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From: Litgo@aol.com
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 Fmaj7
Me and my brother were talking to each other
Cadd9 BbII Dadd2
About what makes a man a man
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
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, tat-too
|-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
D D/C#
I expect I'll regret you
G/B A
But the skin graft man won't get you
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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