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