Tattoos
Recorded by Brantley Gilbert
Album: Tattoos (2024)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / (D)|(G) / / / |

(Verse 1)
I got my (Am)first when I turned eighteen
You can barely (C)see it, but I know what it means
I got my (G)next on tour Willie Nelson
Cheap mo-(G)tel, yeah, I was high as hell, son
This one's for my (Am)grandpa
This one's for my (Am)brothers
Gone, but not for-(C)gotten
Some bad mother-(C)f**kers
And you ain't gotta (G)like it, or understand it
My body is a (G)temple, but my temple is a canvas

(Chorus)
These ain't just some (Am)tattoos
This is who I (Am)am
This is what I've (C)been through
This is where I (C)stand
This is where I (G)came from, what I fight for, what I love
What made a (D)man out of that old boy that I was
And I ain't going (Am)back to
I didn't get 'em 'cause I (C)had to
But these ain't just some (G)tattoos
(But these ain't just some (G)tattoos)

(Verse 2)
You can judge me by the (Am)cover, 'cause, hell, I wrote the book
Hey, what you (C)see is what you get, just look, man
This one's for the (G)struggle
And this one's for ad-(G)diction
This one's for for-(G)giveness
And this one's for re-(G)demption

(Chorus)
These ain't just some (Am)tattoos
This is who I (Am)am
This is what I've (C)been through
This is where I (C)stand
This is where I (G)came from, what I fight for, what I love
What made a (D)man out of that old boy that I was
And I ain't going (Am)back to
I didn't get 'em 'cause I (C)had to
But these ain't just some (G)tattoos
(But these ain't just some (G)tattoos)
 
(Bridge)
This one's for the (Em)King who sent His Son to die
This one's for my (C)queen and my little ones, the loves of my life
Second (G)chances
Yeah, my body is a (D)temple, but my temple is a canvas

(Chorus)
These ain't just some (Am)tattoos
This is who I (Am)am
This is what I've been through
This is where I stand
This is where I (G)came from, what I fight for, what I love
What made a (D)man out of that old boy that I was
And I ain't going (Am)back to
I didn't get 'em 'cause I (C)had to
But these ain't just some (Am)tattoos
(But these ain't just some (C)tattoos)

(Guitar Solo)
But these ain't just some (G)tattoos (D)
Yeah (Em) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Outro.)
|(Em) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |
|(Am) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) - - - - -