Bbmaj7    Dm7       Am7           A7
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[Verse 1]
Dm7                                      Am7
Do I learn about you in the back of your car
Am7                                   Dm7
Do I see who I am in the red of your scars
Dm7                                   Am7
Do I learn about us in the roses you send
Am7                              A7
Do I see who I am when only the thorn are left

[Chorus]

Bbmaj7           Dm7
Pain is tempo...rary
           Am7
But I will pick .....for you
Bbmaj7            Dm7
            Am7
But you're permanent
N.C.                  Bbmaj7
Permanent like a bad tattoo
Dm           Am7    A7
Ooh, A bad tattoo, ooh
                      Bbmaj7
But I won't get you removed
Dm7         Am7    A7
Ooh, A bad tattoo, ooh

[Verse 2]
Dm7                                        Am7
Should I think about us and every penny I spend
Am7                                               Dm7
Are we a match made in heaven, is the devil our friend
Dm7                                          Am7
I hope I write about love, in the letters I sent
Am7                            A7
Do you know what I am, do you know what I meant

[Chorus]

Bbmaj7           Dm7
Pain is tempo...rary
           Am7
But I will pick .....for you
Bbmaj7            Dm7
            Am7
But you're permanent
N.C.                  Bbmaj7
Permanent like a bad tattoo
Dm7          Am7    A7
Ooh, A bad tattoo, ooh
                      Bbmaj7
But I won't get you removed
Dm7         Am7    A7
Ooh, A bad tattoo, ooh

[Bridge]
Bbmaj7             Dm7                         Bbmaj7
(Should regret it) pardon me I can never remove it
Bbmaj7                     Dm7
(Never gonna let it show) holding on when you know I shouldn't
Bbmaj7                         Dm7
(Should regret it it I don't) don't know, don't know you
Am7        N.C.                  Bbmaj7
Permanent, Permanent like a bad tattoo

[Refrain]
Dm7          Am7    A7
Ooh, a bad tattoo, ooh
                      Bbmaj7
But I won't get you removed
Dm7          Am7    A7
Ooh, a bad tatto,  ooh
                      Bbmaj7
Permanent like a bad tattoo
Dm7          Am7    A7
Ooh, a bad tattoo,  ooh
                      Bbmaj7
But I won't get you removed
Dm7          Am7    A7
Ooh, a bad tattoo, ooh

[Instrumental]

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