Chords for Tom Lehrer: The Masochism Tango (studio orchestra) (1960)
Tempo:
126.2 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
Dm
F
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm] [Eb] [Cm] [Fm]
[C] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
[Gm] [F]
[Dm] [Gm] [C] [F] [A]
[Bb] [A] [C] [Dm] I ache for the touch of [Gm] your lips, dear, But [C] much more for the touch of [F] your whips,
dear.
You can raise welts like nobody [Dm] else As we dance to the masochism [A] [Bb] tango.
[A]
[Bb] [Dm] Let our love be a flame, [Gm] not an amber, [Am] Say it's me that [Gm] you want to [Am] dismember.
[Db] Blacken my eye, [Dm] set fire to my tie As [A] we dance to [C] the [A] masochism tango.
[Bb] [A] [Db]
[D] At [Gm] your command, [D] before you hear [F] I stand, [D] My heart is in [Gm] my hand.
Ugh, [Bb] it's here that [D] I must be.
[Gm] My heart [C] entreats, just hear [F] those savage beats, [D] And go put [Gm] on your cleats [C] and come
and [F] trample me.
[A]
[B] [A] [B] Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany, [Bb] That's why [C] I'm in such [B] [F] exquisite agony.
[Db] My soul is on fire, [Dm] it's aflame with [Gm] desire, [Em] Which is [F] why I perspire when we tango.
[Dm] [Eb] You caught [Bb] my nose.
In your left [Eb] castanet, love, I can feel [A] the pain yet, love.
Every [Em] time [Dm] I hear drums, and [Gb] I [Bb] envy the rose, That you held in [Eb] your teeth, love,
With the [A] thorns underneath, love, Sticking into [Dm] your gums.
Your eyes cast a spell that [Gm] bewitches, [C] The last time I [F] needed twenty stitches
[A] To sew up the gash [Dm] you made with your lash [A] As we dance to the masochism [Dm] tango.
[Gm] Bash in my [C] brain and make me [F] scream with pain, [Dm] Then kick me [Gm] once again [G] and say we'll [D] never part.
I [Gm] know too well [C] I'm underneath [F] your spell, [Dm] So darling, if you [Gm] smell [C] something burning,
[F] it's my heart.
Take your [Gm] cigarette from its folder, [Bb] And burn your initials [F] in my shoulder,
[Db]
Fracture my spine [Dm] and swear [Gm] that you're mine, [Am] As we dance to the [B] [Db] [D] masochism tango.
[A] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm]
[D]
[Gm]
[Dm] [N]
[C] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
[Gm] [F]
[Dm] [Gm] [C] [F] [A]
[Bb] [A] [C] [Dm] I ache for the touch of [Gm] your lips, dear, But [C] much more for the touch of [F] your whips,
dear.
You can raise welts like nobody [Dm] else As we dance to the masochism [A] [Bb] tango.
[A]
[Bb] [Dm] Let our love be a flame, [Gm] not an amber, [Am] Say it's me that [Gm] you want to [Am] dismember.
[Db] Blacken my eye, [Dm] set fire to my tie As [A] we dance to [C] the [A] masochism tango.
[Bb] [A] [Db]
[D] At [Gm] your command, [D] before you hear [F] I stand, [D] My heart is in [Gm] my hand.
Ugh, [Bb] it's here that [D] I must be.
[Gm] My heart [C] entreats, just hear [F] those savage beats, [D] And go put [Gm] on your cleats [C] and come
and [F] trample me.
[A]
[B] [A] [B] Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany, [Bb] That's why [C] I'm in such [B] [F] exquisite agony.
[Db] My soul is on fire, [Dm] it's aflame with [Gm] desire, [Em] Which is [F] why I perspire when we tango.
[Dm] [Eb] You caught [Bb] my nose.
In your left [Eb] castanet, love, I can feel [A] the pain yet, love.
Every [Em] time [Dm] I hear drums, and [Gb] I [Bb] envy the rose, That you held in [Eb] your teeth, love,
With the [A] thorns underneath, love, Sticking into [Dm] your gums.
Your eyes cast a spell that [Gm] bewitches, [C] The last time I [F] needed twenty stitches
[A] To sew up the gash [Dm] you made with your lash [A] As we dance to the masochism [Dm] tango.
[Gm] Bash in my [C] brain and make me [F] scream with pain, [Dm] Then kick me [Gm] once again [G] and say we'll [D] never part.
I [Gm] know too well [C] I'm underneath [F] your spell, [Dm] So darling, if you [Gm] smell [C] something burning,
[F] it's my heart.
Take your [Gm] cigarette from its folder, [Bb] And burn your initials [F] in my shoulder,
[Db]
Fracture my spine [Dm] and swear [Gm] that you're mine, [Am] As we dance to the [B] [Db] [D] masochism tango.
