New Tattoo Chords

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New Tattoo by James Arthur is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#. It uses the chords C#m, A, G# and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#
Text
16
Speed
  			C#m           A           G#               A 
Under my skin, beneath my fingertips, you slip and slide away 
C#m        A          G#                   A 
Let me begin to understand how you operate in such a calculated way 

A           B           C#m                      B 
Before today, I didn't know if I'd make it, but now it's all making sense 
A     G# 
Oh, ohh 

C#m 
I wear you like a new tattoo 
       A 
The design, the desire, I don't wanna remove 
G#                                             A 
You're the kind of thing, that I could love forever 
C#m 
I wear you like a new tattoo 
    A 
And I'll be so happy, that I'm stuck with you 
G#                           A 
And we cannot deface in any weather, ooohh 

C#m                   A 
Daa da, da daa da, da da daa, daa da daa 
G#                    A 
Daa da, da daa da, da da daa, yeahh 

C#m                          A              G#                                         A 
And do you ever look in the mirror and not know who you are, or know where you're going, ooh 
C#m            A                       G#                  A 
I've been that boy for what feels like 500 years, now I'm finally finding me 

A           B           C#m                      B 
Before today, I didn't know if I'd make it, but now it's all making sense 
A          G# 
Oh, oh, ohhhh, yeah, yeahh, yeah 

C#m 
I wear you like a new tattoo 
       A 
The design, the desire, I don't wanna remove 
G#                                             A 
You're the kind of thing, that I could love forever 
C#m 
I wear you like a new tattoo 
    A 
And I'll be so happy, that I'm stuck with you 
G#                           A 
And we cannot deface in any weather, ohh 

C#m                   A 
Daa da, da daa da, da da daa, daa da daa 
G#                    A 
Daa da, da daa da, da da daa, yeahh 

A               B                C#m                         B 
And I was so lost, and I was so lost in this world with no place and no purpose 
        A                                      G# 
Now I'm blowing up and will get bigger, never hide from a fight, got the heart of a winner 

C#m 
I wear you like a new tattoo 
       A 
The design, the desire, I don't wanna remove 
G#                                             A 
You're the kind of thing, that I could love forever 
C#m 
I wear you like a new tattoo 
    A 
And I'll be so happy, that I'm stuck with you 
G#                           A 
And we cannot deface in any weather, ohh 

C#m                   A 
Daa da, da daa da, da da daa, daa da daa 
G#                    A 
Daa da, da daa da, da da daa 
C#m                   A 
Daa da, da daa da, da da daa, daa da daa 
G#                    A 
Daa da, da daa da, da da daa, yeahh 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante