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Bad To The Bone by George Thorogood
Bad To The Bone
Gtr I (D G D G B D) - 'Overdrive Electric with slide'
INTRO Gtr I:
Q.=100 12/8
E E E E E E q E Q. E E E E E E q E Q. E E E E E E
|--------------|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0------------|
|---0---5-0-3/-|-0-----------0---5-0-3/-|-0-----------0---5-0-3/---|
|---0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/---|
|---0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/---|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
q E Q. E E E E E S S Q. +E Q Q E E E E
|-0-----------0------------||-0----(0)-15\--0-----------|
|-0-----------0---5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)-15\--0----5-0-3/-|
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3/-|
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)---------0-5-0-3/-|
|--------------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------------------||---------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E H E +Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-0-------------------------|---------12------------0--------|
|-0-11s===12-(12)----5-0-3/-|-0-11s12----12---------0-5-0-3/-|
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-11s12-------12-12\--0-5-0-3/-|
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3/-|-0----------------12\--0-5-0-3/-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
~~~~~~~
E H E +Q E E E E q E Q. H. Wx6
|-0------------------------||-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-11s===12-(12)----5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
|--------------------------||-------------------|--------|
|--------------------------||-------------------|--------|
VERSE 2:
H. Q E E E E q E Q. Q E E E E 6x q E Q. H. Wx5
|--------------------||------------------------||-0-----------------|----------|
|------------0-5-0-3-||o-0------------0-5-0-3-o||-0-----------------|----------|
|------------0-5-0-3-||--0------------0-5-0-3--||-0-----------------|----------|
|------------0-5-0-3-||--0------------0-5-0-3--||-0-----------------|----------|
|--------------------||o----------------------o||-------------------|----------|
|--------------------||------------------------||-------------------|----------|
|- Riff 1 --||- Riff 2 ----------------------------------|
Riff 1
Riff 2 x4
q E Q. E E E E E S S
|-0-----------0------------|
|-0-----------0---5-0-3s12-|
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-|
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-Riff 3
Guitar SOLO
H. +Q E E E E Q. +E Q Q E E E E
|-0-------(0)--------/12-||-0----(0)-12\-------------|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-/12-||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-/12-||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-----||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|
|------------------------||--------------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------------|
end Riff 3-|
~~~~~~~
E E E +Q. Q E E E a E
|-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------0---0-----|
|-0-11s12-(12)---12\--0-3-0-----|
|-0-11s12-(12)---12\--0-3-0-3s4-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q Q E Q E E E E
|---------12---------------------|---/3--/3--/3-0-----------|
|------------12------------------|-0-/3--/3--/3-0--0--------|
|-0-11s12-------12-12\--0----0-3-|-0-/3--/3--/3-0--0----0-3-|
|-0-11s12----------12\--0-/3-0-3-|-0-----------------/3-0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E Q E Q E E E E E H E Q E E E E
|--------------------------|-0--------------------------|
|-0------------0--0--------|-0--------------------------|
|-0-2s3-/3--/3-0--0-3-0-/3-|-0-11s===12-12--12-12-12-12-|
|-0-2s3-/3--/3-0--0-3-0-/3-|-0-11s===12-12--12-12-12-12-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------12-----|
|----------------------------12----12--|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------12----|-------------------------12----------|
|----------------------------12----12-|----------------------12----12-------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|
|-12-12-12----------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------12-----------|
|-12-12----------------12----12--------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------12-12--|
|-------12-12-12-12-12----------12-12--|
|----------12----12--------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|-12-12-11b11.5-11b11.5-12-12-12-12-12-12\-0-0-|
|-12-12-11b11.5-11b11.5-12-12-12-12-12-12\-0-0-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Q. +E E E Q. E E E H. +Q E E E E
|-0----(0)-----0-0--------/12-|-0-------(0)-----------||
|-0----(0)-----0-0----0---/12-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
|-0----(0)--4--0-0----0-0-/12-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
|-0----(0)-(4)-0-0----0-0-----|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
Verse 3:
q E Q. H. Wx5
|-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-----------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
Riff 1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3
Sax Solo:
||--0-------(0)-----------||
||o-0-------(0)----5-0-3-o||
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
||o----------------------o||
||------------------------||
E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E a S S S S +Q +Q E E E E
|-0-----3---3-3-3-5-5-------|-0-15s13s15-------------------5--------|
|-0-1s3---3-3-3-3-3-3-5-0-3-|-0-15s13s15s13-11---------------5-0-/3-|
|-0-------3-----------5-0-3-|-0----------------0-(0)--(0)----5-0-/3-|
