Chords for MEAN MARY JAMES ROSE TATTOO
Tempo:
66.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bm
F#
B
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm not gonna make you suffer the 10 minute one tonight.
Some of you have trains to catch.
But I'm gonna [D#] do the 5 minute one here, okay?
[G] Usually I do the 10 [G] minute song, I just do half of it and then make you all buy the CD [N] if you want to know what happens at the end of the song.
[B] [G] Anyway, this is a song I wrote.
[G#] I wrote this tune called Penny LaRue and it was about this bad girl [D#] down in Louisiana.
And Louisiana's got lots of them.
[G#] I wasn't done singing about her so I had to write this song.
[D#] And it's called Rose Tattoo.
[Bm] [G] [F#]
[B] Sun's [Bm] gonna rise, and [G] in my cold green eyes
Is [F#] a hill that [Bm] I've been through
[A] What I [Bm] learned tonight [G] is that this world ain't right
And [F#] the devil's got [C#] a rose [B] tattoo
[G]
[F#] [Bm] [G]
[F#] [Bm] In 51 [G] we arrived at the club
[G#] I was wearing my nice [B] blue dress
My man had bet [G] everything he could get
And I was [F#] trying to get out of the [Bm] mess
At 9 o [G]'clock I made my [F#] walk like a tigress [B] to the stage
And the people would stand [G] like I was worth ten grand
And I stood there [Bm] in the wait
And by the ten they were passing the [F#] gin
And the club became a road
My man was having a [G] ball but all I could call him is his [F#] face when he looked for the [Bm] door
I was going to town when a police came [F#] down in the dance floor
And I told my care the truth
One step [G] in she was smoldering slick
[G#] Butterflies on the road, darn real
I bent and [C#m] paled [G] like a ton of sale
[F#] As the woman walked right [Bm] past me
Her dress was gray [G] like the stormy day
[F#] And it flowed like a restless sea
I went flat on her nose, I [G] was watching her throat
She [F#] wore a necklace of [Bm] pure jade
And her sleeve hung down [G] on one side of her gown
Her [Bm] shoulder rose down her shoulder blade
[G] I lost sight of her and the rest was a blur
[Bm] As I stared in place to stay
[G] Eleven oh one I was fine, I let her down
And [C#] I spun like a cat from a cage
[F#] [G] She was gone too fast so I searched everywhere
[Bm] Till I found the girl I knew
She said he [E] left on a show
[G] About an hour ago
[F#] With a woman [Bm] with a rose tattoo
[G] [F#] [Bm]
[G] [F#] [Bm]
[B] I walked the street, the light [G] was dead on my feet
[G#] And I hit every door as I [Bm] knew
I heard a man say I saw that woman in gray
I [F#] think her name is Hattie [Bm] LaRue
Well she's been and [G] was her sin
[F#] Nobody in the audience knows
All they can tell is [G] she's an angel from hell
[C#] With a tattoo of a [B] rose
I said a prayer and [G] I fell on my head
And [F#] I was down with the bad [Bm] part of town
It was rare, [G] my father's a man
[C#] To apply call the [Bm] underground
I stepped inside, [G] I could feel the fire
[F#] I felt the danger [Bm] in the room
And a whole lot of sin, sweat and skin
[F#] And a smell of [Bm] cheap perfume
Through the lusty display was [G] a woman in gray
[F#] Smiling like she knew
When she turned around my [G] dress hung down
Was a shoulder with a rose [Bm] tattoo
I saw the [G] love she deprived me of
He was [F#] standing in that restless [Bm] throne
And suddenly [G] he noticed me
[C#] But something just felt [Bm] so wrong
[G] I heard a shout and I came out
[Bm] My man got in the way
He was dead at the door before he hit the floor
While [C#] the band continued to play
[G] I tried to scream like a horrible dream
[Bm] There was nothing I could do
[E] [B] Tying tight, [G] the siren [B] cried
I saw a flash of a [B] rose tattoo
He [G] [F#] [Bm]
[G] [F#]
lined the curb with [G] a cop named Herb
[F#] Trying to suck up this mess
[B] He smiled twenty-five, I [G] feel barely alive
[F#] And I'm wearing my nice [Bm] new dress
The sun's gonna rise [G] and in my two green [F#] eyes
Is a hell that [Bm] I've been through
What I learned tonight
[G] Is that this world ain't right
And the [F#] devil's got [C#] a rose tattoo
[Bm] [E] [Bm]
Some of you have trains to catch.
