Best Rolling Stones song ever to me, idc what anyone says lol. Always hits the spot.

My mother used to get so pissed when I’d play this song. Haha.

Just demonstrates once again how great Keith is! So original!

Keith songs were always the best songs!!

Tonight with a pint of Thai rum, a full stomach and the family away so I can't be peer pressured to do something else, I express a deep feeling of admiration for the hundreds, if not thousands of hours it would take this player to figure out how to play this song and the others he deciphers. Praises, blessings and thanks, James James!

Thank you for all the Stones. I remember trying to figure this one out years ago. Came to the same conclusion, but wish i would have had you tube back then....lol

One of my favorite Keith Tunes, and thank you for your post, excellent as always

One of my favorite Stones songs. Thanks.

Top 10 fav stone songs to me,..just adore the guitar tone and chord changes in this one....JJ teaching is just as entertaining....Go!!! JJ.....rip this joint.

Great lesson, great song. One rule of thumb (though there are exceptions) with Keith: if you figure out a part and it's really hard, it's probably wrong. That's part of his genius- once you get the tuning, they're almost always pretty easy. It's genius. Great songwriter.

Another awesome Stones song and lesson...thanks!!

Your stuff is so cool, and totally on point.

Like a lot of us who subscribe to your channel I love the Stones... I don’t have your ear, so this is such great insight into the song! And a great song it is. Thx man!

I think its great you show people how to figure things out, which makes one a better player.

You just made my Sunday. Now I got a project...

Hi Just wanted to thank you for all your efforts . Your approach is very practical and inspiring and I love the selection of songs you present. Im in a band and Im a stones devotee so you have really helped me sort out how to approach learning new songs. Your comments are always on the mark so keep it up . Your advice about playing what you can and not what worrying about what others think is very inspiring.

Hell yeah! So glad i found this! Thanks

I've always liked this song and agree that it's underappreciated. Interestingly, even though I've since learned that Tattoo You was, indeed, an "odds and sods" album, it never felt like that when listening to it back then. And I'm not sure it does now, either. In some ways, you could argue that it's superior to Emotional Rescue, even though that's a "real" album and not a collection of leftovers. It also sold a lot more copies -- probably due to the popularity of "Start Me Up."

AWESOME JOB....you are so correct...it really helps to know the guitarist’s technique and habits when trying to figure out a song....definitely speeds things along...rock on my brother!!!!

Back again after all these years!!

dude u r the best channel on youtube!! whenever I can’t figure out a song and look it up, I always find one of your lessons. thanks!! 🎸

Incredible tune!

Dude... You have helped me so much over the years.. all your channels.. A Thank You, isn't enough to express my gratitude!! And Thank your wife also for letting you play her half of those guitar$!! 😀🤭

All time fave; gracias amigo. Thanks from Tombstone, AZ

I love your channel man - the Stones are my favourite band and every time I find a song I wanna learn I know you’ll have a great tutorial

That’s some pretty good tone!🎸🎵

These are my favorite lessons you do because either they confirm things that I thought already or it shoots me right out of the water 😂 but either way it's great teaching, much more valuable than just showing someone chords

Love the channel... thanks for the time you put in... cheers

SO FRICKIN' COOL! I love this song, such a great little rocker. I love how you figured this out.

Such a perfect job as always!

Thank you for all your great videos

When Tattoo you came out, this was my most played tune, more than even Start me up, which is, of course, great. Keef had the groove not to mention the lyrics that were pretty bold for the 80s. In my opinion, it is one of the best RS albums with Mick, perhaps, at his best.

Dud i like your stuff sounds like your in my garage keep it up

Another awesome week to be a James James subscriber. I'll be busy for a month. Can't thank you enough.

Thanks for this lesson, Awesome Guitar!

Good breakdown of this sign. The d minor giveaway cracks me up. You “could” but Keith wouldn’t is so spot on.

Nice job. Thank You!

Great song, one of my favorites,love the groove. I vote for the key being F. Dm is the relative minor, opening note is an F. All the chords are scale tones-A,Bb,C,D,E.

This is awesome man

Thank You Very Much For posting this!!!!! Always been a favorite tune but it pissed me off cause i figured when it came out it was another 5-string Open-G classic and i tried and tried to figure it out and could never get the sound right. You just made my Sunday Morning.😎

Great video as always. Thanks for all them.

this is my favorite youtube channel

Thanks so much for your videos! You have such a backlog, I am still going through them. I hope you're well. All the best!

I was 19 or 20 when this came out and I loved it. The driving guitar and Keith's voice which makes me think I could even sing this one , well maybe 😄

Very cool, learned some new licks.Thank you, I love the stones stuff and keep my Telecaster in open G with bottom E string removed.

Great stuff, keep 'em coming James²! Txs

Whenever I need to know how to play a song JJ is my first look.

