• 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: 
 
F5  A5  C5  G5  A5    G5  A5 
BRIDGE: 
E5    F#5    D5  A5  B5  G5      G5 
LYRICS: 
 
let's begin, I am ready let's begin 
F5    A5   C5   G5         A5 
sell my soul    to him 
A5 
shed my skin, I just wanna shed my skin 
               F5   A5  C5   G5 
I don't wanna sell my soul   to him 
A5        G5  A5                  A5          G5  A5   
mechanize,       city bursts and farmers die 
          F5    A5  C5   G5 
they cry, sell my soul   to him 
A5             G5  A5                            A5               G5  A5 
sleep face down       in a goods train heading south in the rain 
F5    A5  C5   G5 
sell my soul   to him 
E5         F#5     D5       A5          B5     G5 
   in this world I often think you'd understand me 
E5          F#5     D5       A5          B5    G5 
   in these words I often think you'd recognize me 
           D5                       F#5 
'cause I just wanna swim with the fish in the sea 
       B5                        D5 
and I want faith to heal so that I can be clean 
 
{solo} 
 
{insert Peter's rant here} 
A5 
I just wanna celebrate 
                 F5    A5  C5   G5         A5 
I'm not going to sell my soul   to him 
 
when you look right in 
F5    A5  C5   G5       A5 
sell my soul   to him 
 
you're gonna come on done 
F5    A5  C5   G5         A5 
sell my soul   to him 
F5    A5  C5   G5         A5 
sell my soul   to him
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