| Am Dm | I ache for the touch of your lips, dear |
| G7 C | But much more for the touch of your whips, dear |
| E7 Am | You can raise welts like nobody else |
| E7 Am | As we dance to The Masochism Tango |
| Am Dm | Let our love be a flame, not an ember |
| G7 C | Say it's me that you want to dismember |
| E7 AmDm | Blacken my eye, set fire to my tie |
| E7 Am | As we dance to The Masochism Tango |
| DmG7 CAm | At your command, before you here I stand |
| Dm | My heart is in my hand... (yeechh) |
| AA7 | It's here that I must be |
| DmG7 CAm | My heart entreats, just hear those savage beats |
| DmG7 | And go put on your cleats |
| CE7 | And come and trample me |
| Am Dm | Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany |
| G7 C | That's why I'm in such exquisite agony |
| E7 AmDm | My soul is on fire, it's aflame with desire |
| E7 Am | Which is why I perspire when we tango |
| F ‑ B♭ ‑ | You caught my nose in your left castanet, love |
| E7 ‑ Am ‑ | I can feel the pain yet, love, every time I hear drums |
| B♭ ‑ E♭ ‑ | And I envy the rose that you held in your teeth, love |
| A7 ‑ ‑ ‑ | With the thorns underneath, love, sticking into your gums |
| Am Dm | Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches |
| G7 C | The last time I needed twenty stitches |
| E7 AmDm | To sew up the gash you made with your lash |
| E7 Am | As we danced to The Masochism Tango |
| DmG7 CAm | Bash in my brain, and make me scream with pain |
| Dm | Then kick me once again |
| CE7 | And say we'll never part |
| DmG7 CAm | I know too well, I'm underneath your spell |
| DmG7 | So darling if you smell |
| CE7 | Something burning it's my heart (hiccup) 'Scuse me |
| Am Dm | Take your cigarette from it's holder |
| G7 C | And burn your initials in my shoulder |
| E7 AmDm | Fracture my spine and swear that you're mine |
| E7 Am | As we dance to The Masochism Tango |