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Bm A G/B A7/C# ********* This part comes
again a few times
during the song !
Verse 1 :
When you've hitched every[] highwa[]y, and rode all the rails
A (A9_A) D D/A
You're no longer afraid of the dark
You get tougher than leather and harder than nails
E E7 A A_G/B_A7/C#
When you've earned all the scars on your heart
Verse 2 :
Hobos and heroes, bankers and bums
In some ways we're all the same
We all have to pay for the deeds that we've done
And wind up just dragging those chains
Refrain :
Life paints a picture that time can't erase
Em D/F# A4_A
Sometimes it cuts like a knife
Sooner or later one way or another
We all wear the tattoos of l[]ife[]

a repeat
of the 2'nd
part of the
intro.
Verse 3 :
The glory in living is just running the race
Not whether you win our you fail
The lines like a road map will show on your face
And your eyes tell the rest of the tale
Refrain :
Life paints a picture that time can't erase
Em D/F# A4_A
Sometimes it cuts like a knife
Sooner or later one way or another
We all wear the tattoos of l[]ife[]

The Tattoos of life