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  Tattoo 
  by The Who
  >From The Who Sell Out, 1967
  Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 Fabulous Music Inc./Towser Tunes Ltd
  
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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 
  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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