Tattoo tab by Jason Derulo

Tabs

Tattoo
Jason Derulo
From the 2013 album "Tattoos"


This tab is based on fingerpicking with the strumming hand while holding
chord forms with the fretting hand. Chord forms are shown above the tab.
When singing along, I like to simplify the fingerpicking, go ahead and
personalize the picking to suit your playing style.

This is in the same key as the song, and is played in standard EADGBe tuning.

Intro/Verse
NOTE: A augmentedA bass guitar playing a E-Ab-A-A progression in a 3-5 pattern sounds good overlaid with this

E MajorE               E/A
e|----0--------0-------2-------------0-----0------2------------------|
BB|------0--------0-------0-------------0-----0------0----------------|
G+G|--------1--------1---------- x2 -----1-----1-------  x2  ------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------0-----0------0------------------|
E MajorE|----0--------0-------0---------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus:
NOTE: I like to use the powerchord-like A's for this, but the standard A augmentedA works fine too

DbmDbm              A augmentedA
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------5----------5---------5---------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------6----------6------6-------6----------6---------6--------|
D MajorD|--------6----6-----6----6------6-----------7---------7------7------|
A augmentedA|------4----4-----4----4----4-----------7-----7----7----7------7----|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------5-----5----5----5----5--------|

DbmDbm              A augmentedA
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------5----------5---------5---------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------6----------6------6-------6-----------------------------|
D MajorD|--------6----6-----6----6------6-----7- (hold) ------------------|
A augmentedA|------4----4-----4----4----4---------7-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------5-----------------------------|

Chorus:
    E MajorE       E/A      DbmDbm        BB
e|------0---------------0--------------4-----4----4------------------|
BB|------0---------------0--------------5-----4----5------4-----------|
G+G|------1--(strum)------1--(strum)-----6-x6--6-x3-6-x3---4--(strum)--|
D MajorD|------2---------------2--------------6-----6----6------4-----------|
A augmentedA|------2-------------0-0--------------4-----4----4------1-----------|
E MajorE|---0--0------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge:
  DbmDbm             A augmentedA
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--5-----5-------5-----5--------------------------------------------|
G+G|----6-----6---6---6-----6------6-----6-------6-----6---------------|
D MajorD|------6-----6-------6-----6------7-----7---7---7-----7---7---------|
A augmentedA|--4-------------4------------------7-----7-------7-----7-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------5-------------5---------------------|
  DbmDbm              BB
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--5-----5-------5-----5---------4----------------------------------|
G+G|----6-----6---6---6-----6-------4--(hold)--------------------------|
D MajorD|------6-----6-------6-----6----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--4-------------4---------------2----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Lyrics/Arrangement

Verse:

E MajorE
Who's more desperate? You're on your knees boo
E/A                 E MajorE
But when you fuck up, I don't leave you
        E/A
I can't leave you
E MajorE
Guess you're permanent, can't be removed
E/A                      E MajorE
Each time my heart breaks, it's like a new tattoo
          E/A
Don't need a new tattoo

Prechorus:

DbmDbm
One touch always makes me
A augmentedA
Too hard to escape
DbmDbm
Three strikes, I'm still yours
A augmentedA
What am I waiting for?

Chorus:
          E MajorE
I'm running out of room
      E/A
For your tattoos
        DbmDbm
How can I get over you, over you
       BB
When you're all over me
           E MajorE
So don't tell me it's cool
       E/A
That I'm tattooed
        DbmDbm
How can I get over you, over you
       BB
When you're all over me, yeah yeah

Why do we stay
When only fools would?
I guess we're both fools
'Cause the sex is good, it's way too good

Call us crazy, misunderstood
'Cause I can't leave you
And I know I should
People say I should

One touch always makes me
Too hard to escape
Three strikes, I'm still yours
What am I waiting for?

I'm running out of room
For your tattoos
How can I get over you, over you
When you're all over me
So don't tell me it's cool
That I'm tattooed
How can I get over you, over you
When you're all over me, yeah yeah

Bridge:

DbmDbm
Permanently trying to hide
   A augmentedA
The scars we can't remove
    DbmDbm                BB
You're drawn on me and I'm still drawn to you

I'm running out of room
For your tattoos
How can I get over you, over you
When you're all over me
So don't tell me it's cool
That I'm tattooed
How can I get over you, over you
When you're all over me

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