Masochism Tango Chords & Lyrics by Tom Lehrer
Masochism Tango
guitar chords lyrics
Em Am
I ache for the touch of your lips, dear
D7 G
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear
B7 Em Am
You can raise welts like nobody else
B7 Em
As we dance to the masochism tango
Em Am
Let our love be a flame, not an ember
D7 G
Say it's me that you want to dismember
B7 Em Am
Blacken my eye, set fire to my tie
B7 Em
As we dance to the masochism tango
Am D7 G
At your command before you here I stand
Em Am
My heart is in my hand
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Ebdim7 E E7
It's here that I must be
Am D7 G
My heart entreats, just hear those savage beats
Em Am D7 G B7
And go put on your cleats and come and trample me
Em Am
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany
D7 G
Which is why I'm in such exquisite agony
B7 Em Am
My soul is on fire, it's aflame with desire
B7 Em
Which is why I perspire when we tango
C C7
You caught my nose
F
In your left castanet, love
B7
I can feel the pain yet, love
Em
Ev'ry time I hear drums
C C7
And I envy the rose
F
That you held in your teeth, love
B7
With the thorns underneath, love
Em B7
Sticking into your gums
Em Am
Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches
D7 G
The last time I needed twenty stitches
B7 Em Am
To sew up the gash that you made with your lash
B7 Em
As we danced to the masochism tango
Am D7 G
Bash in my brain and make me scream with pain
Em Am Ebdim7 E E7
Then kick me once again and say we'll never part
Am D7 G
I know too well I'm underneath your spell
Em Am D7 G B7
So, Darling, if you smell something burning, it's my heart
Em Am
Take your cigarette from its holder
D7 G
And burn your initials in my shoulder
B7 Em Am
Fracture my spine and swear that you're mine
B7 Em
As we dance to the masochism tango