EXCELLENT. THANKS MAN.

Letssss goooo I love this song man and it rocks another level mate!

You're a wizard, man.

well done on this one!!!!

Awesome James 👍

Another way to guess is the guitar he played the song with. He always used the black tele custom for that which was his main standard tuned guitar at that point.

Many songs on "Tattoo You," were originally "demoed," or even recorded in 1978.

I love this song !! And the great thing is - I don’t have to sit and work it out via Tattoo You - I’ve got you to show me exactly how it goes ! That to me is - Priceless ! Thank you loads Mr James. You are a brilliant guy to learn from. I just wish I could learn from you 24/7.... Oh ! Hang in a mo ? I can !! Lol. Incidentally I was at Redlands (back in 1981 just before The Stones UK 🇬🇧 leg of the tour) chatting with Keith’s gardener - who was a really lovely guy who’d taken over the upkeep of Keith’s cottage from his dad (who was the inspiration for Jumpin Jack Flash due to his huge 🦶 feet) and he told me Tattoo You was an album they made for diehard Stones fans - wether this is true I don’t know - but he was great to gas with. I remember Keith’s Dalmatian Tabasco (after Keith’s favourite sauce) because he got in my car - grabbed a pork pie - jumped in the back seat - dropped the pie into a tissue box full of good grass - ate the pie along with a significant amount of the grass - before we could get him out - an hour later the dog came a flopped down on the grass next to where we were talking to the gardener - his eyes completely blood shot - with the gardener voicing concern about the dog’s lethargy (he was normally very hyper) me and my band mates just kept quiet 🤫 Lol. So my claim to fame - I got Keith Richards’ dog 🐕 stoned. As god is my witness this story is completely false - ha ha ! No it’s all true actually. Great days hangin out with the Richards household. Cheers 🥂. Rx

This is so awesome thanks for this lesson

TY n nice guitar telecaster

He’s doing on it stage right now, 2024…in standard😁

Great

First love this song one of my favorites and I like your video, I appreciate! I didn't know there was an argument on this song ha. I'm a big stones fan. Recently even (10? Years) in a concert I saw a video and he's playing in standard for this song. Made obvious by the opening movement. Maybe he used to play it now n then in G open but that would make some parts more difficult Edit I know Keith prefers open G 5 string and different tunings but some songs would be odd to of not been written in standard key

Thanks! Your old channel had it in open G and I had a hard time reconciling with the way I play it, which is mostly this video, and what I've seen in the 81 videos. What you have here makes more sense with the open G shape on just the DGB. I'll defer to you! On another note, my sons and I are going to build some guitars (just Teles). I'm heading out to buy a table saw right now. What hardware, etc. would you (or anyone else) put in your T style guitar? I'm not enough of a gear head to know, but I'm learning. I'm not quitting my day job or anything - this just looked like a cool thing to do with the boys. Thanks, JJ!

Theodora and Alexandra Richards. Two of Keith's daughters, Little T&A although it was written before they were born.

The man knows how to use his ears...

thank you!

Dude! You're like Sherlock Holmes!

kool

That tele is sweet.is that custom shop.gret lesson too.

off the top of your head, you pick 3 tunes in open G w/ minor chords. you are in deep. lol jolly good lesson. Ü ♫

First of all- cheers- great job. Second- my daughter's a Blue Devil- and my son is an ASU Sun Devil... That's definitely Sparky the the Sun Devil mascot on your Duke shirt! Where the heck did you get that???

I know you don’t take requests so I was wondering if you can help me out. The song Don’t Treat Me Bad by Firehouse has a chord that I can’t figure out. In the verse I think there’s a Bm but the two videos I’ve seen on KZfaq play a D. You’ve got the golden ear...what do you think?

yeah this is definitely standard tuned.. sounds just like slave style... yeah those 81-82 circa video still back when he was looking over his shoulder seeing the devil still there.

Algun mexicano escuchando esta Joya de Musica Y el Musico Tambien xd :)

That's Angus Young.

I hear a little slap back too.

I Wanna Hold Your Hand isn't it.

Ironically, Keith’s 2 daughters are T and A (ones name started with T the other with A). Not sure that’s what he was talking about in the song...

Great lesson. I really like the sound of your tele. Is that a mini humbucker or Firebird pickup in bridge position? Is this a custom built guitar or is it by a big manufacturer?

So what are your echo pedal settings? You have such a killer tone and your echo box is a big part of that

What on earth have you got in that bridge position? Sounds great!

What do you think the tuning on Slave is?

Okay, when you were younger - did it take you only 2 hours to figure a song out? I wonder how impressive you were with this skill as a budding guitar player.

What amp do you use when doing your covers ?

How’re you feeling sir ?

I think Verse F solo C

You could have been a detective.

thank you!