*from 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' (1981)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Gm)


[Intro]

          
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B|-5-5-8-8----
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D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

 
---5-|x2 and repeated throughout song
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[Verse 1]

           
Some-times, I 

          
feel, I've got


 to;
          
   Run a-way, 

     
I've got to;
      
   Get A-way,
         
From the pain 

            
you drive in-t

            
o the heart of

    
 me.

          
The love we sh

    
are, seems to,
       
    Go no-wher

e.
           
 And I've lost

       
 my light,
            
For I toss and

              
 turn; I can't

 
 sleep at nigh

t.


[Chorus]

             
 Once I ran to

     
 you, now I ru

n from you,

 This tainted 

love you've gi

ven,
  
I give you all

 a boy could g

ive you.

 Take my tears

 and that's no

t nearly...
           
 All, Tainted 

     
love, oh, oh, 

oh,
          
    Tainted lo

   
ve.


[Verse 2]

          
 Now I know, I

    
've got to;
          
   Run a-way, 

     
I've got to;
      
   Get A-way.
         
You don't real

            
ly want any mo

  
re from me.

           
To make things

 
 right,
         
You need some-

           
one to hold yo

      
u tight.
        
 And you think

            
 love is to pr

  
ay,
        
 But I'm sorry

             
, I don't pray


 that way.


[Chorus]

             
 Once I ran to

     
 you, now I ru

n from you,

 This tainted 

love you've gi

ven,
  
I give you all

 a boy could g

ive you.

 Take my tears

 and that's no

t nearly...
           
 All, Tainted 

     
love, oh, oh, 

oh,
          
    Tainted lo

   
ve.


[Verse 3]

           
Don't touch me

  
, please,
         
I can not stan

           
d the way you 

    
tease.
            
I love you, th

             
ough you hurt 

   
me so,
        
 Now I'm going

             
 to pack my th

  
ings and go.


[Coda]

          
     Tainted l

     
ove, oh, oh, o

h,
          
     Tainted l

     
ove, oh, oh, o

h.
          
     Tainted l

     
ove, oh, oh, o

h,
          
     Tainted l

     
ove, oh, oh, o

h.

           
    Touch me, 

             
baby, tainted 


love,
           
    Touch me, 

             
baby, tainted 


love.

          
     Tainted l

     
ove, oh, oh, o

h,
          
     Tainted l

     
ove, oh, oh, o

h.

(Repeat to Fade)