#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # 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 Oils@total.net