[A] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm]
[D]
[Gm]
[Dm] [N]
Key:
Gm
Dm
F
A
C
Gm
Dm
F
[Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ [C] [Dm] I ache for the touch of [Gm] your lips, dear, But [C] much more for the touch of [F] your whips,
dear.
You can raise welts like nobody [Dm] else As we dance to the masochism [A] [Bb] tango.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] Let our love be a flame, [Gm] not an amber, [Am] Say it's me that [Gm] you want to [Am] dismember.
_ _ [Db] Blacken my eye, [Dm] set fire to my tie As [A] we dance to [C] the [A] masochism tango.
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Db] _
_ [D] _ _ At [Gm] your command, [D] before you hear [F] I stand, [D] My heart is in [Gm] my hand. _
Ugh, [Bb] it's here that [D] I must be. _
[Gm] My heart [C] entreats, just hear [F] those savage beats, [D] And go put [Gm] on your cleats [C] and come
and [F] trample me.
[A] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ [B] Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany, [Bb] That's why [C] I'm in such [B] [F] exquisite agony.
_ [Db] My soul is on fire, [Dm] it's aflame with [Gm] desire, _ [Em] Which is [F] why I perspire when we tango.
[Dm] _ [Eb] You caught [Bb] my _ nose.
In your left _ [Eb] castanet, love, _ I can feel [A] the pain yet, love. _
Every [Em] time [Dm] I hear drums, _ _ and [Gb] I [Bb] envy the rose, _ _ That you held in [Eb] your teeth, love,
_ With the [A] thorns underneath, love, _ Sticking into [Dm] your gums.
_ _ _ _ _ Your eyes cast a spell that [Gm] _ bewitches, [C] The last time I [F] needed twenty stitches
_ [A] To sew up the gash [Dm] you made with your lash [A] As we dance to the masochism [Dm] tango.
[Gm] Bash in my [C] brain and make me [F] scream with pain, [Dm] Then kick me [Gm] once again [G] and say we'll [D] never part.
I [Gm] know too well [C] I'm underneath [F] your spell, [Dm] So darling, if you [Gm] smell [C] something burning,
[F] it's my heart.
_ _ Take your [Gm] cigarette from its folder, _ [Bb] And burn your initials [F] in my shoulder,
_ [Db]
Fracture my spine [Dm] and swear [Gm] that you're mine, [Am] As we dance to the [B] _ [Db] [D] masochism tango.
[A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [N] _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ [C] [Dm] I ache for the touch of [Gm] your lips, dear, But [C] much more for the touch of [F] your whips,
dear.
You can raise welts like nobody [Dm] else As we dance to the masochism [A] [Bb] tango.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] Let our love be a flame, [Gm] not an amber, [Am] Say it's me that [Gm] you want to [Am] dismember.
_ _ [Db] Blacken my eye, [Dm] set fire to my tie As [A] we dance to [C] the [A] masochism tango.
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Db] _
_ [D] _ _ At [Gm] your command, [D] before you hear [F] I stand, [D] My heart is in [Gm] my hand. _
Ugh, [Bb] it's here that [D] I must be. _
[Gm] My heart [C] entreats, just hear [F] those savage beats, [D] And go put [Gm] on your cleats [C] and come
and [F] trample me.
[A] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ [B] Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany, [Bb] That's why [C] I'm in such [B] [F] exquisite agony.
_ [Db] My soul is on fire, [Dm] it's aflame with [Gm] desire, _ [Em] Which is [F] why I perspire when we tango.
[Dm] _ [Eb] You caught [Bb] my _ nose.
In your left _ [Eb] castanet, love, _ I can feel [A] the pain yet, love. _
Every [Em] time [Dm] I hear drums, _ _ and [Gb] I [Bb] envy the rose, _ _ That you held in [Eb] your teeth, love,
_ With the [A] thorns underneath, love, _ Sticking into [Dm] your gums.
_ _ _ _ _ Your eyes cast a spell that [Gm] _ bewitches, [C] The last time I [F] needed twenty stitches
_ [A] To sew up the gash [Dm] you made with your lash [A] As we dance to the masochism [Dm] tango.
[Gm] Bash in my [C] brain and make me [F] scream with pain, [Dm] Then kick me [Gm] once again [G] and say we'll [D] never part.
I [Gm] know too well [C] I'm underneath [F] your spell, [Dm] So darling, if you [Gm] smell [C] something burning,
[F] it's my heart.
_ _ Take your [Gm] cigarette from its folder, _ [Bb] And burn your initials [F] in my shoulder,
_ [Db]
Fracture my spine [Dm] and swear [Gm] that you're mine, [Am] As we dance to the [B] _ [Db] [D] masochism tango.
[A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [N] _