Tattoo The Who
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:57:52 -0400
Subject: TAB: Tattoo By: WHO
Tattoo
By The Who
written by Pete Townshend
>From The Who Sell Out, 1967
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Bb+b5: xx8760
Fmaj7: xx7560
Cadd9: xx5530
Bbadd9+b5: xx3310 (denoted by BbII below)
D/C#: x4x232 or x4x23x
G/B: x20033 or x2003x
Dadd2: xx0230
D: xx0232
Ano3rd: x02255
(intro and verse pattern)
[Bb+b5] [Fmaj7] [Cadd9] [Bbadd9+b5]
----0-----0-- ----0-----0-- ----0-----0-- ----0-----0--- ---6-6---6-6- ---6-6---6-6- ---3-3---3-3- ---1-1---1-1-- --7-----7---- --5-----5---- --5-----5---- --3-----3----- -8-----8----- -7-----7----- -5-----5----- -3-----3------ ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
[Bb+b5]Me and my brother were [Fmaj7]talking to each other
Cadd9 BbII Dadd2
About what makes a man a man
Was it br[Bb+b5]ain or brawn, the [Fmaj7]month you were born
Cadd9 BbII Dadd2 D
We just couldn't understand
Our [D]old man didn't [G]like our ap[D]pearance[D] [Dsus4] [D]
G Asus4 Ano3
He said that only women wear long hair
So [Bb+b5]me and my brother borrowed [Fmaj7]money from mother
Cadd9 BbII Dadd2
We knew what we had to do
We [Bb+b5]went downstairs, past the [Fmaj7]barber and gymnasium
Cadd9 BbII Dadd2/D
And got our arms tattooed
[D]Welcome to my [D]life, tat-[D]too [Dsus] [D]
-2------------- --------- -2---2--3--2---- -3------------- -3------- -3---3--3--3---- -2------------- -2------- -2---2--2--2---- -0------------- -0------- -0---0--0--0---- ----4----2--0-- ----4-2-0 ---------------- --------------- --------- ----------------
D (as above) D D
I'm a man now, thanks to you
I expect [D]I'll regret you[D/C#]
But the skin graft [G/B]man won't get you[A]
G Asus4 Ano3 Bb+b5 Fmaj7 Cadd9 BbII
You'l be there when I die tattoo
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
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litgo@aol.com
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