But I'm gonna [D#] do the 5 minute one here, okay?
[G] Usually I do the 10 [G] minute song, I just do half of it and then make you all buy the CD [N] if you want to know what happens at the end of the song.
[B] [G] Anyway, this is a song I wrote.
[G#] I wrote this tune called Penny LaRue and it was about this bad girl [D#] down in Louisiana.
And Louisiana's got lots of them.
[G#] I wasn't done singing about her so I had to write this song.
[D#] And it's called Rose Tattoo.
[Bm] [G] [F#]
[B] Sun's [Bm] gonna rise, and [G] in my cold green eyes
Is [F#] a hill that [Bm] I've been through
[A] What I [Bm] learned tonight [G] is that this world ain't right
And [F#] the devil's got [C#] a rose [B] tattoo
[G]
[F#] [Bm] [G]
[F#] [Bm] In 51 [G] we arrived at the club
[G#] I was wearing my nice [B] blue dress
My man had bet [G] everything he could get
And I was [F#] trying to get out of the [Bm] mess
At 9 o [G]'clock I made my [F#] walk like a tigress [B] to the stage
And the people would stand [G] like I was worth ten grand
And I stood there [Bm] in the wait
And by the ten they were passing the [F#] gin
And the club became a road
My man was having a [G] ball but all I could call him is his [F#] face when he looked for the [Bm] door
I was going to town when a police came [F#] down in the dance floor
And I told my care the truth
One step [G] in she was smoldering slick
[G#] Butterflies on the road, darn real
I bent and [C#m] paled [G] like a ton of sale
[F#] As the woman walked right [Bm] past me
Her dress was gray [G] like the stormy day
[F#] And it flowed like a restless sea
I went flat on her nose, I [G] was watching her throat
She [F#] wore a necklace of [Bm] pure jade
And her sleeve hung down [G] on one side of her gown
Her [Bm] shoulder rose down her shoulder blade
[G] I lost sight of her and the rest was a blur
[Bm] As I stared in place to stay
[G] Eleven oh one I was fine, I let her down
And [C#] I spun like a cat from a cage
[F#] [G] She was gone too fast so I searched everywhere
[Bm] Till I found the girl I knew
She said he [E] left on a show
[G] About an hour ago
[F#] With a woman [Bm] with a rose tattoo
[G] [F#] [Bm]
[G] [F#] [Bm]
[B] I walked the street, the light [G] was dead on my feet
[G#] And I hit every door as I [Bm] knew
I heard a man say I saw that woman in gray
I [F#] think her name is Hattie [Bm] LaRue
Well she's been and [G] was her sin
[F#] Nobody in the audience knows
All they can tell is [G] she's an angel from hell
[C#] With a tattoo of a [B] rose
I said a prayer and [G] I fell on my head
And [F#] I was down with the bad [Bm] part of town
It was rare, [G] my father's a man
[C#] To apply call the [Bm] underground
I stepped inside, [G] I could feel the fire
[F#] I felt the danger [Bm] in the room
And a whole lot of sin, sweat and skin
[F#] And a smell of [Bm] cheap perfume
Through the lusty display was [G] a woman in gray
[F#] Smiling like she knew
When she turned around my [G] dress hung down
Was a shoulder with a rose [Bm] tattoo
I saw the [G] love she deprived me of
He was [F#] standing in that restless [Bm] throne
And suddenly [G] he noticed me
[C#] But something just felt [Bm] so wrong
[G] I heard a shout and I came out
[Bm] My man got in the way
He was dead at the door before he hit the floor
While [C#] the band continued to play
[G] I tried to scream like a horrible dream
[Bm] There was nothing I could do
[E] [B] Tying tight, [G] the siren [B] cried
I saw a flash of a [B] rose tattoo
He [G] [F#] [Bm]
[G] [F#]
lined the curb with [G] a cop named Herb
[F#] Trying to suck up this mess
[B] He smiled twenty-five, I [G] feel barely alive
[F#] And I'm wearing my nice [Bm] new dress
The sun's gonna rise [G] and in my two green [F#] eyes
Is a hell that [Bm] I've been through
What I learned tonight
[G] Is that this world ain't right
And the [F#] devil's got [C#] a rose tattoo
[Bm] [E] [Bm]
Key:
G
Bm
F#
B
C#
G
Bm
F#
I'm not gonna make you suffer the 10 minute one tonight.
