The Mountain Goats – Fresh Tattoo (Guitar)

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[Intro] F# B F# x2 [Verse 1]
F#  B                     F#
    Tattoo of the seventh shield

F#    A#        B
Still wet on my skin

C#     B                           D#m  G#
     You're all crumpled up on the curb there

D   A                          E
    I think I'm gonna take you in
[Verse 2]
F#  B                       F#
    Always had to follow my instincts

F#  A#                     B
    Usually, I'm out on my own

C#   B                            D#m   G#
    You there by the road wet and helpless

D       A                      E
    What happens if I take you home?
[Chorus]
F#
You may forget the whys and wheres
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
B               C#                   D#m
But usually, you recall the day you got one

B      C#                       F#
   And usually, it fades in the sun
[Verse 3]
F#  B                      F#
    Headed for a season in exile

F#        A#      B
    As the oracle predicted

C#  B                   D#m   G#
    According to reliable sources

D      A                       E
    In thirty days I'm getting evicted
[Verse 4]
F#  B                             F#
    Trying not to scratch where it itches

F#    A#                        B
    It takes a certain level of discipline

C#  B                             D#m  G#
    Not even half a second by the light switch

D   A                           E
    Let the future flood right in
[Chorus]
F#
You may forget the whys and wheres
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
B               C#                   D#m
But usually, you recall the day you got one

B      C#                       F#
   And usually, it fades in the sun
[Bridge]
D                          A
   Usually, the lines grow faint

E                F#m
   Like old house paint

              D           A        E
Just a way to mark the years gone by

             D
You lay on the couch

E      F#m
Three weeks

C#                                       D
   Until the color came back into your cheeks

A                         G       D
   I'd seen ones like you before

               E
Plenty came through before
F# [Verse 5]
F#  B                             F#
    Legend on the shield in Greek

F#              A#           B
    "What's that say?" you said

C#  B                             D#m        G#
    I gave you an answer that I thought you'd buy

G#m             C#                D#m             G#       B
All of this will disappear in the twinkling of an eye
[Chorus]
F#
You may forget the whys and wheres
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
B               C#                   D#m
But usually, you recall the day you got one

B      C#                       D#m
   And usually, it fades in the sun

             B            F#
But not this one
[Outro] F#