Its A Sin Guitar Tab

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Artist: Pet Shop Boys 
Album: Actually 
Title: It's A Sin 

Strum: D DUDUDU

Verse 1:

Em             Am           D
When I look back upon my life
               G                 C
It's always with a sense of shame
               Am               B7
I've always been the one to blame
Em           Am            D
For everything I long to do
            G                C
No matter when or where or who
             Am
Has one thing in common, too

Chorus:

B7                               Em
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
C         Em   C
It's a sin
Am               
Everything I've ever done
B7
Everything I ever do
Am
Every place I've ever been
B7
Everywhere I'm going to
         Em
It's a sin

Verse 2: (same chords as vs1)

At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

Chorus:

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

Bridge:

Em                  Gm
Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it
Bm                       Em 
Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
                        Gm
Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it
Bm                               C
Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care
           D               B7
And I still don't understand

Verse 3 (same as vs 1+2)

So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

Chorus:

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to - it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture SLIPKNOT FUCING Rhythm Player	#1 by SLIPKNOT FUCING RULES!!!! v at Apr 30, 1982 at 3:49 AM EST
	I agree. This song is definitely about a person's lifelong shame and guilt over his homosexuality. This individual most likely attended parochial school due to terms like "Father forgive me" and the ending phrase in latin which translates as: I confess to almighty God And to you my brothers That I have sinned exceedingly In thought, word, act and omission Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault

No Picture Marks Average	#2 by Marks at Jun 9, 1983 at 9:34 PM EST
	it isn't just homosexuality. The catholic church were annoyed with this song, and that was before he came out of the closet. He was stating that no matter what he did, where he was, what he said, he was committing one of the 7 deadly sins, it was the way he had been made to think when he was at school and he is ironically stating about how impossible it is NOT to commit a 'sin'.

No Picture ashley Wanna Be	#3 by ashley pudding at Oct 19, 1988 at 7:33 AM EST
	I see this as a song about "shopping" for information. I have often thought of Actually (the album this song comes from) as an album story about criminals, and this is one of the episodes where they are "Shopping" for people's private information.....theyre basically fraudsters.

No Picture Ulti` Average	#4 by Ulti` 89 at Feb 9, 1990 at 11:01 AM EST
	As a lapsed catholic myself, I really undersand the song. You can't really go through life without "sinning" - this song gives catholism a kick up the arse. I love it.

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#5 by Alex Jurek at May 29, 1998 at 10:49 AM EST
	NO - This was actually written during the sell off of British Gas and Telecom into the private sector. The government were saying how it would be definitely for everyone's benefit, particularly as Joe P would be able to buy a slice. What they didn't tell us is that we would be buying into their troubles as well, and that the price of shares can go down as well as up....

No Picture cody Rhythm Player	#6 by cody watts at Sep 15, 1999 at 6:09 PM EST
	One of their greatest hits, this song is as has been suggested above, the Church's predjudice against homosexuality, and how his whole life is "a sin" because the church says so. The video for this song shows Neil as a religious figure begging for forgiveness.