From: [email protected]
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
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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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