I touch myself (AUS 1, US 4, IRL 8, UK 10, 1990)     (video)

    C ~ ~

 

       C         Dm      Bb             C 

1. I love myself, I want you to love me,

              C                Dm        Bb            C 

    when I‘m feeling down, I want you above me.

         C             Dm    Bb              C 

    I search myself, I want you to find me,

            C        Dm            Bb           C  

    I forget myself, I want you to remind me.

 

Bb           C    F                     Bb                 C              F

 I don‘t want anybody else when I think about you I touch myself,

     Bb          C     F           Bb                               C

oh, I don‘t want anybody else, oh no, oh no, oh no !

 

                      C 

+  You‘re the one who makes me come running,

F

     you‘re the sun who makes me shine,

F                                                                 - G#

    when you‘re around, I‘m always laughin‘,      I want to make you mine.

 

         C          Dm           Bb             C 

2. I close my eyes and see you before me,

      C                 Dm            Bb            C 

    think I would die, if you were to ignore me,

         C             Dm                Bb          C 

    a fool could see just how much I adore you,

              C                  Dm             Bb            C 

    I get down on my knees, I‘d do anything for you.

 

Bb           C    F                     Bb                 C              F

 I don‘t want anybody else when I think about you I touch myself,

     Bb          C     F           Bb                               C

oh, I don‘t want anybody else, oh no, oh no, oh no !

 

+  C - F - G#

 

       C         Dm      Bb             C 

3. I love myself, I want you to love me,

              C                Dm       Bb            C 

    when I‘m feeling down, I feel you above me.

         C             Dm    Bb              C 

    I search myself, I want you to find me,

            C        Dm            Bb           C  

    I forget myself, I want you to remind me.

 

Bb           C    F                     Bb                 C              F

 I don‘t want anybody else when I think about you I touch myself,

     Bb          C     F           Bb                               C

oh, I don‘t want anybody else, oh no, oh no, oh no !

 

                      C

(spoken :) I want you, I don‘t want anybody else,

                                                                                                      F

    and when I think about you, I touch myself, ooh, ooh, oohoo ! I…

 

   Bb           C    F

+  I don‘t want anybody else,

        Bb                C              F

    when I think about you I touch myself ! (5x with lyrics variations) ….

 

 

    (The Divinyls)