• Song:

    Sell My Soul

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Acoustic 1993

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
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