{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2835493,"song":"The Masochism Tango","artist":"Tom Lehrer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11642744-the-masochism-tango-chords-by-tom-lehrer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2835493?type=chord","rating":4.99784,"votes":42,"content":"[Hook]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI ache for the touch of your lips, dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut much more for the touch of your whips, dear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can raise welts like nobody else[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs we dance to the masochism tango[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSay our love is a flame, not an ember[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSay it's me that you want to dismember[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlacken my eye, set fire to my tie[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs we dance to the masochism tango[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt your command before you here I stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy heart is in my hand (Ecch!)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ebdim7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIt's here that I must be[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy heart entreats, just hear those savage beats[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd go put on your cleats and come and trample me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour heart is hard as stone or mahogany[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's why I'm in such exquisite agony[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy soul is on fire, it's aflame with desire[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhich is why I perspire when we tango[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[tab]N.C.          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nYou caught my nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn your left castanet, love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI can feel the pain yet, love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nEv'ry time I hear drums[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd I envy the rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat you held in your teeth, love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWith the thorns underneath, love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSticking into your gums[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour eyes cast a spell that bewitches[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe last time I needed twenty stitches[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo sew up the gash that you made with your lash[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs we danced to the masochism tango[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBash in my brain and make me scream with pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Ebdim7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThen kick me once again and say we'll never part[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know too well I'm underneath your spell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, Darling, if you smell something burning, it's my heart (Hic! 'Scuse me!)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTake your cigarette from its holder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd burn your initials in my shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFracture my spine and swear that you're mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs we dance to the maso- chism tango[/tab]","plain_text":"[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]","chords":["Em","Am","D7","G","B7","Ebdim7","E","E7","C","C7","F","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}