Tainted Love Uke tab by Soft Cell

6 Chords used in the song: Em, G, C, A, E, Am

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Year:  1986
Difficulty: 
3.83
(Intermediate)
Key: AmChords
Intro:

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG (x2)

Verse 1:

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Some-times, I feel, I've got to;
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Run a-way, I've got to;
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
Get a-way,
G chordG Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
From the pain you drive in-to the heart of me.

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
The love we share, seems to,
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
Go no-where.
G chordG Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
And I've lost my light,
Em chordEm G chordG
For I toss and turn; I can't sleep at night.

Chorus 1:

E chordE G chordG
Once I ran to you, now I run from you,
C chordC
This tainted love you've given,
Am chordAm
I give you all a boy could give you.
A chordA
Take my tears and that's not nearly...
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
All, Tainted love, oh, oh, oh,
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Tainted love.

Verse 2:

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Now I know, I've got to;
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Run a-way, I've got to;
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
Get a-way.
G chordG Em chordEm G chordG
You don't really want any more from me.

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
To make things right,
G chordG Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
You need some-one to hold you tight.
G chordG Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
And you think love is to pray,
G chordG Em chordEm G chordG
But I'm sorry, I don't pray that way.

Chorus 2:

E chordE G chordG
Once I ran to you, now I run from you,
C chordC

This tainted love you've given,
Am chordAm
I give you all a boy could give you.
A chordA
Take my tears and that's not nearly...
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
All, Tainted love, oh, oh, oh,
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Tainted love.

Verse 3:

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
Don't touch me, please,
G chordG Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
I can not stand the way you tease.
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
I love you, though you hurt me so,
G chordG Em chordEm G chordG
Now I'm going to pack my things and go.

Coda:

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Tainted love, oh, oh, oh,
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Tainted love, oh, oh, oh.
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Tainted love, oh, oh, oh,
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Tainted love, oh, oh, oh.

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Touch me, baby, tainted love,
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Touch me, baby, tainted love.

Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Tainted love, oh, oh, oh,
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC G chordG
Tainted love, oh, oh, oh.

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Nice one, cool song.
09 Dec 2009
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About this song: Tainted Love

"Tainted Love", composed by Ed Cobb, sung by Gloria Jones, attained worldwide fame after being covered by Soft Cell in 1981, and has since been covered by numerous other groups and artists. Soft Cell's record label chose to release "Tainted Love" on July 7, 1981 as the band's second single (their first was "Memorabilia", which did not chart). The label implied that this single would be Soft Cell's final release if the single did not sell. Produced by Mike Thorne, the track was recorded in a day and a half with the first of two vocal takes being ultimately used on the record.

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