Gordon Lightfoot - Tattoo Ukulele

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 
This here tattoo is for you