I got this from a place called Whotabs, and I had to share it with you guys, great song!
transcribed by 1996-05-19 Whotabs
litgo@aol.com rev 2000-08-14 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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-------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/who/tattoo_tab.html ]
|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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