Chord/Tab song: Sell My Soul

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]sell [Am]my so[C]ul [G] to him[Am]

[Am]shed my skin, I just wanna shed my skin

I don't wanna s[F]ell [Am]my s[C]oul [G] to him

[Am]mechanize,[G] [Am] city bursts and [Am]farmers die[G][Am]

they cry, [F]sell [Am]my s[C]oul [G] to him

[Am]sleep face down[G] [Am] in a goods train heading s[Am]outh in the rain[G][Am]

[F]sell [Am]my s[C]oul [G] to him

[Em] in this [F#m]world I [D]often th[A]ink you'd u[Bm]ndersta[G]nd me

[Em] in these [F#m]words I [D]often th[A]ink you'd r[Bm]ecogni[G]ze me

'cause I ju[D]st wanna swim with the f[F#m]ish in the sea

and I w[Bm]ant faith to heal so that [D9]I can be clean

(solo)

(insert Peter's rant here)

[Am]I just wanna celebrate

I'm not going to [F]sell [Am]my s[C]oul [G] to him[Am]

when you look right in

[F]sell [Am]my s[C]oul [G] to him[Am]

you're gonna come on done

[F]sell [Am]my s[C]oul [G] to him[Am]

[F]sell [Am]my s[C]oul [G] to him[Am]

End.

Jonathan Hart
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