Fresh Tattoo chords by The Mountain Goats

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Intro 1

Tattoo of the seventh shield

Verse 1
D 
F# 
G 
A 
Still wet on  my skin
G 
You're all crumpled up
E 
at the curb there
C 
I think I'm going to take you in
D 

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Verse 2

Always had to follow

my instincts

Usually I'm out on my own

You there by the road,

wet and helpless

What happens if I take you home?

Verse 3
D 
Well, you may forget the whys and wheres
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
G 
A 
But usually you recall the
Bm 
G 
day you got one
A 
And usually it fades in the sun
D 

Interlude 1

Verse 4
G 
D 
Headed for a season in exile
F# 
G 
A 
As the oracle predicted
G 
E 
According to reliable sources
In thirty days I'm getting
C 
D 
evicted
G 
D 
Trying not to scratch where it itches
F# 
G 
A 
It takes a certain level of discipline
G 
Not even half a second by
E 
the light switch
Let the future flood right in
C 

Verse 5
D 
Well, you may forget the
whys and wheres
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
G 
A 
But usually you recall the
Bm 
G 
day you got one
A 
And usually it fades in the sun
D 

Verse 6
C 
C 
Usually the lines grow faint
Dm 
Like old house paint
C 
Just a way to mark the years gone by
C 
Dm 
Am 
A 
You lay on a couch three weeks
Until the color came back into
your cheeks
I'd seen ones like you before
C 
Plenty came through before

Interlude 2

Verse 7
G 
D 
Legend on the shield in Greek
F# 
G 
A 
"What's that say?" you said
G 
I  gave you an answer that
E 
I thought you'd buy
Em 
A 
All of  this will disappear in the
Bm 
twinkling of an eye

Interlude 3

Verse 8
D 
Well, you may forget
the whys and wheres
G 
D 
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
G 
A 
But usually you recall the
Bm 
G 
day you got one
A 
And usually it fades in the sun
Bm 
G 
But not this one