Tattoo chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - Tattoo


CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO:: G  D7sus4/G  G  D7sus4/G

CHORUS::
  G    D7sus4/G   G       C/G
Whatever you think of me, I'm still your friend
  G     D7sus4     G   D7sus4/G
So other than nothing what's new
  G       D7sus4/G      G     C/G
The water's still flowing through the rose on my skin
G      D7sus4/G  G  F6
This here tattoo is for you

VERSE 1::
  Em7           Bm7
The boys at the parlour downtown
         C  C/B    Am7  A7
Didn't waste any time putting it down
G       D7sus4/G G     D7sus4/G
Time has been wasting away, I can see it
  Em     C/E   Em        D/F#
Go sailing on by as it slips through my fingers
  G      D7sus4/G  G     D7sus4/G
The bow and the wave never wait for tomorrow
   Em      C/E    Em
They just keep on rolling as straight as an arrow
  G   D7sus4/G  G  D7sus4/G
Goodnight


CHORUS::
G     D7sus4/G    G      C/G
Girl of my dreams, you get better each day
 G      D7sus4   G   D7sus4/G
I wish I could see you somehow
G      D7sus4/G   G    C/G
Girl that I love is there no other way
G      D7sus4/G  G  F6
This here tattoo is for now


VERSE 2::
Em7            Bm7
I'd been out drinking all day
        C     C/B     Am7  A7
I got carried away at the parlour last night
G      D7sus4/G  G      D7sus4/G
This summer rose is for you it's no wonder
 Em     C/E     Em    D/F#
I bothered to wander back into the parlour
   G     D7sus4/G    G       D7sus4/G
It's red and in bloom and it's more than one colour
  Em     C/E   Em
It lives on forever for just a few dollars
  G   D7sus4/G  G  D7sus4/G
Goodnight


CHORUS::
  G    D7sus4/G   G       C/G
Whatever you think of me, I'm still your friend
  G    D7sus4  G  D7sus4/G
So, baby whatever you do
G       D7sus4/G G     C/G
Now that it's taken its permanent home
G      D7sus4/G  G  F6
This here tattoo is for you


VERSE 3::
  Em7           Bm7
The boys at the parlour downtown
         C  C/B    Am7  A7
Didn't waste any time putting it down
G       D7sus4/G G       D7sus4/G
Time has been wasting away, you know time doesn't
Em     C/E   Em        D/F#
Wait for nobody to find what they're after
  G       D7sus4/G  G       D7sus4/G
It just keeps on rolling on down the deep canyons
  Em        C/E    Em
And through the green meadows into the broad ocean
  G   D7sus4/G  G  D7sus4/G
Goodnight


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