The Who

The Who - Tattoo (live) guitar tab

TATTOO

(The Who)

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

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