^turn n^I cant |
F
| sleep at night / |
D F
||: / ~ ^Once ee I^I | ran n^to^you uu uu | / ~ ^now ww I^ll | run from you uu |
Bb Gm
| ~ ^this ss tain ted^love | e youve ^gi iv en^I | give you^all ll a^boy |
Gm7 Dm
| y could give you u | Take my tears and | thats not ^liv ing g | Oh hh ~ ^tain n^ted |
Bb F Gm Dm Bb F Gm
1. | lo^ve / / / | / ~ ^tain nn ted | ^lov ee e / / |
Dm Bb F Gm7 Dm Bb Dm Gm Dm
| Now ww I I | kn^ow Ive got to | / / ^run a ^way | yy Ive got to | / / ^get a ^way |
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| yy / ^you dont ^real | ll ly^want t^it^a^ny | ^more from ^me ee to^make |
Dm Bb F Gm Dm Bb F Gm
| ee ee things ss | ri^ght you ^need some ^one | ee ~ ^to hold you^tight | tt tt And youll |
Dm Bb F Gm Dm F
| think love is to^pray | yy yy ^but Im ^sor | rr ry I dont | pray that way / :||
Bb F Gm Dm Bb F G7 Dm
2. | lo^ve / / / | / / ^Tain ted ^love | e^e / ~ dont t | touch hh me ee |
Bb7 F Gm Dm Bb F Gm
| ple^ase I ^can not ^stand | dd the^way y you ^tease | ee ee ~ I ^love |
Dm Bb F Gm Dm
| e^you^though^you ^hurt me ^so | oo oo now Im | gon na pack my |
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| ^things and ^go oo oo ||: / / ^Tain ted ^love | ee ee / / :|| Repeat and fade
About this song:
Tainted Love is performed by Soft Cell and written by Ed Cobb.
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