Bad Company - Bad company

BAD COMPANY (Bassline) As recorded by Bad Company (From the 1974 Album BAD COMPANY) Words and Music by Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Boz Burrell - Bass' [Intro] Q=112 4/4 Gtr I W W E E H. +H E E E E G|----------|----------|-11s10s11-------|-(11)----11s10---11s==| D|----------|----------|----------------|----------------------| A|----------|----------|----------------|----------------------| E|----------|----------|----------------|----------------------| |--3--| |--3--| W H e e e e e e G|-13--------|-/15----15-15-15-15-15-15-| D|-----------|--------------------------| A|-----------|--------------------------| E|-----------|--------------------------| |--3--| |--3--| e e e e e e S S S S S S S S G|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| [1st Verse] +W W W H. E E G|-(15)--------|----------||----------|---------------| D|-------------|----------||----------|-----------11s=| A|-------------|----------||----------|---------------| E|-------------|----------||----------|---------------| H. +E E E E E E E Q E E Q E +Q Q H. E E G|---------------11s|=10s11s10s11s10s11--13-|---11s=10-(10)-----|---------------| D|-13-------(13)----|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------11s=| A|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------| E|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------| W W W H Q Q G|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|| D|-13--------|----------|-13--------|------------|| A|-----------|----------|-13--------|---------4--|| E|-----------|----------|-----------|------6-----|| [2nd Verse] W +H Q Q W +H Q Q G||-----------|--------------|----------|----------------|| D||o----------|--------------|----------|---------------o|| A||o-6--------|-(6)-------4--|-6--------|-(6)-------4---o|| E||-----------|--------6-----|----------|--------6-------|| [Chorus] W +H Q Q H E E E E E Q. H G|----------|---------------||--------------|-------------| D|----------|---------------||--------------|-------------| A|-6--------|-(6)----6\-----||-4------------|-------------| E|----------|------------2--||--------1-2---|-4-4---------| E Q. +Q E E E Q. E Q. H E Q E E Q. +E E E E G|-----------------|---------------|-------------|------------------| D|-----------------|---------------|-------------|------------------| A|-6-6----(6)----4-|-6-6----6-6\---|-------------|------------3-4-5-| E|-------------6---|---------------|-2----2-2--2-|-4-4----(4)-------| E Q. +E E E E E Q. S S E E E E Q. S S E E E E Q. Q Q G|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|| D|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|| A|-6-6----(6)---4---|-6-6----------4---|-6-6----------4---|-6-6-------4--|| E|------------6---6-|----------6-6---6-|----------6-6---6-|--------6-----|| [Interlude] W +H Q Q W +H Q Q G|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|| D|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|| A|-6--------|-(6)-------4--|-6--------|-(6)-------4--|| E|----------|--------6-----|----------|--------6-----|| [3rd Verse] W +H Q Q W +H Q Q G||-----------|--------------|----------|----------------|| D||o----------|--------------|----------|---------------o|| A||o-6--------|-(6)-------4--|-6--------|-(6)-------4---o|| E||-----------|--------6-----|----------|--------6-------|| [4th Verse] W +Q Q Q Q W +H Q Q G|----------|---------------||----------|-----------6--| D|----------|---------8--8--||----------|--------8-----| A|-6--------|-(6)--x--------||-6--------|-(6)----------| E|----------|---------------||----------|--------------| W +H Q Q W +H Q Q G|----------|-----------6--|----------|-----------6--| D|----------|--------8-----|----------|--------8-----| A|-6--------|-(6)----------|-6--------|-(6)----------| E|----------|--------------|----------|--------------| W +H Q Q W +H Q Q G|----------|------------6\--|----------|---------------|| D|----------|--------/8------|----------|---------------|| A|-6--------|-(6)------------|-6--------|-(6)----6\-----|| E|----------|----------------|----------|------------2--|| [Chorus] E Q. S S E E E E Q. +E E E E E Q. +E E E E E Q. Q Q G|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| D|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| A|-4-4--------------|------------3-4-5-|-6-6----(6)---6---|-6-6----6--6\---| E|----------1-1-2-3-|-4-4----(4)-------|------------6-----|----------------| E Q. E Q E E Q. +E E E E E Q. +E E E E E Q. S S E E E G|---------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| D|---------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| A|---------------|------------3-4-5-|-6-6----(6)---4---|-6-6----------4----| E|-2-2----2-2--2-|-4-4----(4)-------|------------6---6-|----------6-6---6--| [Guitar Solo] E Q. E E E E E Q. Q Q W E E H. G|----------------|--------------||----------|-----------| D|----------------|--------------||----------|-----------| A|-6-6--------4---|-6-6-------4--||-6--------|-6-4-4-----| E|----------6---6-|--------6-----||----------|-----------| Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q