Tattoo chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - Tattoo


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO:: G+G  D7sus4/G  G+G  D7sus4/G

CHORUS::
  G+G    D7sus4/G   G+G       C/GC/G
Whatever you think of me, I'm still your friend
  G+G     D7sus4D7sus4     G+G   D7sus4/G
So other than nothing what's new
  G+G       D7sus4/G      G+G     C/GC/G
The water's still flowing through the rose on my skin
G+G      D7sus4/G  G+G  F6F6
This here tattoo is for you

VERSE 1::
  E minor 7Em7           Bm7Bm7
The boys at the parlour downtown
         C majorC  C/BC/B    Am7Am7  A7A7
Didn't waste any time putting it down
G+G       D7sus4/G G+G     D7sus4/G
Time has been wasting away, I can see it
  E minorEm     C/EC/E   E minorEm        D/F#D/F#
Go sailing on by as it slips through my fingers
  G+G      D7sus4/G  G+G     D7sus4/G
The bow and the wave never wait for tomorrow
   E minorEm      C/EC/E    E minorEm
They just keep on rolling as straight as an arrow
  G+G   D7sus4/G  G+G  D7sus4/G
Goodnight


CHORUS::
G+G     D7sus4/G    G+G      C/GC/G
Girl of my dreams, you get better each day
 G+G      D7sus4D7sus4   G+G   D7sus4/G
I wish I could see you somehow
G+G      D7sus4/G   G+G    C/GC/G
Girl that I love is there no other way
G+G      D7sus4/G  G+G  F6F6
This here tattoo is for now


VERSE 2::
E minor 7Em7            Bm7Bm7
I'd been out drinking all day
        C majorC     C/BC/B     Am7Am7  A7A7
I got carried away at the parlour last night
G+G      D7sus4/G  G+G      D7sus4/G
This summer rose is for you it's no wonder
 E minorEm     C/EC/E     E minorEm    D/F#D/F#
I bothered to wander back into the parlour
   G+G     D7sus4/G    G+G       D7sus4/G
It's red and in bloom and it's more than one colour
  E minorEm     C/EC/E   E minorEm
It lives on forever for just a few dollars
  G+G   D7sus4/G  G+G  D7sus4/G
Goodnight

CHORUS::
  G+G    D7sus4/G   G+G       C/GC/G
Whatever you think of me, I'm still your friend
  G+G    D7sus4D7sus4  G+G  D7sus4/G
So, baby whatever you do
G+G       D7sus4/G G+G     C/GC/G
Now that it's taken its permanent home
G+G      D7sus4/G  G+G  F6F6
This here tattoo is for you


VERSE 3::
  E minor 7Em7           Bm7Bm7
The boys at the parlour downtown
         C majorC  C/BC/B    Am7Am7  A7A7
Didn't waste any time putting it down
G+G       D7sus4/G G+G       D7sus4/G
Time has been wasting away, you know time doesn't
E minorEm     C/EC/E   E minorEm        D/F#D/F#
Wait for nobody to find what they're after
  G+G       D7sus4/G  G+G       D7sus4/G
It just keeps on rolling on down the deep canyons
  E minorEm        C/EC/E    E minorEm
And through the green meadows into the broad ocean
  G+G   D7sus4/G  G+G  D7sus4/G
Goodnight


CHORUS::
  G+G    D7sus4/G   G+G       C/GC/G
Whatever you think of me, I'm still your friend
  G+G     D7sus4D7sus4     G+G   D7sus4/G
So other than nothing, what's new
  G+G       D7sus4/G      G+G     C/GC/G
The water's still flowing through the rose on my skin
G+G      D7sus4/G  G+G  D7sus4/G
This here tattoo is for you
  G+G       D7sus4/G      G+G     C/GC/G
The water's still flowing through the rose on my skin
G+G      D7sus4/G  G+G