The Who – Tattoo (Guitar)

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Chords

from live at leeds Bb+b5 xx8760 Fmaj7 xx7560
Cadd9        xx5530
Bbadd9+b5    xx3310 (denoted by BbII below)
D/C# x4x232 G6/B x20032 A6sus4 (D/A) x00232 or x02232 Dadd2 xx0230 D xx0232 G 3x0033 A5 x02255
[intro and verse pattern]
|Bb+b5       |Fmaj7       |Cadd9       |Bbadd9+b5   |Bbadd9+b5   |
|---0-----0--|---0-----0--|---0-----0--|---0-----0--|---0-----0--|
|--6-6---6-6-|--6-6---6-6-|--3-3---3-3-|--1-1---1-1-|--1-1---1-1-|
|-7-----7----|-5-----5----|-5-----5----|-3-----3----|-3-----3----|
|8-----8-----|7-----7-----|5-----5-----|3-----3-----|3-----3-----|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
Bb+b5 |Fmaj7 Me and my brother were talking to each other
     |Cadd9        BbII |Dadd2        |
About what makes a man a man

                        |---0----0----|
                        |--3-3--3-2---|
                        |-2----2------|
                        |0----0-------|
                        |-------------|
                        |-------------|
|Bb+b5 |Fmaj7 Was it brain or brawn, the month you were born
  |Cadd9         BbII|Dadd2   |D
We just couldn't understand

   |D              G         |D        D Dsus4 D
Our old man didn't like our appearance

            |D          G        |Asus4     Ano3
He said that only women wear long hair
|Bb+b5 |Fmaj7 So me and my brother borrowed money from mother
  |Cadd9              |BbII   Dadd2
We knew what we had to do
|Bb+b5 |Fmaj7 We went downstairs, past the barber and gymnasium
   |Cadd9          |BbII  Dadd2 |D    |
And got our arms tattooed

|D             D       |D     Dsus D |
 Welcome to my life, tattoo 

|----------------------|----2-3-2----|
|3-------------3-------|----3-3-3----|
|2-------------2-------|----2-2-2----|
|0-------------0-------|0---0-0-0----|
|---4----2--0-----4-2-0|-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|

     |D        D        |D    Dsus4 D  |
I'm a man now, thanks to you
| % | % |
   |     D              D/C#
I expect I'll regret you

       |           G6/B            A6sus4
But the skin graft man won't get you

      |G              |A5*  |A5    |Bb+b5 |Fmaj7 |Cadd9 |BbII   |    |
You'll be there when I die       tattoo
[note: A5* played as Asus4 in stage versions] My dad beat me 'cause mine said mother But my mother naturally liked it and beat my brother 'Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude And my mother thought that was extremely rude Welcome to my life, tattoo We've a long time together, me and you I expect I'll regret you But the skin graft man won't get you You'll be there when I die, tattoo Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over My wife is tattooed, too A rooty-toot-toot, rooty-tooty-tooty-toot Rooty-toodle-toodle tattoo too to you