This is one of my favourite songs by James Arthur and because there was no version online,
I decided to try to make my own. If you haven't bought his CD yet: go and buy it! ;)
Enjoy!
(intro bass: C#, B, G#, C, C)
VERSE 1
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
PRE-CHORUS
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
CHORUS
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
(strum once)
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
VERSE 2
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
PRE-CHORUS
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
CHORUS
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
(strum once)
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
BRIDGE (arpeggio or improvise)
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
CHORUS
C#m(hold)
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
(strum once)
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