Van Halen - Tattoo

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tattoo – van halen
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tabbed by : isaias garcia ( texasfury )

tuning : standard

tattoo , tattoo

verse 1

D5 – A5 D5 – A5
i got elvis , on my elbow
D5 A5 D5 – A5
and when i flex , elvis talks .
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i got hula girls , on the back of my leg
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and she hulas , when i walk .

F5 C5
speaking cherry red
F5 C5
screaming electric green .
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purple mountain’s majesty , really talk to me ( talk to me babe ) .

pre – chorus 1

F5 G5
swap meet sally , tramp stamp cat
C5 G/B A5 F5
mousewife to momshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo
G5
tattoo – tattoo

chorus 1

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( tattoo , tattoo ) show me your dragon magic
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) so autobiographic!

verse 2

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best believe that needle will hurt you
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best deceive these true colors that follow one of your false virtues .

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here’s a secret , to make you think
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why is the crazy stuff we never said , poetry in ink .
D5 A5 D5 – A5
speak in day – glow red , explodo paint
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purple mountain’s majesty show me you , i’ll show you me .

pre – chorus 2

F5 G5
swap meet sally , tramp stamp cat
C5 G/B A5 F5
mousewife to momshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo
G5
tattoo – tattoo ( whoo )

chorus 2

D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) sxxy dragon magic
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) so very autobiographic!
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) got a hold on me
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) you put a spell on me!

guitar solo

verse 3

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uncle danny , had a coal tattoo
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he fought for the unions , some of us still do
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on my shoulder is a number , of the chapter he was in
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that number is forever like the struggle here to win ( everybody!

pre – chorus 3

F5 G5
swap meet sally , tramp stamp cat
C5 G/B A5 F5
mousewife to momshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo
G5
tattoo – tattoo

chorus 3

D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) sxxy dragon magic
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) so very autobiographic!
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) got a hold on me
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) you put a spell on me!

D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) i’m in love with you
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) show me , show me your
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) look at me , look at you!
D5 – A5 D5 – A5
( tattoo , tattoo ) whoa!

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