Some of you have trains to catch.
But I'm gonna [D#] do the 5 minute one here, okay?
_ [G] _ _ Usually I do the 10 [G] minute song, I just do half of it and then make you all buy the CD [N] if you want to know what happens at the end of the song.
_ [B] _ [G] Anyway, this is a song I wrote.
[G#] I wrote this tune called Penny LaRue and it was about this bad girl [D#] down in Louisiana.
And Louisiana's got lots of them.
[G#] I wasn't done singing about her so I had to write this song.
[D#] And it's called Rose Tattoo.
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] Sun's [Bm] gonna rise, and [G] in my cold green eyes
Is [F#] a hill that [Bm] I've been through
[A] What I [Bm] learned tonight [G] is that this world ain't right
And [F#] the devil's got [C#] a rose [B] tattoo
_ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ In 51 [G] we arrived at the club
[G#] I was wearing my nice [B] blue dress
My man had bet [G] everything he could get
And I was [F#] trying to get out of the [Bm] mess
At 9 o [G]'clock I made my [F#] walk like a tigress [B] to the stage
And the people would stand [G] like I was worth ten grand
And I stood there [Bm] in the wait
And by the ten they were passing the [F#] gin
And the club became a road
My man was having a [G] ball but all I could call him is his [F#] face when he looked for the [Bm] door
I was going to town when a police came [F#] down in the dance floor
And I told my care the truth
One step [G] in she was smoldering slick
[G#] Butterflies on the road, darn real
I bent and [C#m] paled [G] like a ton of sale
[F#] As the woman walked right [Bm] past me
Her dress was gray [G] like the stormy day
[F#] And it flowed like a restless sea
I went flat on her nose, I [G] was watching her throat
She [F#] wore a necklace of [Bm] pure jade
And her sleeve hung down [G] on one side of her gown
Her [Bm] shoulder rose down her shoulder blade
[G] I lost sight of her and the rest was a blur
[Bm] As I stared in place to stay
[G] Eleven oh one I was fine, I let her down
And [C#] I spun like a cat from a cage
[F#] [G] She was gone too fast so I searched everywhere
[Bm] Till I found the girl I knew
She said he [E] left on a show
[G] About an hour ago
[F#] With a woman [Bm] with a rose tattoo
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
[B] I walked the street, the light [G] was dead on my feet
[G#] And I hit every door as I [Bm] knew
I heard a man say I saw that woman in gray
I [F#] think her name is Hattie [Bm] LaRue
Well she's been and [G] was her sin
[F#] Nobody in the audience knows
All they can tell is [G] she's an angel from hell
[C#] With a tattoo of a [B] rose
I said a prayer and [G] I fell on my head
And [F#] I was down with the bad [Bm] part of town
It was rare, [G] my father's a man
[C#] To apply call the [Bm] underground
I stepped inside, [G] I could feel the fire
[F#] I felt the danger [Bm] in the room
And a whole lot of sin, sweat and skin
[F#] And a smell of [Bm] cheap perfume
Through the lusty display was [G] a woman in gray
[F#] Smiling like she knew
When she turned around my [G] dress hung down
Was a shoulder with a rose [Bm] tattoo
I saw the [G] love she deprived me of
He was [F#] standing in that restless [Bm] throne
And suddenly [G] he noticed me
[C#] But something just felt [Bm] so wrong
[G] I heard a shout and I came out
[Bm] My man got in the way
He was dead at the door before he hit the floor
While [C#] the band continued to play
[G] I tried to scream like a horrible dream
[Bm] There was nothing I could do
[E] _ [B] Tying tight, [G] the siren [B] cried
I saw a flash of a [B] rose tattoo
He [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
lined the curb with [G] a cop named Herb
[F#] Trying to suck up this mess
[B] He smiled twenty-five, I [G] feel barely alive
[F#] And I'm wearing my nice [Bm] new dress
The sun's gonna rise [G] and in my two green [F#] eyes
Is a hell that [Bm] I've been through
What I learned tonight
[G] Is that this world ain't right
And the [F#] devil's got [C#] a rose tattoo
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Some of you have trains to catch.
