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This is the bass tab for Tainted Love by Soft Cell. It's pretty simple; I
was just figuring out how to use the tab program, but I thought I'd stick
it in the archive anyway.
Tainted Love
(Soft Cell)
q q q q q q e q.
G---||---------------|---------------||
D---||*--------------|--1--1--------*||
A---||*--------1--1--|--------1--3--*||
E---||---3--3--------|---------------||
VERSE: Sometimes I feel (etc)
q q q q q q q q
G---|--------------|--------------|
D---|--------------|--------------|
A---|--------------|--1--1--1--1--|
E---|--3--3--3--3--|--------------|
Drive into the heart of me (back to VERSE)
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
G---|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D---|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A---|--------------|--------------|--1--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--1--|
E---|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--------------|--------------|
CHORUS: Once I ran to you (etc)
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
G---|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D---|--1--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--1--|--------------|--------------|
A---|--------------|--------------|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|
E---|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
q q q q q q q q
G---|--------------|--------------|
D---|--------------|--------------|
A---|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|
E---|--------------|--------------|
(back to VERSE)
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/s/soft_cell/.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Dylan Average |
#1 by Dylan Johnstone at Feb 28, 1970 at 9:12 AM EST |
| Marilyn Mansons cover is better... | |
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Greg Lead Player |
#2 by Greg Marshall at Jan 13, 1971 at 6:56 PM EST |
| the part "baby, baby whrere did our love go?.....please don't leave me no more.." is not in 'tainted love.. it is a Supremes-song that soft cell has covered.. quite good actually:) | |
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Rory Wanna Be |
#3 by Rory Burlet at Oct 6, 1972 at 9:33 PM EST |
| Marc Bolan and Gloria Jones were married, and she was driving the car (a mini) at the time of the accident that killed him in Barnes Common, South London in 1976. He didn't die of AIDS or anything. Where'd you get that? | |
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Samantha Average |
#4 by Samantha Waters at Jun 24, 1974 at 2:12 PM EST |
| perhaps this boy was the victim of a sugar daddy/pedophile. he's just learned how sinister this depraved sodomizer is and has decided to flea the scene before some other young lad is deflowered. | |
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That One Guy Musical Genius |
#5 by That One Guy at Nov 14, 1974 at 3:26 AM EST |
| This song has got to be one of the greatest songs of all time... it rules! Has a beat that seems to never get boring. | |
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Chipper Average |
#6 by Chipper at Sep 27, 1975 at 4:04 PM EST |
| paparoacher 5k, you should lay of the weed you 12 year old pre pubescent pratt. manson is a twat without an oringinal thought in his body | |
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Caleb Lead Player |
#7 by Caleb Kerns at Feb 24, 1980 at 10:31 AM EST |
| I loved listening to the extended musical portion at the end, it was cool to listen to when I was stoned out. Everybody I knew was into AC/DC and Sabbath but I always loved Gary Numan, the Talking Heads and stuff like this. | |
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Andrew Average |
#8 by Andrew Safwat at Apr 18, 1981 at 1:35 AM EST |
| how old was marc almond when he sang this??? this song is awesome, btw. oh..! marilyn manson is a good artist, he's very orignal, but his version is not better. his version of Sweet Dreams is though :D | |
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jordan Average |
#9 by jordan allan at Mar 6, 1983 at 9:55 PM EST |
| DUDE!! this song is the best..me and my mom are always singing it.I love the 80's. they had the best music around, i think. | |
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John Rhythm Player |
#10 by John McElyea at Jul 8, 1984 at 4:14 PM EST |
| actually, there is more lyrics like "baby, baby whrere did our love go?.....please don't leave me no more.." isn't? | |
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Sinan90 Average |
#11 by Sinan90 at May 17, 1990 at 5:22 PM EST |
| haha...........marilyn mansons was NOT better.... | |
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Tom Average |
#12 by Tom Parton at Jun 6, 1990 at 9:34 PM EST |
| I love this song, it's a real shame that Marlyn Manson had to ruin it. Soft Cell does this song so much better. | |
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Rignald Average |
#13 by Rignald Tromp at Apr 13, 1995 at 4:51 AM EST |
| This is such an awesome song! | |
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LiL_meL Wanna Be |
#14 by LiL_meL at Feb 27, 1998 at 8:27 AM EST |
| I always figured that it was a song about AIDS, I mean, Marc Almond in the 80's was a prominent gay figure, and AIDS was an epidemic in the gay community. I love the idea of it still being love, but it has been tainted by something which cannot be solved, it's kind of sad. The music video is very odd though. | |
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bogex Rhythm Player |
#15 by bogex luna at Sep 6, 1998 at 1:36 AM EST |
| this is such an AWESOME song -- the two beats between "sometimes i feel i've got to" beat/beat "run away" that are repeated through the song, MAKE the song! | |
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got floyd? Average |
#16 by got floyd? at Nov 10, 1998 at 3:20 AM EST |
| dmband49, isn't that a Supremes song? | |
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Jared Wanna Be |
#17 by Jared Janak at Dec 20, 2002 at 3:03 AM EST |
| the original song was sung by Gloria Jones, in the 1960s. Soft Cell covered it in the 80s, but the Soft Cell version gives it a slightly...dirtier....undertone than Gloria Jones'. | |
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Rhythm Player |
#18 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at May 3, 2004 at 3:43 PM EST |
| Great song from the 80's. | |
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