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Bad As Me by Tom Waits
Bad As Me
tempo:120
F5
You’re the head on the spear
You’re the nail on the cross
You’re the fly in my beer
E5
You’re the key that got lost
F5
You’re the letter from Jesus on the bathroom wall
E5
You’re mother superior in only a bra
You’re the samex3 kind of bad as me
You’re the samex3 kind of bad as me
F5
I’m the hat on the bed
I’m the coffee instead
E5
The fish or cut bait
I’m the detective up late
F5
I’m the blood on the floor
The thunder and the roar
E5
The boat that won’t sink
I just won’t sleep a wink
F5
You’re the same kind of bad as me
No good you say
Well that’s good enough for me
You’re the wreath that caught fire
You’re the preach to the choir
You bite down on the sheet
But your teeth have been wired
You skid in the rain
You’re trying to shift
You’re grinding the gears
You’re trying to shift
And you’re the same kind of bad as me
They told me you were no good
I know you’ll take care of all my needs
You’re the same kind of bad as me
I’m the mattress in the back
I’m the old gunnysack
I’m the one with the gun
Most likely to run
I’m the car in the weeds
If you cut me I’ll bleed
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me
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version 2
Tuning:Standard
Verse:
You can figure out the rhythm pretty quickly just by listening, but it basically just
switches between these two chords, 3 measures for the first one and 1 measure for the second.
e|---8-------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
B|---9-------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
G|---8-------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
D|---10------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
A|---8-------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
And stay on the second for an extra 2 measures before going into the chorus
Chorus 1:
Switch between another 2 chords
e|---8-----------------7------------8-------------------8-------------------|
B|---9-----------------8------------9-------------------9-------------------|
G|---8-----------------7------------8-------------------8-------------------|
D|---10----------------9------------10------------------10------------------|
A|---8-----------------7------------8-------------------8-------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
while another guitar plays the riff
e|------------------------------------------------------12/13--12/13--12/13~|
B|------------------------------------------------------12/13--12/13--12/13~|
G|----------------------------------5------3--1-----------------------------|
D|----6------5--3--------------------------------3---2----------------------|
A|-----------------6---6p7--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
From there only minor changes, during other verses a guitar plays notes from these
not-chords, don't know the rhythm exactly but just pick single notes from these
e|-----13---------------------------12--------------------------------------|
B|-----13---------------------------12--------------------------------------|
G|-----13---------------------------12--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
and the next chorus repeats once and changes to something like
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------5------3--1----------5--3---1-----------|
D|----6------5--3--------------------------------3---2h3--------------------|
A|-----------------6---6p7--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------5------3--1-----------------------------|
D|----6------5--3--------------------------------3------8----8---8----------|
A|-----------------6---6p7------------------------------7----7---7----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------8----8---8----------|
Next verse
e|-----8------8--------8------8-----------8------8--------------------------|
B|-----9------9--------9------9-----------8------8--------------------------|
G|-----8-10---8-10-----8-10---8-10---X3---8------8--------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------10-----10-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----8------8--------8------8---------------------------------------------|
B|-----9------9--------9------9--------------------------//13~13~13~~~------|
G|-----8-10---8-10-----8-10---8-10---X3------10/9/10~~~---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------10/9/10~~~---------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:Basically the same as the last one with a couple of new riffs
Verse-same as verse 2 with some new riffs
Verse until the end with some playing around
End on
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-----8----8---8----------|
A|-----7----7---7----------|
E|-----8----8---8----------|
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version 3
F5
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |-----------------------7M---|--8M-8M-8M-8M-8M-8M-8M-7M---|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
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--8M-8M-8M-8M-8M-8M-8M-7M---||
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E5
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--7M-7M-7M-7M-7M-M-7M-7M----||
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the little riff after the verses
E |----------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-------|--1.------------------------|
G |--1.----0-------------------|-------|--------3--1----------------|
D |-----------3-----1-----2L---|--2----|-----------------2-----3L---|
A |----------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
this is from the verse 2 and next:
-----------------------------|--------8.----------8.------|
-----------------------------|-----9-----------9----------|
-----------------------------|--10-------10---------------|
-----------------------------|----------------------------|
-----------------------------|----------------------------|
-----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------8.----------8.------|--------8.----------8.------|
-----9-----------9-----9----|-----8-----------8----------|
--10-------10---------------|--9--------9----------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------8.----------8.------|
-----8-----------8----------|
--9--------9----------------|
----------------------------|
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Break 1 :
--------8.-------8.---------|
--------9--------9----------|
--------10-------10---------|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|
--------8.-------8.---------|--------8.-------8.---------|
--------9--------9----------|--------9--------9----------|
--------10-------10---------|--------10-------10---------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------6.-------6.---------||
--------8--------8----------||
--------9--------9----------||
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