C               E          F
I've never been tattooed, no reason to put one on
                C                    E                 F
Like a favorite song, I tend to wimp out and I never go through
C               E          F
And everyday I see all the pretty girls around me
              C                    E             F
And all their tattoos and many questions they receive

[Chorus]
Dm                      G
But I wish I was a tattoo
                                     C E F
So I'd know I meant something to you
                                 C E F
I'd know I meant something to you

[Verse 2]
               C                       E
I wanna be the words written down your side
               F
I wanna be the secret you have to hide
                   C                E
I'd settle for the one you'd rather erase
                      F
But I'd rather be the flowers wrapped around your waist
                 C                     E
I want to be the arrow, the heart, the name
                F
I'd even be the cover-up to hide your shame

[Chorus]
               Dm     G
I wish I was a tattoo
                                     C E F
So I'd know I meant something to you
                             C E F
Know I meant something to you

[Verse 3]
                   C            E
I wish it could be so black and white
            F
A moment in time you remember for life
              C                           E
I wanna start conversations that wouldn’t otherwise
                 F
Encourage you to roll up your sleeves all night
               Am
I wanna be the reason fingers meet
              F                       C
I wanna catch tears rolling down your cheek

[Chorus]
               Dm     G
I wish I was a tattoo
                                     C E F
So I'd know I meant something to you
                              C E F
Know I meant something to you
                              C E F
Know I meant something to you
                              C E F
Know I meant something to you

[Outro]
          G               C               F
It may be silly, but it’s one way to your heart
              G             C             F
We had a good run, but it’s time for us to part
                G           Am     G     F
It’s times like these, that send me to my knees

[Chorus]
               Dm     G
I wish I was a tattoo
                                     C E F
So I'd know I meant something to you
                              C E F
Know I meant something to you
                                     C E F
So I'd know I meant something to you
                              C E F
Know I meant something to you