xYou Tattooed Me Tom Robinson transcribed by Mike Underwood ([email protected]) Chords used: A B E F#m G#m C#m intro: F#m A(5th fr) G# B(7th fr) C#m A B Verse: C#m Stranded in Antwerp June '54 F#m Streets full of refugees A B And rumours of war C#m In a queue at the station A stranger arrived F#m You walked up & fixed me A B With wild hazel eyes But the hotel was crowded I followed in fright You slammed the door behind us And smashed out the light You said "why try to fight it?" To my racing heart Then we nuzzled like animals And kissed in the dark Bridge: E We wrecked the bed spent the rent A Left there without a cent F#m A C#m B Drank the fare and never made the train A G#m B Till 25 I was barely alive F#m A B And I wondered what hit me Chorus: A C#m G#m B A C#m B When you tattooed me... tattooed me A C#m G#m B You tattooed me tattooed me A B C#m A B And I wondered what hit me when you came Shacked up in basements Behind broken doors Bugs in the blankets And glass on the floor Cold broke & hungry With quarrels and fights Coughing blood through the winter I felt so alive And then on one fatal day You signed your life away I was too weak for alarm I was drunk and asleep As you left for the fleet You tattooed your name on my arm Yeah you tattooed me tattooed me You tattooed me tattooed me Your name with a needle in my arm Break (flamenco strum as required) C#m A B A With the peace in Geneva The world crawled away From the brink of oblivion We all breathed again And when you deserted No more letters came My life cut to pieces I started again And when I was on the mend I drifted to Zaventem Worked there unloading the plane And I paid my way On a thousand a day And I never did see you again But you tattooed me... tattooed me You tattooed me tattooed me You tattooed me tattooed me You tattooed me tattooed me And the mark of the needle remains You tattooed me tattooed me And I knew that we'd never meet again
