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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~ |