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Date: 5/14/00; 1:12:08 PM
From: "Bahram" <BahramK@gmx.de>
Subject: "Tattoos Of Life" from Steve Wariner

"Tattoos Of Life" from Steve Wariner
To be found on the CD "Two Teardrops"
Written By Max D. Barnes and Steve Wariner

Transcribed by Bahram ( BahramK@gmx.de )


Guitar Capo on 2'nd fret, standard tuning
3/4 Bars

Intro picking :

e |--------2-----2-----|--------2-----2-----|
b |--------3-----3-----|--------3-----3-----|
g |-----4-----4-----4--|-----4-----4-----4--|
D |--------------------|--------------------|
A |--2-----------------|--2-----------------|
E |--------------------|--------------------|
     Bm                   Bm

e |--------2-----2-----|--------------------|
b |--------2-----2-----|--------0--------3--|
g |-----2-----2-----2--|--------0-----2-----|
D |--------------------|-----0-----0--0-----|
A |--------------------|--------------------|
E |--2-----------------|--3-----------2-----|
     F#m                  G        D/F#


                        sl
e |--------0-----0--0--|/-\-----------------|
b |--------0-----0-----|1-2-----3-----5-----|
g |-----0-----0--------|-----0-----0-----0--|
D |--------------------|--------------------|
A |--------------------|0-------2-----4-----|
E |--0-----------------|--------------------|
     Em                   A     G/B   A7/C#

                 h  p
                / \/\
e |-------------0-2-0--|--------------------|
b |--------3----------3|--------------0--2--|
g |-----2-----2--------|--------2-----------|
D |--0-----------------|-----2-----2--------|
A |--------------------|--0-----------------|
E |--------------------|--------------------|
     D                    A


e |--------------2-----|--2-----0-----0-----|
b |--------3-----3-----|--2-----3-----5-----|
g |--------4--------4--|--2--0--0--0--0--0--|
D |-----4-----4--------|--0-----------------|
A |--2-----------------|--0-----2-----4-----|
E |--------------------|--------------------|
     Bm                   A     G/B   A7/C#    ********* This part comes
                                                         again a few times
                                                         during the song !


Verse 1 :

            D            ( D/F# )      G
When you've hitched every highway, and rode all the rails
       A       (A9_A)             D     D/A
You're no longer afraid of the dark
         D             D/F#      G
You get tougher than leather and harder than nails
            E              E7             A      A_G/B_A7/C#
When you've earned all the scars on your heart


Verse 2 :

 D         D/F#    G          G/E
Hobos and heroes, bankers and bums
    A         G            D
In some ways we're all the same
    D          D/F#         G
We all have to pay for the deeds that we've done
     A             A  A9    A     D
And wind up just dragging those chains


Refrain :

Bm                         F#m         G
Life paints a picture that time can't erase
 Em          D/F#         A4_A
Sometimes it cuts like a knife
Bm              F#m          G
Sooner or later one way or another
 Em             A  G/B A7/C#  ( D )
We all wear the tattoos of   life

Fill : | D - - | A - - | Bm - - | A  G/B  A7/C# | D~ | **** This is
                                                            a repeat
                                                            of the 2'nd
                                                            part of the
                                                            intro.

Verse 3 :
     D       D/F#           G           G/E
The glory in living is just running the race
A                G          D      D/A
Not whether you win our you fail
     D           D/F#           G
The lines like a road map will show on your face
         A               A  A9  A    D     D
And your eyes tell the rest of the tale

Refrain :

Bm                         F#m         G
Life paints a picture that time can't erase
 Em          D/F#         A4_A
Sometimes it cuts like a knife
Bm              F#m          G
Sooner or later one way or another
 Em             A  G/B A7/C#  ( D )
We all wear the tattoos of   life

Fill : | D - - | A - - | Bm - - | A  G/B  A7/C# | D |
                                  The Tattoos of life

Fill : | D - - | A - - | Bm - - | A  G/B  A7/C# | D~ |