Sell my Soul by Midnight Oil
from the album «Diesel and Dust»
This is the way I play it on acousitic guitar. It is somewhat simplified.
INTRO rhythm (chords):
D F#m Bm D9
INTRO lead:
D chord, hammer on/off with the third finger, i.e.:
e-|-2-2-2-2—2-2-2—-|
B-|-3-3-2-3—3-2-3—-| etc.. and end with D9
G-|-2-2-2-2—2-2-2—-|
D-|-0-0-0-0—0-0-0—-|
A-|———————|
E-|———————|
VERSE lead:
e-|——————-|
B-|—1-1-0-1—1-0-1—|
G-|—2-2-0-2—2-0-2—| etc..
D-|—2-2-0-2—2-0-2—|
A-|—0-0-0-0—0-0-0—|
E-|——————-|
VERSE rhythm:
Am G Am Am G Am
CHORUS lead:
e-|-1-0-1——————————-|
B-|-1-0-1—1-0-1—1-1-1—————|
G-|-2-0-2—2-0-2—0-0-0—0-0-0——-|
D-|-3-3-3—2-0-2—2-0-2—0-0-0——-|
A-|-3-3-3—0-0-0—3-3-3—2-0-2——-|
E-|————————-3-3-3——-|
CHORUS rhythm:
F Am C G Am G Am
BRIDGE:
Em F#m D A Bm G G
LYRICS:
let’s begin, I am ready let’s begin
F Am C G Am
sell my soul to him
Am
shed my skin, I just wanna shed my skin
F Am C G
I don’t wanna sell my soul to him
Am G Am Am G Am
mechanize, city bursts and farmers die
F Am C G
they cry, sell my soul to him
Am G Am Am G Am
sleep face down in a goods train heading south in the rain
F Am C G
sell my soul to him
Em F#m D A Bm G
in this world I often think you’d understand me
Em F#m D A Bm G
in these words I often think you’d recognize me
D F#m
’cause I just wanna swim with the fish in the sea
Bm D9
and I want faith to heal so that I can be clean
[solo]
[insert Peter’s rant here]
Am
I just wanna celebrate
F Am C G Am
I’m not going to sell my soul to him
when you look right in
F Am C G Am
sell my soul to him
you’re gonna come on done
F Am C G Am
sell my soul to him
F Am C G Am
sell my soul to him
End.
Jonathan Hart
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