The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys Tab

                               TATTOOED LOVE BOYS
                            As recorded by Pretenders
                        (From the 1980 Album PRETENDERS)

Words and Music by C Hynde
Transcribed by ptc.10.bassetrox AT spamgourmet DOT com

I exported this from the Ptb i made in order to make it accessible for all. It needed a
of clearing up, resulting in simplifying the chord names in the tab

Watch Out for the time sig. changes. They're all over the place.
Thanks to Alisdair MacRae-Birch, jazz guitarist, for some pointers in TS notation, from
i was able to decipher the rest
O/D lead guitar, crunch rhythm guitar.

           A                    G                  F5/E(not. as E5)       F
      5 7 7 6 5 5          3 5 5 4 3 3          0 3 3 x x x          1 3 3 2 x x

       G(type 2)                G#                   Bb
      3 5 5 4 x x          4 6 6 5 x x          6 8 8 7 6 6

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Chrissie'

Intro

Q=240 A G 4/4 3/4 4/4
Gtr
/ / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / / Gtr I
9 10
10 10 10
9 11 11
A G 4/4 3/4 4/4 | | | ||| ||| | | | | ||| |||| | | | / / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / /
9 10
o 10 10 10 o
9 11 11
o o

Verse

A G 4/4 3/4 4/4 | | | ||| ||| | | | | ||| |||| | | | / / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / / 4x
9 10
o 10 10 10 o
9 11 11
o o

Chorus

E5 F E5 F E5 F E5 F G G# G G# G G# G G# | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 4x
o o
o o
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4
A G 4/4 3/4 4/4 | | | ||| ||| | | | | ||| |||| | | | / / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / /
9 10
o 10 10 10 o
9 11 11
o o

Verse

A G 4/4 3/4 4/4 | | | ||| ||| | | | | ||| |||| | | | / / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / / 4x
9 10
o 10 10 10 o
9 11 11
o o

Chorus

E5 F E5 F E5 F E5 F G G# G G# G G# G G# | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 4x
o o
o o
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4

Interlude

BbA G F G BbA 3/4 4/4 | || | | | | | || / x/ / / / / / x/
4 4 2 4
5 5 3 5
5 5 3 5
3 3 1 3
G F G F BbA 3/4 | | | | | | | | | | || / / / x / / / / / / x/
4 4 2 4 4 (4) 4 4 2
5 5 3 5 5 (5) 5 5 3
5 5 3 5 5 (5) 5 5 3
3 3 1 3 3 (3) 3 3 1
G F G F G 4/4 | | | | | | | | | || / / / x / / / / / // 3x
o o
4 4 2 4 4 (4) 4 4 2 4
5 5 3 5 5 (5) 5 5 3 5
o 5 5 3 5 5 (5) 5 5 3 5 o
3 3 1 3 3 (3) 3 3 1 3

Solo

A 4/4 3/4 4/4 5/4 | | |||| |||||| / / //x/ ////// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14 14 14 14\
14 14 14 14\
14 14 14 14\
G 4/4 5/4 4/4 3/4 | | |||| ||||||| | / / //x/ /////// / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12 12 12\
12 12 12\
12 12 12\
A 4/4 3/4 4/4 5/4 | | |||| |||||| / / //x/ //////
21 17 21 17 21b22 (21)\
17 17 17
G 4/4 4/4 | | |||| ||||||| / / //x/ ///////
19 15 17 15 19 15 17 15 19\
15 15 15 15
A 4/4 3/4 4/4 5/4 | | |||| |||||| / / //x/ //////
14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 14\
14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14\
G 4/4 4/4 | | |||| ||||||| / / //x/ ///////
12 12
12 12
12 12
A 4/4 3/4 4/4 5/4 | | |||| |||||| / / //x/ //////
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3b5 (3)
G 4/4 4/4 | | |||| ||||||| / / //x/ ///////
2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
A 4/4 3/4 4/4 5/4 | | |||| | ||||| / / //x/ / ///// ~~~
12 12 12 12 (12)
15b17 15b17 15b17 15b17r (15)
<5> (<5>)
G 4/4 4/4 | | |||| ||||||| / / //x/ /////// TP TP
15 (15)S 3
A G 4/4 3/4 4/4 | | | ||| ||| | | | | ||| |||| | | | / / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / / 3x
9 10
o 10 10 10 o
9 11 11
o o

Verse

A G 4/4 3/4 4/4 | | | ||| ||| | | | | ||| |||| | | | / / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / / 4x
9 10
o 10 10 10 o
9 11 11
o o

Chorus

E5 F E5 F E5 F E5 F G G# G G# G G# G G# | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 4x
o o
o o
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4

Outro

A G 4/4 3/4 4/4 | | | ||| ||| | | | | ||| |||| | | | | / / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / / /
9 10 10 *
10 10 10 *
9 11 11 *
*
*
*
PM - palm muting = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

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