Chords for Tom Lehrer: The Masochism Tango (concert live) (1959)
Tempo:
116.85 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
Gm
A
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
Love song is the passionate [N] or fiery variety, usually in tango tempo, in which the singer
exhorts his partner to haunt him and taunt him and, if at all possible, to consume him
with a kiss of fire.
The masochism tango.
[Eb]
[Gm] [C] [Dm]
[Gm] [C] [F] [A]
[Dm] I ache for the touch of [Gm] your lips, dear, but [C] much more for the touch of [F] your whips, dear.
[A] You can raise welts [Dm] like nobody else as we dance to the [Db] masochism [D] tango.
[A] [D]
[Dm] Let our love be a flame, [Gm] not an ember.
[C] Say it's me that you want to [F]
dismember.
[A] Blacken my [Dm]
[Gm] tie [A] as we [Db] dance to the [Dm] masochism tango.
[A] [D]
At your [Gm] command, [C] before you hear [F] I [Dm] stand, my heart is in my [Gm] hand.
Ugh.
[N]
[Dbm] It's here that I [Bm] must be.
[D] My heart [Gm] entreats, [C] just hear those savage [F] beats and [Dm] go put on your cleats and [C] come and trample me.
[A] [Dm] [A]
Your heart is hard as stone or [Gm] mahogany, [C] that's why I'm in such exquisite [F] agony.
[A] My soul is on fire, [Dm] it's aflame [Gm] with desire, [A]
which is why I perspire when [Dm] we [D] tango.
You caught [Bb] my nose in your left [Eb] castanet, love.
I can [A] feel the pain yet, love, every time I [Dm] hear drums.
[Eb] And I [Bb] envy the rose that [Bb] you held in your [Eb] teeth, love.
With the thorns [A] underneath, love, sticking into your gums.
[Dm] Your eyes cast a spell that [Gm] bewitches.
[C] The last time I needed [F] twenty stitches [A] to sew up the gash that [Dm] you made with your lash.
As we [Db] dance to the masochism [D] tango.
Bash [Gm] in my brain [E] and make me scream [F] with pain.
[Dm] Then kick me once again [Db] and say we'll never [D] part.
I know too well [C] I'm underneath [F] your spell.
[Dm] So darling if [Gm] you smell [C] something [G] burning it's my heart.
[Dm] Excuse me.
Take your cigarette from [Gm] its holder [C] and burn your initials in [F] my shoulder.
[A] Fracture my spine [Dm] and swear that [Gm] you're mine.
As we [A] dance to the [D] masochism tango.
[Db]
[Bb]
[Dm] [C]
[Bb] [Db]
[F] [Bb]
Love song is the passionate [N] or fiery variety, usually in tango tempo, in which the singer
exhorts his partner to haunt him and taunt him and, if at all possible, to consume him
with a kiss of fire.
The masochism tango.
[Eb]
[Gm] [C] [Dm]
[Gm] [C] [F] [A]
[Dm] I ache for the touch of [Gm] your lips, dear, but [C] much more for the touch of [F] your whips, dear.
[A] You can raise welts [Dm] like nobody else as we dance to the [Db] masochism [D] tango.
[A] [D]
[Dm] Let our love be a flame, [Gm] not an ember.
[C] Say it's me that you want to [F]
dismember.
[A] Blacken my [Dm]
[Gm] tie [A] as we [Db] dance to the [Dm] masochism tango.
[A] [D]
At your [Gm] command, [C] before you hear [F] I [Dm] stand, my heart is in my [Gm] hand.
Ugh.
[N]
[Dbm] It's here that I [Bm] must be.
[D] My heart [Gm] entreats, [C] just hear those savage [F] beats and [Dm] go put on your cleats and [C] come and trample me.
[A] [Dm] [A]
Your heart is hard as stone or [Gm] mahogany, [C] that's why I'm in such exquisite [F] agony.
[A] My soul is on fire, [Dm] it's aflame [Gm] with desire, [A]
which is why I perspire when [Dm] we [D] tango.
You caught [Bb] my nose in your left [Eb] castanet, love.
I can [A] feel the pain yet, love, every time I [Dm] hear drums.
[Eb] And I [Bb] envy the rose that [Bb] you held in your [Eb] teeth, love.
With the thorns [A] underneath, love, sticking into your gums.
[Dm] Your eyes cast a spell that [Gm] bewitches.
[C] The last time I needed [F] twenty stitches [A] to sew up the gash that [Dm] you made with your lash.
As we [Db] dance to the masochism [D] tango.
Bash [Gm] in my brain [E] and make me scream [F] with pain.
[Dm] Then kick me once again [Db] and say we'll never [D] part.
I know too well [C] I'm underneath [F] your spell.
[Dm] So darling if [Gm] you smell [C] something [G] burning it's my heart.
[Dm] Excuse me.
