Tablature tattoo - The Beautiful South

          



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  Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 11:08:40 -0700

  From: misterme@netcom.com (Sir Not Appearing in this Film)

  Subject: Beautiful South - 'Tattoo'

  

  Tattoo

  by Paul Heaton and David Rotheray

  

  A           F#              Bm    E

  Sadness has filled a lonely place

    A         F#               Bm   E

  Before that there was just a hole

     A                 F#            Bm   E

  At least now there's sadness on my face

     A             F#                Bb   E

  My lower lip has finally found its role

  

  So the wind and the rain and the snow

  Had no particular place to go

  So they thought they'd come and spend some time with me

  They're better friends than you could ever be

  

  [Chorus]

            D    E             A

  There's a tattoo, a small tattoo

  D             E          A

  Waiting there unpaid for you

             D                E

  And if you ever bump into Unlucky

           A                           F#m

  Don't forget who broke your heart in two

        D                E                A              D

  You'd better get there early, there's a million in the queue

                       E             D    A

  Just waiting for the name on their tattoo

  [end Chorus]

  

  Emptiness has filled a vacant heart

  Finally found a place for it to hide

  An as I wander like a fool from bar to bar

  Empty has become my greatest guide

  

  And the tears and the pain and the despise

  Looked at me through bankrupt eyes

  They had nowhere else that they could land

  So I invited them to take my bloody hand

  

  [Chorus]

  

     F             Am           E7               Am

  So queuing for a tattoo and I can't decide the name

           F          Am          E7    Am

  I've been wondering night after night

            F               Am         E7                  Am

  When they put that needle in me I'll scream your name in pain

       F              Am             E7    A

  And I hope he spells "you bastard" right

  

  B-A-S-T-A-R-D, stick that needle deep in me

  

  Lyrics (C) 1994 Island Music Ltd. (I think), used without permission.

  Please send any corrections to Dylan Salisbury <misterme@netcom.com>

  

   


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 Tattoo, de The beautiful south 

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