But I'm gonna [D#] do the 5 minute one here, okay?
_ [G] _ _ Usually I do the 10 [G] minute song, I just do half of it and then make you all buy the CD [N] if you want to know what happens at the end of the song.
_ [B] _ [G] Anyway, this is a song I wrote.
[G#] I wrote this tune called Penny LaRue and it was about this bad girl [D#] down in Louisiana.
And Louisiana's got lots of them.
[G#] I wasn't done singing about her so I had to write this song.
[D#] And it's called Rose Tattoo.
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] Sun's [Bm] gonna rise, and [G] in my cold green eyes
Is [F#] a hill that [Bm] I've been through
[A] What I [Bm] learned tonight [G] is that this world ain't right
And [F#] the devil's got [C#] a rose [B] tattoo
_ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ In 51 [G] we arrived at the club
[G#] I was wearing my nice [B] blue dress
My man had bet [G] everything he could get
And I was [F#] trying to get out of the [Bm] mess
At 9 o [G]'clock I made my [F#] walk like a tigress [B] to the stage
And the people would stand [G] like I was worth ten grand
And I stood there [Bm] in the wait
And by the ten they were passing the [F#] gin
And the club became a road
My man was having a [G] ball but all I could call him is his [F#] face when he looked for the [Bm] door
I was going to town when a police came [F#] down in the dance floor
And I told my care the truth
One step [G] in she was smoldering slick
[G#] Butterflies on the road, darn real
I bent and [C#m] paled [G] like a ton of sale
[F#] As the woman walked right [Bm] past me
Her dress was gray [G] like the stormy day
[F#] And it flowed like a restless sea
I went flat on her nose, I [G] was watching her throat
She [F#] wore a necklace of [Bm] pure jade
And her sleeve hung down [G] on one side of her gown
Her [Bm] shoulder rose down her shoulder blade
[G] I lost sight of her and the rest was a blur
[Bm] As I stared in place to stay
[G] Eleven oh one I was fine, I let her down
And [C#] I spun like a cat from a cage
[F#] [G] She was gone too fast so I searched everywhere
[Bm] Till I found the girl I knew
She said he [E] left on a show
[G] About an hour ago
[F#] With a woman [Bm] with a rose tattoo
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
[B] I walked the street, the light [G] was dead on my feet
[G#] And I hit every door as I [Bm] knew
I heard a man say I saw that woman in gray
I [F#] think her name is Hattie [Bm] LaRue
Well she's been and [G] was her sin
[F#] Nobody in the audience knows
All they can tell is [G] she's an angel from hell
[C#] With a tattoo of a [B] rose
I said a prayer and [G] I fell on my head
And [F#] I was down with the bad [Bm] part of town
It was rare, [G] my father's a man
[C#] To apply call the [Bm] underground
I stepped inside, [G] I could feel the fire
[F#] I felt the danger [Bm] in the room
And a whole lot of sin, sweat and skin
[F#] And a smell of [Bm] cheap perfume
Through the lusty display was [G] a woman in gray
[F#] Smiling like she knew
When she turned around my [G] dress hung down
Was a shoulder with a rose [Bm] tattoo
I saw the [G] love she deprived me of
He was [F#] standing in that restless [Bm] throne
And suddenly [G] he noticed me
[C#] But something just felt [Bm] so wrong
[G] I heard a shout and I came out
[Bm] My man got in the way
He was dead at the door before he hit the floor
While [C#] the band continued to play
[G] I tried to scream like a horrible dream
[Bm] There was nothing I could do
[E] _ [B] Tying tight, [G] the siren [B] cried
I saw a flash of a [B] rose tattoo
He [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
lined the curb with [G] a cop named Herb
[F#] Trying to suck up this mess
[B] He smiled twenty-five, I [G] feel barely alive
[F#] And I'm wearing my nice [Bm] new dress
The sun's gonna rise [G] and in my two green [F#] eyes
Is a hell that [Bm] I've been through
What I learned tonight
[G] Is that this world ain't right
And the [F#] devil's got [C#] a rose tattoo
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _