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.