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
/ / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / /
Gtr I
A G
4/4 3/4 4/4
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/ / / /x/ /// / / / / /x/ //// / / /
| 9 | | 10 | |
| o 10 | | 10 | 10 o |
| 9 | | 11 | 11 |
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| o | | | o |
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Verse
A G
4/4 3/4 4/4
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/ / / /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
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/ x/ / / / / / x/
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| | 4 4 2 4 | | |
| | 5 5 3 5 | | |
| | 5 5 3 5 | | |
| | 3 3 1 3 | | |
G F G F BbA
3/4
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/ / / 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\ |
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G
4/4 5/4 4/4 3/4
| | |||| ||||||| |
/ / //x/ /////// /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | |
| | | 12 12 | 12\ |
| | | 12 12 | 12\ |
| | | 12 12 | 12\ |
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A
4/4 3/4 4/4 5/4
| | |||| ||||||
/ / //x/ //////
| | | 21 17 21 17 | 21b22 (21)\ |
| | | 17 17 17 | |
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G
4/4 4/4
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/ / //x/ ///////
| | | 19 15 17 15 19 15 | 17 15 19\ |
| | | 15 15 | 15 15 |
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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\ |
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G
4/4 4/4
| | |||| |||||||
/ / //x/ ///////
A
4/4 3/4 4/4 5/4
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/ / //x/ //////
| | | | |
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| | | | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| | | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| | | 3b5 | (3) |
G
4/4 4/4
| | |||| |||||||
/ / //x/ ///////
| | | | |
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| | | 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) |
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| <5> | (<5>) | | |
G
4/4 4/4
| | |||| |||||||
/ / //x/ ///////
TP TP
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 | | * |
| | | | | | * |
| | | | | | * |
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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