|-0-------------------5-0-3-|------------------0-(0)--(0)----5-0-/3-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
H. +Q E E E E Q. +E Q Q. E E E
||--0-------(0)-----------||-0----(0)-12\--0----------|
||o-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-o||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||-0----(0)------0----5-0-3-|
||o----------------------o||--------------------------|
||------------------------||--------------------------|
Guitar Solo 2
~
H. +Q E E E E E a E E a Q a E Q E E E E
|-0-------(0)----------||-0---4s5-4s5--4s5-5----------|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0-3-------------------------|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0-------------------0-5-0S3-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0---------------------------|
|----------------------||-----------------------------|
|----------------------||-----------------------------|
E a Q a Q E Q E E E E
|------------------0--------|
|------------------0-5-0-3--|
|-0----------------0-5-0-3--|
|---4s5--4s5--5S3----5-0-3--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
E Q Q. Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E
|----------------------||--------------------------||
|-0-2s=3---------------||o-------------0----------o||
|-0-2s=3----0--0-5-0-3-||--0-----3-0-3-0----5-0-3--||
|-0-2s=3----0--0-5-0-3-||--0-3-0-3-0-3-0----5-0-3--||
|----------------------||o---3-0------------------o||
|----------------------||--------------------------||
E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|
|-0---------------0--0-5-0S3--|
|-0---------------0--0-5-0S3--|
|---------0-3b3.5-0-----------|
|---0-0S4---------------------|
~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E Q E E E E E H E +Q E E E E
||--------------------------||-||--0-------/(12)-(12)-----------||
||o------------------------o||-||o-0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3-o||
||--0-----------0--0-5-0-3--||-||--0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3--||
||--0-----------0--0-5-0-3--||-||--0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3--||
||o---------0-3-0----------o||-||o-----------------------------o||
||----0-0S3-----------------||-||-------------------------------||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---4:3---|
E. S S S E E E E Q E E E E
|-12--24-22-22-22-22-19\-12-15\----------|
|-12-----------------19\-12-15\--0-5-0-3-|
|--------------------------------0-5-0-3-|
|--------------------------------0-------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
~~~~~
|--4:3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E S E. E E E E
|-/21----21-21-21\-19-17-15s14-15\---------|
|------------------19-17-15s14-15\-0-5-0-3-|
|-----21---------------------------0-5-0-3-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
|--4:3---| |--3--| |-2:3-|
E E S S E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-0-----21----21----21----19\----------|-0----21----21----21\---15\-0-----0-0-|
|-0--------------------20-19\--0-5-0-3-|-0----------------------15\-0-0-5-0-0-|
|-0--------21----21------------0-5-0-3-|-0-21----21----21-21\---------0-5-----|
|-0-/17--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---/17--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----------0-------------||---------------------------||
|-----------0-------------||---------------------------||
|-------------------------||o-------------------------o||
|-------------------------||---------------------------||
Q. +E Q Q E E E E H. +Q E E E E
|-0----(0)-15\--0----------|-0-------(0)----------|
|-0----(0)-15\--0----5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
Verse 4:
q E Q. H. Wx5
|-0---------------||----------------|
|-0---------------||----------------|
|-0---------------||----------------|
|-0---------------||----------------|
|-----------------||----------------|
|-----------------||----------------|
Riff 1
Riff 2 x5
OUTRO:
H. +Q E E E E Q. +E E E Q. E E E
|-0-------(0)----------||--------------12\-0-----------|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)---------0----5-0-3\-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)-12\-----0----5-0-3\-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)-12\----------5-0-3\-|
|----------------------||------------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|------3-3-3-3-5-----------|---------12----------------------|
|-0-/3---3-3-3---0---5-0-3-|-0----------12-------------5-0-3-|
|-0------0-0-0-----0-5-0-3-|-0-11s12-------(12)-12\--0-5-0-3-|
|-0------------------5-0-3-|-0-11s12------------12\--0-5-0-3-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E H E Q E Q E
|-0-------------------------|
|-0----------12--12-12--12--|
|-0-11s===12-12--12-12--12--|
|-0-11s===12------------12--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-12-----|----------------------12-----|
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-|
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E Q E E E E E E E
|---------------------12-----------|
|------------------12-12-12--------|
|-12--12-12--12-12----------12-----|
|-12--12-12--12-12-------------12--|
|-12--12-12--12-12-----------------|
|----------------------------------|
Q E Q E Q. Q S S H. +Q E E E E H. +Q E E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5--3---|-0-------(0)----5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)----5-0-3-|
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5--3p0-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5------|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
H.=H
TP
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. E Q Q. +Q. q E Q. H.
