Tattoo On a Sunburn

[Intro] G  Am7  C  G

[First Part]

          G
It was the summer after my senior 
year
   Am7
We spent the whole week out on that 
pier
         C                         
She said boy I think I love you, I 
                G
said I love you too
   G
We ended up drunk at some old ink 
shop
         Am7
She said get my name, I said hell 
why not
     C                             
She didn't have to work too hard to
           G
 talk me into

[Pre-Chorus]

Am7  C              G
Mmmm a tattoo on a sunburn

[Chorus]

G                             
Everytime that saltwater breeze 
         Am7
blows in
Am7                               C
I find myself laying right there in
C                              
A kicked back, jet black leather 
    G  G4
seat
    G
The hum and the buzz and the sting 
of that needle
Am7                               
Faded away but I guess some people
       C
 never do
       G/B                   Am7
Losing you is the only thing worse
                    G
Than a tattoo on a sunburn

( G  Am7 )

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[Second Part]

     G
As I held her on her hotel balcony
     Am7
I remember wishin' she would come 
back with me
          C                        
I guess a boy can dream but we both
                    G
 knew it wouldn't work
      G
When I came to she was already gone
Am7
Hammer down due west to Arkansas
  C                                
I laughed through the pain and 
              G
swore it didn't hurt

[Pre-Chorus]

Am7  C              G
Mmmm a tattoo on a sunburn

[Chorus]

G                             
Everytime that saltwater breeze 
         Am7
blows in
Am7                               C
I find myself laying right there in
C                              
A kicked back, jet black leather 
    G  G4
seat
    G
The hum and the buzz and the sting 
of that needle
Am7                               
Faded away but I guess some people
       C
 never do
       G/B                   Am7
Losing you is the only thing worse
                    G
Than a tattoo on a sunburn

( G  Am7  C  G )

[Third Part]

G
It's covered up with some new ink 
now
    Am7
The rest of the world ain't got a 
clue about
    C                              
The name of a girl that I ain't 
              G
seen since that day
G
I don't think about her all the time
           Am7
When their stacking the chairs right
 before the tide
        C                      
I can still hear her voice come 
                          G
crashing down with the waves

[Chorus]

G                             
Everytime that saltwater breeze 
         Am7
blows in
Am7                               C
I find myself laying right there in
C                              
A kicked back, jet black leather 
    G  G4
seat
    G
The hum and the buzz and the sting 
of that needle
Am7                               
Faded away but I guess some people
       C
 never do
       G/B                   Am7
Losing you is the only thing worse
                    (G)
Than a tattoo on a sunburn

[Outro]

( G  Am7 )

(Am7)        (C)
A tattoo on a sunburn

( C  G )