Biography:
The Pretenders is an English-American rock band founded in Hereford, United Kingdom that came to prominence during the punk and new wave movement of the late 1970s due to their innovative songwriting and charismatic performances. Since then, the band has experienced drug-related losses and numerous subsequent personnel changes, with American-born group founder, songwriter, vocalist, and rhythm guitarist Chrissie Hynde as the only consistent member.
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- Night In My Veins
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Tattooed Love Boys
Music & Lyrics by Chrissie Hynde
As performed by The Pretenders
From the album Pretenders (1980)
[Intro]
| A | D |
| A | D |
| A | D |
| A | D |
[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]
| A | D |
| A | D |
[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]
| Bb A | G F G |
| Bb A | G F G |
| Bb A | G F G |
[Solo]
| A | G | A | G |
| A | G | A | G |
| A | G |
[Interlude]
| A | D |
| A | D |
| A | D |
[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
Music & Lyrics by Chrissie Hynde
As performed by The Pretenders
From the album Pretenders (1980)
[Intro]
| A | D |
| A | D |
| A | D |
| A | D |
[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]
| A | D |
| A | D |
[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]
| Bb A | G F G |
| Bb A | G F G |
| Bb A | G F G |
[Solo]
| A | G | A | G |
| A | G | A | G |
| A | G |
[Interlude]
| A | D |
| A | D |
| A | D |
[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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