Tortured Soul chords by Graham Parker

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Am
E
D
Bm
Em
F
G
F#m
A
F#dim
Fdim

Intro 1

Verse 1
E 
Am 
You  (E major) don't have to buy  (A minor) into this.
E 
Am 
You don't  (E major) have to pay that kind of price.  (A minor) 
E 
D 
You  (E major) can easily get rid  (D major) of this.
Bm 
E 
You can be stu (B minor) pid or you can be wise.  (E major) 
Am 
You don't have to get out of  (A minor) it,
Em 
Am 
you  (E minor) don't have to sweat blood  (A minor) 
E 
D 
You  (E major) don't have to live like a  (D major) turtle in a pond,
Bm 
E 
 (B minor) up  to your neck in mud  (E major) 
Em 
D 
F 
E 
Em 
Well,  (E minor) whatever's  (D major) got you crippled  (F major)  (E major) with pain,  (E minor) 
G 
Am 
F#m 
F 
whatever (G major)  (A minor) 's  (F sharp minor) got   you bur (F major) ied in a hole
Em 
G 
A 
 (E minor) You  (G major) don't  (A major) have to give
Am 
F 
Am 
 (A minor) it no clin (F major) ical  (A minor) name, no
E 
Bm 
 (E major) You  (B minor) don't have to be a tortured soul
E 
A 
Am 
 (E major) No, no, no, no  (A major)  (A minor) 
No tortured soul
E 
Am 
A 
You  (E major) don't have to be stupefied  (A minor)  (A major) 
E 
Am 
Crushed  (E major) underfoot like a slave  (A minor) 
E 
D 
You  (E major) don't have to be riddled  (D major) with envy
Bm 
E 
Chas (B minor) ing the illusions you crave  (E major) 
Am 
You don't have to feel pres (A minor) surized
A 
E 
Am 
 (A major) You  (E major) can just take off the lid  (A minor) 
E 
You  (E major) don't have to be
D 
haunted  (D major) forever
Bm 
E 
About  (B minor) something you did  (E major) 
Em 
Well,  (E minor) whatever's got you
F 
Em 
crippled  (F major) with pain  (E minor) 
Am 
F#dim 
Whatever (A minor) 's  got  (F sharpdim) you
F 
E 
buried  (F major) in  (E major) a  hole
G 
A 
F#dim 
You  (G major) don't  (A major) have to give  (F sharpdim) it
F 
A 
no fancy  (F major) name,  (A major) no
Bm 
You  (B minor) don't have to be a tortured soul,
E 
Am 
 (E major) no, no, no, no  (A minor) 
Yeah, no tortured soul
No, no, no, no
No, no tortured soul
D 
E 
Yeah,  (D major)  (E major) the dark demons
Am 
A 
may taunt  (A minor) you  (A major) 
Am 
 (A minor) Bald
E 
Am 
 (E major) Scots may call out your name  (A minor) 
E 
Em 
D 
 (E major) Diseased  (E minor) whores may flaunt  (D major) 
themselves in front of you
Bm 
E 
But  (B minor) that's the oldest game  (E major) 
A 
Am 
A 
All that broken glass that you sit  (A major) on  (A minor)  (A major) 
Em 
E 
Em 
Am 
All  (E minor) that  (E major) ledge you keep on  (E minor) your roof  (A minor) 
Em 
E 
That  (E minor) albatross  (E major) you hang round your
D 
neck  (D major) like an unlucky charm
Bm 
That  (B minor) all keeps you from the truth
E 
Em 
Am 
 (E major) No, you don't have to buy  (E minor) into  (A minor) it
Em 
You don't  (E minor) have to pay
Am 
that kind  (A minor) of  price
Em 
E 
You  (E minor) don't  (E major) have to live
D 
in self  (D major) -persecution
Bm 
E 
You can be  (B minor) stupid and you can be wise  (E major) 
G 
D 
Well,  (G major) whatever's  (D major) got
F#dim 
F 
you  (F sharpdim) crippled  (F major) with pain
Em 
G 
 (E minor) Whatever (G major) 's got
F#m 
F 
 (F sharp minor) you   buried  (F major) in a hole
Em 
Am 
F#dim 
 (E minor) You don't have  (A minor) to  give  (F sharpdim) it no
Fdim 
F 
A 
technic (Fdim) al     name,  (F major)  (A major) no
Bm 
E 
You  (B minor) don't have to be a tortured soul  (E major) 
Bm 
E 
You don't have  (B minor) to be a tortured soul  (E major) 
Am 
No, no, no, no  (A minor) 
No tortured soul
No, no, no, no
No tortured soul
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