Chords for Janis Ian - Tattoo

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_ _ _ _ _ Her _
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_ _ _ [Ab] new name was tattooed to her wrist, It was longer [Gb] than the old one. _
_ _ _ [Ab] Sealed in the silence [Bbm] with a fist, [Ab] This night will be a cold one. _
_ _ _ _ Centuries live [Bbm] in her [Ab] eyes, _ _ Destiny lasts [Bbm] over jackbooted thighs.
_ [Ab] Work makes us free, says the sign, Nothing [Db] leaves here _ alive.
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Tattooed. _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] She steps out of line [Bb] to the [Ab] left, And her father [Gb] to the right.
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One side's a cold [Bbm] clean die, [Ab] The [Db] other is an endless night.
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Moved from a _ [Bbm] [Bb] grandmother's tomb, _ _ [Ab]
Mountains of jewelry [Bb] and toys.
_ [Ab]
Idle in the corners, [Bbm] mailed [Ab] across the borders, [Gb]
Presents for the girls and boys. _ _
Presents for the girls [Db] and boys.
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_ Tattooed. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] And it gets darker [Cm] every night, _ _ [Bb] _ Spread eagle [Cm]-tailed among the stars.
[F] She says, somewhere in this [Cm] tunnel lives light, _ [Db] Still my beating [Ab]
heart.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ I have never known a [Eb] man, _ _ [Bb] _ What man will [Ebm] want me now?
_ _ [Gb] _ _ Am I [B] still alive somehow?
_ _ If I [Ab] can survive _ [Db] somehow?
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_ Tattooed. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ Soldiers from the other side, Liberated [Abm] them at dawn. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ Gave her water, gave [Bbm] her life, [Ab] She still [Db] had all her clothes on.
_ [Ab] She lived until [Bbm] she [Fm] died, _ [Ab] Empty as the autumn [Fm] _
leaves that fly.
Surgeons took the mark, [Bbm] But they could not [Db] take it far.
[Gb] It was written on her heart, _ _ Written on her empty heart.
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Tattooed.
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ Tattooed.
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