Tattooed Love Boys
Music & Lyrics by Chrissie Hynde
As performed by The Pretenders
From the album Pretenders (1980)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
A D
The mid-twenty joys around a heart that's black and blue
A D
The tattooed love boys I tore my knees up getting to you
A D A
Cause I needed to find out what the thing was for been reading
D F
But man the time came to explore
[Chorus]
G
I went apewire
F
'Cause I thought
G
Like I'd like it
F
Little tease
G
But I didn't mean it
F
But you mess with the goods doll
G
Honey you gotta pay
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
A D
A good time was guaranteed for one and all
A D
The tattoos target practice in the hall
A D
While waiting for their number to get called out
A D F
I, I, I, I found out what the wait was about
[Chorus]
G F G
I was a good time, yeah I got pretty good
F G
At changing tires upstairs bro
F
I shot my mouth off
G
And you showed me what that hole was for
[Interlude]
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[Solo]
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[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
A D
Now I see you all impressed and half undressed
A D
You got paint stick all over the scars and lumps and bumps
A D
Tattooed love boys have got you where I used to lay
A D F
Well ha ha and too bad, but you know what they say
[Chorus]
G
Stop snivellin'
F G
You're gonna make some plastic surgeon a rich man
F G
Oh, but the prestige and the glory
F G A
Another human interest story,
D G
you are that
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