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Tattoo   The Beautiful South

 
 



 
 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 11:08:40 -0700<br/>
 
 Subject: Beautiful South - 'Tattoo'<br/>
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 Tattoo<br/>
 by Paul Heaton and David Rotheray<br/>
 <br/>
 A           F#              Bm    E<br/>
 Sadness has filled a lonely place<br/>
   A         F#               Bm   E<br/>
 Before that there was just a hole<br/>
    A                 F#            Bm   E<br/>
 At least now there's sadness on my face<br/>
    A             F#                Bb   E<br/>
 My lower lip has finally found its role<br/>
 <br/>
 So the wind and the rain and the snow<br/>
 Had no particular place to go<br/>
 So they thought they'd come and spend some time with me<br/>
 They're better friends than you could ever be<br/>
 <br/>
 [Chorus]<br/>
           D    E             A<br/>
 There's a tattoo, a small tattoo<br/>
 D             E          A<br/>
 Waiting there unpaid for you<br/>
            D                E<br/>
 And if you ever bump into Unlucky<br/>
          A                           F#m<br/>
 Don't forget who broke your heart in two<br/>
       D                E                A              D<br/>
 You'd better get there early, there's a million in the queue<br/>
                      E             D    A<br/>
 Just waiting for the name on their tattoo<br/>
 [end Chorus]<br/>
 <br/>
 Emptiness has filled a vacant heart<br/>
 Finally found a place for it to hide<br/>
 An as I wander like a fool from bar to bar<br/>
 Empty has become my greatest guide<br/>
 <br/>
 And the tears and the pain and the despise<br/>
 Looked at me through bankrupt eyes<br/>
 They had nowhere else that they could land<br/>
 So I invited them to take my bloody hand<br/>
 <br/>
 [Chorus]<br/>
 <br/>
    F             Am           E7               Am<br/>
 So queuing for a tattoo and I can't decide the name<br/>
          F          Am          E7    Am<br/>
 I've been wondering night after night<br/>
           F               Am         E7                  Am<br/>
 When they put that needle in me I'll scream your name in pain<br/>
      F              Am             E7    A<br/>
 And I hope he spells "you bastard" right<br/>
 <br/>
 B-A-S-T-A-R-D, stick that needle deep in me<br/>
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 Lyrics (C) 1994 Island Music Ltd. (I think), used without permission.<br/>
 Please send any corrections to Dylan Salisbury <br/>
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