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[Intro]
G5  A#5  C5  G5
G5OK!A#5  C5  
D#5 D5  D#5 D5 C5 A#5 G5
[Verse]
Well I G5heard you say I need something
About friendship that D#5loyalty's D5the C5weapon A#5of the G5weak
When you G5can't, can't, can't, can't, can't realize
And the D#5tears D5come C5down A#5and G5release
[Chorus]
My D#5love to you is A#5true, a tatF5too
That ain't A#5ever coming off
I'll D#5wait for the truth hits A#5you
I'll take a F5loss at A#5any cost
[Verse]
G5When we met you listened and you questioned
D#5Every D5single C5thing A#5that I G5did 
When you G5can't, can't, can't, can't, can't realize
The D#5tears D5come C5down A#5and G5release
[Chorus]
My D#5love to you is A#5true, a tatF5too
That ain't A#5ever coming off
I'll D#5wait for the truth hits A#5you
I'll take a F5loss at A#5any cost
[Bridge]
G5Well I borrowed some cD#5ourage from you
Through A#5confusion I've made it this F5far
You G5said I could have D#5had everything
A#5If I just looked at myF5self, at myG5self!
[Instrumental]
G5  A#5  C5
D#5 D5   D#5 D5 C5 D5
[Chorus]
Yeah! D#5My love to you is A#5true, a tatF5too
That ain't A#5ever coming off
I'll D#5wait for the truth hits A#5you
I'll take a F5loss at A#any cost
My D#5love to you is A#5true, a tatF5too
That ain't A#5ever coming off
I'll D#5wait for the truth hits A#5you
I'll take a F5loss at A#5any cost
[Outro]
F5...uhh at A#5any cost 
F5...uhh at A#5any cost 
G5OK!

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Tattoo

by Rancid

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A#5

D#5

[Intro]

G5 A#5 C5 G5

G5 A#5 C5

OK!

D#5 D5 D#5 D5 C5 A#5 G5

[Verse]

Well I heard you say I need something

D#5 D5 C5 A#5 G5

About friendship that loyalty's the weapon of the weak

When you can't, can't, can't, can't, can't realize

D#5 D5 C5 A#5 G5

And the tears come down and release

[Chorus]

D#5 A#5 F5

My love to you is true, a tattoo

A#5

That ain't ever coming off

D#5 A#5

I'll wait for the truth hits you

F5 A#5

I'll take a loss at any cost

[Verse]

When we met you listened and you questioned

D#5 D5 C5 A#5 G5

Every single thing that I did

When you can't, can't, can't, can't, can't realize

D#5 D5 C5 A#5 G5

The tears come down and release

[Chorus]

D#5 A#5 F5

My love to you is true, a tattoo

A#5

That ain't ever coming off

D#5 A#5

I'll wait for the truth hits you

F5 A#5

I'll take a loss at any cost

[Bridge]

G5 D#5

Well I borrowed some courage from you

A#5 F5

Through confusion I've made it this far

G5 D#5

You said I could have had everything

A#5 F5 G5

If I just looked at myself, at myself!

[Instrumental]

G5 A#5 C5

D#5 D5 D#5 D5 C5 D5

[Chorus]

D#5 A#5 F5

Yeah! My love to you is true, a tattoo

A#5

That ain't ever coming off

D#5 A#5

I'll wait for the truth hits you

F5 A#

I'll take a loss at any cost

D#5 A#5 F5

My love to you is true, a tattoo

A#5

That ain't ever coming off

D#5 A#5

I'll wait for the truth hits you

F5 A#5

I'll take a loss at any cost

[Outro]

F5 A#5

...uhh at any cost

F5 A#5

...uhh at any cost

OK!

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