Instant Pleasure Guitar Tab

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"Instant Pleasure"  as performed by Rufus Wainwright
Written by: Seth Swirsky

D               A        G
I don't want somebody to love me
      D              A       G
Just give me sex whenever I want it
       D               C          G                  F                G    D
'Cause all I asked for is instant pleasure, instant pleasure, instant pleasure


You in the traffic for all eternity
How could that speed be where you want to be
Said don't you really want instant pleasure, instant pleasure, instant pleasure

Bm                   A
Think that all these folks get laid?
Bm               A
Do it 'cause the pay is great
G         F#/D     Em7
What you thinking anyway?


If drinkin' coffee's your idea of really cool
You can't expect no crazy chick to notice you
Just sittin' there dreamin' instant pleasure, instant pleasure, instant pleasure
Instant pleasure, instant pleasure

SOLO--same chords as verse


If you want someone a friend to be
Guess you'll have to win the lottery
But 'til then maybe, left to me

I don't want somebody to love me
Just give me sex whenever I want it
'Cause all I asked for is instant pleasure, instant pleasure, instant pleasure
Instant pleasure...

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Damien Wanna Be	#1 by Damien Pritchard at Mar 8, 1972 at 12:37 PM EST
	this song hakes me happy in so many ways. i love the way it it moves and i dig the downright dirty-ness of it. it is my thoughts exactly.

No Picture black Rhythm Player	#2 by black rose at Mar 6, 1975 at 5:00 PM EST
	I remember the first time I listened to this song. I kept thinking, "is that really what he's saying?" It has a great beat, danceable, and come on, you know it makes you smile listening to it. I had started to have a Rufus kick after hearing him in Moulin Rouge, and downloaded everything I could get my hands on. I wish he wrote it, though.

No Picture josh Average	#3 by josh meador at Feb 23, 1978 at 8:30 AM EST
	I agree with the paint conjecture. If you listen to that part of the song, you can clearly hear something more forceful being sung than laid. A "P" sound, not an "L" sound. Anyway, would that be talking about artists who paint folks havin' sex?

No Picture Ryan Wanna Be	#4 by Ryan Carter at Dec 12, 1979 at 3:57 AM EST
	this is the cutest song. and rufus sings it so well. i wish he'd written it. the best part has gotta be "if drinkin' coffee's your idea of really cool ya can't expect no crazy chick ta notice you". makes me smile every time.

No Picture The Guitar Guy Lead Player	#5 by The Guitar Guy at May 15, 1980 at 6:28 AM EST
	matagiel - who wrote it then?

No Picture Ryan Average	#6 by Ryan Jones at Feb 28, 1981 at 12:02 PM EST
	i love this song. its so raunchy

No Picture julian Average	#7 by julian at Aug 2, 1983 at 8:58 AM EST
	To me this song is all about how one just can't be passive and expect love to fall into your lap. You have to do something to make it happen, "...If drinkin coffee is your idea of really cool you can't expect no crazy chick to notice you ..." This song, along with other rufus songs like Imaginary Love are my favourite they seem to impart a realistic wisdom concerning love, it lets us empathize with his life and experiences. Almost all of his songs do this which why he could be consisdered one of the great songwriters of our time at least, if not in years and years to come. (I couldn't belive this was on the big daddy soundtrack ... BUT IT IS the scene with jon stewart putting on the roof of his apartment.)

No Picture Kyle Average	#8 by Kyle Lester at Oct 19, 1983 at 6:59 AM EST
	Haha. I agree with ChrissyTina. It's so much fun to just listen to the music, and bob your head along-- but then you listen to the lyrics.. and you laugh, because it is so very blatantly all about getting laid.

No Picture Ahhma Average	#9 by Ahhma Yomamma at Apr 24, 1988 at 6:30 AM EST
	Could he be anymore blunt about human nature? It's exactly what everyone longs for but the thing that most are afraid to admit. Through his blunt approach he gets his message across nicely.

No Picture zach Wanna Be	#10 by zach lilly at Aug 3, 1988 at 3:05 PM EST
	I don't care what this song "means." All I know is it makes me increbibly happy and want to dance!

No Picture kyle Badass	#11 by kyle .,., at Feb 6, 1992 at 7:24 PM EST
	Actually I think the lyrics are wrong... I was so sure that it was "Think that all these folks that PAINT, do it cause the pay is great." The original song, written and sung by talented LA musician Seth Swirsky, included a line in which he says all he wants to do is paint, "but I heard the pay ain't great, think I'll do it anyway." I don't think its "laid." Though that seems cheekier and raunchier, I think the correct verb is "paint." Rufus did change around some of the lyrics (the original had the somewhat less blunt "All I want is somebody to love me, AND give me sex whenever I want it") I think he actually did retain the "paint" lyric.

No Picture phoen Average	#12 by phoen bay at Dec 18, 1993 at 12:18 PM EST
	Some guy named Seth Swirsky.

No Picture black Rhythm Player	#13 by black rose at Apr 15, 1998 at 1:46 PM EST
	The story of my life

No Picture Lead Player	#14 by Michael Leathers at May 25, 2005 at 3:11 AM EST
	you know he's gay...its kinda strange he wrote it not about guys..?..weird

No Picture David Average	#15 by David Turner at Jun 23, 2005 at 12:28 AM EST
	Well Rufus didn't actually write this song, but I agree with you. I like that it wasn't simply written for "shock value". Just actual thoughts put down on paper.

No Picture Scott Average	#16 by Scott Muir at Feb 6, 2006 at 4:10 AM EST
	i love songs like this that are actually really good songs but are funny at the same time. i like to put this on mix cds for people because the first two lines always take them by surprise

No Picture Jake Average	#17 by Jake m at Apr 13, 2006 at 2:09 PM EST
	wow i was dumbfounded the first time i heard this song.. but now it has become one of my favorites.. this song, like the sex it sings of, is soooo addicting.. :-)

No Picture The Guitar Guy Lead Player	#18 by The Guitar Guy at May 5, 2006 at 11:42 PM EST
	I think the meaning of this is pretty obvious, but if you haven't made out with someone to this song...you should...immediately.

No Picture Basstard Professional	#19 by Basstard at Jul 30, 2006 at 9:02 PM EST
	A lot of my friends dont like Rufus Wainwright and think that I am so weird. But lyrics like these make me go crazy I just love him for his honesty. At one time in your life all you are going to want is Instant Pleasure. Its saying that Sex isnt always done for love. And I love it because everyone knows this is true and just wont say it.