Tattoo by The Who
From The Who Sell Out
[Intro and Verse]
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[Verse 1]
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Me and my brother were talking to each other
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About what makes a man a man
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Was it brain or brawn, the month you were born
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We just couldn't understand
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Our old man didn't like our appearance
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He said that only women wear long hair
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So me and my brother borrowed money from mother
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We knew what we had to do
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We went downstairs, past the barber and gymnasium
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And got our arms tattooed
[Chorus]
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Welcome to my life, tattoo
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I'm a man now, thanks to you
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I expect I'll regret you
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But the skin graft man won't get you
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You'll be there when I die tattoo
[Verse 2]
Bbadd+11 Fmaj7
My dad beat me 'cause mine said mother
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But my mother naturally liked it and beat my brother
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'Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude
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And my mother thought that was extremely rude
[Chorus]
D D Dsus4 D
Welcome to my life, tattoo
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We've a long time together, me and you
D
I expect I'll regret you
G Asus4
But the skin graft man won't get you
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You'll be there when I die, tattoo
[Verse 3]
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Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over
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My wife is tattooed, too
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A rooty-toot-toot, rooty-tooty-tooty-toot
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Rooty-toodle-toodle tattoo too to you