Take your cigarette from [Gm] its holder [C] and burn your initials in [F] my shoulder.
[A] Fracture my spine [Dm] and swear that [Gm] you're mine.
As we [A] dance to the [D] masochism tango.
[Db]
[Bb]
[Dm] [C]
[Bb] [Db]
Key:
Dm
Gm
A
C
F
Dm
Gm
A
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Love song is the passionate [N] or fiery variety, usually in tango tempo, in which the singer
exhorts his partner to haunt him and taunt him and, if at all possible, to consume him
with a kiss of fire. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The masochism tango.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Dm] I ache for the touch of [Gm] your lips, dear, but [C] much more for the touch of [F] your whips, dear.
_ [A] You can raise welts [Dm] like nobody else as we dance to the [Db] masochism [D] tango.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] Let our love be a flame, [Gm] not an ember.
[C] Say it's me that you want to [F] _
dismember.
_ [A] _ Blacken my _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] tie [A] as we [Db] dance to the [Dm] masochism tango.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
At your [Gm] command, [C] before you hear [F] I [Dm] stand, my heart is in my [Gm] hand.
Ugh.
[N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] It's here that I [Bm] must be.
[D] My heart [Gm] entreats, [C] just hear those savage [F] beats and [Dm] go put on your cleats and [C] come and trample me.
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A]
Your heart is hard as stone or [Gm] mahogany, [C] that's why I'm in such exquisite [F] agony.
[A] My soul is on fire, [Dm] it's aflame [Gm] with desire, [A]
which is why I perspire when [Dm] we [D] tango.
You caught [Bb] my nose _ in your left _ [Eb] castanet, love. _
I can [A] feel the pain yet, love, every time I [Dm] hear drums.
_ [Eb] And I [Bb] envy the rose that [Bb] you held in your [Eb] teeth, love. _
With the thorns [A] underneath, love, sticking into your gums.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Your eyes cast a spell that [Gm] bewitches.
[C] The last time I needed [F] twenty stitches _ [A] to sew up the gash that [Dm] you made with your lash.
As we [Db] dance to the masochism [D] tango.
Bash [Gm] in my brain [E] and make me scream [F] with pain.
[Dm] Then kick me once again [Db] and say we'll never [D] part.
I know too well [C] I'm underneath [F] your spell.
[Dm] So darling if [Gm] you smell [C] something [G] burning it's my heart.
[Dm] Excuse me.
Take your cigarette from [Gm] its holder _ [C] and burn your initials in [F] my shoulder.
_ _ [A] Fracture my spine [Dm] and swear that [Gm] you're mine.
As we [A] dance to the _ [D] masochism tango. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Love song is the passionate [N] or fiery variety, usually in tango tempo, in which the singer
exhorts his partner to haunt him and taunt him and, if at all possible, to consume him
with a kiss of fire. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The masochism tango.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Dm] I ache for the touch of [Gm] your lips, dear, but [C] much more for the touch of [F] your whips, dear.
_ [A] You can raise welts [Dm] like nobody else as we dance to the [Db] masochism [D] tango.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] Let our love be a flame, [Gm] not an ember.
[C] Say it's me that you want to [F] _
dismember.
_ [A] _ Blacken my _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] tie [A] as we [Db] dance to the [Dm] masochism tango.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
At your [Gm] command, [C] before you hear [F] I [Dm] stand, my heart is in my [Gm] hand.
Ugh.
[N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] It's here that I [Bm] must be.
[D] My heart [Gm] entreats, [C] just hear those savage [F] beats and [Dm] go put on your cleats and [C] come and trample me.
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A]
Your heart is hard as stone or [Gm] mahogany, [C] that's why I'm in such exquisite [F] agony.
[A] My soul is on fire, [Dm] it's aflame [Gm] with desire, [A]
which is why I perspire when [Dm] we [D] tango.
You caught [Bb] my nose _ in your left _ [Eb] castanet, love. _
I can [A] feel the pain yet, love, every time I [Dm] hear drums.
_ [Eb] And I [Bb] envy the rose that [Bb] you held in your [Eb] teeth, love. _
With the thorns [A] underneath, love, sticking into your gums.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Your eyes cast a spell that [Gm] bewitches.
[C] The last time I needed [F] twenty stitches _ [A] to sew up the gash that [Dm] you made with your lash.
As we [Db] dance to the masochism [D] tango.
Bash [Gm] in my brain [E] and make me scream [F] with pain.
[Dm] Then kick me once again [Db] and say we'll never [D] part.
I know too well [C] I'm underneath [F] your spell.
[Dm] So darling if [Gm] you smell [C] something [G] burning it's my heart.
[Dm] Excuse me.
Take your cigarette from [Gm] its holder _ [C] and burn your initials in [F] my shoulder.
_ _ [A] Fracture my spine [Dm] and swear that [Gm] you're mine.
As we [A] dance to the _ [D] masochism tango. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _