Tattoo – bass tab

Tattoo | bass tab
by The Who
>From The Who Sell Out, 1967
Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 Fabulous Music Inc./Towser Tunes Ltd

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Transcription by:

John Chance                                        Whotabs                
jc1033@gmail.com            2007-06-27             www.thewho.net/whotabs/


Note: I divided the song into 4/4 time measures with eight dashes (-) in it. This should make it easier to get the 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & feel down.

G|--------|--------|--------|------10|--------|
D|8------8|--------|10----10|8-------|8-------|
A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  Me and my...                 Was it
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|8------8|--------|10----8-|--------|
A|--------|8------8|--------|5-------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  Brain                 understand
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|8------8|--------|10--8---|0-------|(0)-----|
A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Our old...   Appearance.  He said that
  G|--------|--------|
  D|----5-5-|--------|
  A|5-5-----|55555555|
  E|--------|--------|
     
    Only...   hair
  G|--------|--------|
  D|----5-5-|--------|
  A|5-5-----|00000000|
  E|--------|--------|

So me...   
 G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 D|8------8|--------|10----10|8---0---|
 A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|
 E|--------|--------|--------|--------|


 G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 D|8------8|--------|10----10|8---0---|0-------|
 A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|--------|
 E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

   Welcome...  I? a man...
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|54205420|5-------|54205420|5-------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

...expect
G|--------|--------|00000000|22222222|22222222|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|5---4---|2---0---|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Tatoooooooooooooo ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
G|--------|--------|--------|------10|--------|
D|8------8|--------|10----10|8-------|8-------|
A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  
   My dad
G|--------|--------|--------|--------| 
D|8------8|--------|10----10|8------0|
A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|8------8|--------|10----10|8---0---|0-------|
A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

   Welcome...   were long
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|54205420|5-------|54205420|5-------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

...expect
G|--------|--------|00000000|22222222|22222222|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|5---4---|2---0---|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Tatoooooooooooooo ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
G|--------|--------|--------|------10|--------|
D|8------8|--------|10----10|8-------|8-------|
A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  Now I?...
G|--------|--------|--------|--------| 
D|8------8|--------|10----10|0-------|
A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  
   Rooty too...                              to you!
G|--------|--------|--------|------10|--------|--------|
D|8------8|--------|10----10|8-------|8-------|0-------|
A|--------|8------8|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#