|---------------------|------^1-^2--3----(3)---|-3---------------*|
|-0-------------------|------^1-^2--3----(3)---|-3---------------*|
|-0-------------------|-------------0----(0)---|-0---------------*|
|-0--0-3--3-2--2-1--1-|-0----------------------|-----------------*|
|-0-------------------|------------------------|-----------------*|
|-0-------------------|------------------------|-----------------*|
On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone
She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you
I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
--------------
version 2
Symbols:
/ slide up
\ slide down
b bend
^ vibrato (he usually uses the tremolo arm, a.k.a. "whammi bar")
Intro: |main|
|riff| |~~riff one~~~|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--005030---------005030-----005030-----005030-----005030-0--12\-0---|
D--005030---------005030-----005030-----005030-----005030-0--12\-0---|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|~riff two~| |~~~~riff three~~~~| |~~riff four~~|
e---------------------------10-7-------------------------------------|
B---------7b8------------7b8----8-8\------------7b8^^^---------------|
G--05030----------05030------------------05030-------------05030-----|
D--05030----------05030------------------05030-------------05030-----|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
After "She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone" repeat
the main riff seven times while he says "bad to the bone" over and over
again. Wait for the verses to go by and repeat it again six more times
after he says "I'm here to tell 'ya honey... ." Hold out the last strum,
then play riff one, riff two, and riff three.
Right after that, play this twice:
e----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G--05030---2/3-2/3--2/3-0----|
D--05030---2/3-2/3--2/3-0----|
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------|
Play the main riff, then this a few times (listen to the song for this):
e----------------------7-10-7---|
B--7/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----------|
G-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
Then this before he goes into the next round of lyrics:
|~~~~~~~~~~~~riff five~~~~~~~~~~~|
e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G--0-----12\--0-----05030-----05030---|
D--0-----12\--0-----05030-----05030---|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|
After the lyrics a sax solo kicks in and you just repeat the main riff
over and over with the occational slide down from 12.Then the guitar
solo starts:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B--7b8--8--8--8---------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------05030---2/3^^--0--05030---|
D-----------------------4b5--5--5--3----05030---2/3^^--0--05030---|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
2x:
e------------------|
B------------------|
G--323230---5030---|
D--323230---5030---|
A------------------|
E------------------|
3x:
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-----------------05030---|
D----------0-5----05030---|
A------1-3----------------|
E--3-3--------------------|
Then riff four is played two times.
Then George makes some weird sounds that I couldn't figure out.
Next, this is repeated a lot:
e--555555555
B--444444444
G-----------|
D-----------|
A-----------|
E-----------|
Then riff five, the main riff six times, riff one, the main riff once,
then something like:
e--4/5-5-5-5-5-5/---|
B--3/4-4-4-4-4-4/---|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-------------------|
E-------------------|
The riff 3, the main riff, then:
|riff six, repeat several times|
e------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10------|
B--6/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--10-8-------|
G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
Then the main riff twice. I was too tired to bother with the ending
(Bo Diddley rhythm)
G 2x
C 3x
G 1x
Into: G C G 6x
G C G
On the day I was born,
G C G
the nurses all gathered 'round
G C G
And they gazed in wide wonder,
G C G
at the joy they had found
G C G
The head nurse spoke up,
G C G
and she said leave this one alone
G C G
She could tell right away,
G C G
that I was bad to the bone
G C G
Bad to the bone
G C G
Bad to the bone
G C G
B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone
G C G
B-B-B-B-Bad
G C G
B-B-B-B-Bad
G C G
Bad to the bone
I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you
I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
---------