H S S E E E E Q. S S E E E G|-11----10-(10)------|------------11--10\--|------------6---|--------------6---| D|----------------13--|-(13)----------------|--------8-8---8-|----------8-8---8-| A|--------------------|------11-------------|-6--------------|-6-6--------------| E|--------------------|---------------------|----------------|------------------| E Q. E E E E E Q. Q Q W E E H. G|------------6---|-----------6--|----------|-----------| D|----------8---8-|--------8-----|----------|-----------| A|-6-6------------|-6-6----------|-6--------|-6-4-4-----| E|----------------|--------------|----------|-----------| Q. E +E E Q E Q. Q Q H S S E E E E Q. S S E E E G|-11----10-(10)-10-----|----------11--10\--|------------6---|--------------6---| D|------------------13--|-13----------------|--------8-8---8-|----------8-8---8-| A|----------------------|----11-------------|-6--------------|-6-6--------------| E|----------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------| [Chorus] E Q. S S E E E E Q. Q Q E Q. S S E E E E Q. S S E E E G|--------------6---|---------------||------------------|-------------------| D|----------8-8---8-|---------------||----------3-3-4-5-|-6-6---------------| A|-6-6--------------|-6-6----6\-----||-4-4--------------|----------3-3-4-5--| E|------------------|------------2--||------------------|-------------------| E Q. S S E E E E Q. Q Q E Q. S S E E E E Q. +E E E E G|------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------| D|------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------| A|-6-6----------4---|-6-6----6--6\--|--------------0-2-|------------3-4-5-| E|----------6-6---6-|---------------|-2-2------2-2-----|-4-4----(4)-------| E Q. +E E E E E Q. S S E E E E Q. S S E E E E Q. E Q E G|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|| D|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|| A|-6-6----(6)---4---|-6-6----------4---|-6-6----------4---|-6-6-----------|| E|------------6---6-|----------6-6---6-|----------6-6---6-|----------2--2-|| [Chorus] E Q. S S E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. S S E E E E Q. E Q E G|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------| D|----------3-3-4-5-|-6-6--------6---|------------------|---------------| A|-4-4--------------|----------6---6-|-6-6------6-6---6-|-6-6-----------| E|------------------|----------------|--------------6---|----------2--2-| H S E. S E. E Q. S S E E E E Q. +E E E E E Q. +E E E E G|----------------|------------------|--------------6---|--------------6----| D|--------6--6-6--|-4-4--------------|------------8---8-|------------8---8--| A|----------------|----------2-3-4-5-|-6-6----(6)-------|-6-6----(6)--------| E|-4--------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| [Outro] E Q. S S E E E E Q. S S E E E E Q. +E E E E E Q. S S E E E G|--------------6---|--------------6---||--------------6---|--------------6----| D|----------8-8---8-|----------8-8---8-||------------8---8-|----------8-8---8--| A|-6-6--------------|-6-6--------------||-6-6----(6)-------|-6-6---------------| E|------------------|------------------||------------------|-------------------| E Q. +E E E E E Q. S S E E E G|--------------6---|--------------6---| D|------------8---8-|----------8-8---8-| A|-6-6----(6)-------|-6-6--------------| E|------------------|------------------| E Q E +E E E E E Q E +E E E E 3x G||-------8-(8)---6---|------8-(8)---6-----|| D||o------------8---8-|------------8---8--o|| A||o-6-6--------------|-6-6---------------o|| E||-------------------|--------------------|| E Q E S S E E E E Q E +E E E E 3x E Q E +E E E E G||-------------------|------8-(8)---6----||------8-(8)---6----*| D||o------------------|------------8---8-o||------------8---8--*| A||o-6-6----------4---|-6-6--------------o||-6-6---------------*| E||-------6---6-6---4-|-------------------||-------------------*| [Lyrics] Company, always on the run Destiny is the rising sun Oh, I was born 6-gun in my hand Behind the gun I'll make my final stand That's why they call me Bad company And I can't deny Bad company 'Til the day I die Oh, 'til the day I die 'Til the day I die Rebel souls, deserters we are called Chose a gun and threw away the Son Now these towns, they all know our name 6-gun sound is our claim to fame I can hear them say Bad company And I won't deny Bad, bad company 'Til the day I die, oh, yeah 'Til the day I die, Hey Bad company I can't deny Bad company 'Til the day I die And I say it's bad company, oh yeah yeah Bad company 'Til the day I die Tell me that you are not a thief Oh but I am bad company It's the way I play dirty for dirty Oh, somebody double-crossed me Double-cross, double-cross ************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | (n) - note tied to previous | / - Slide up | \ - slide down | s - legato slide | x - muted note ||-3-| - triplet ************************************