Bad Company - Good lovin gone bad
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Tuning: E A D G B E
GOOD LOVIN' GONE BAD
As recorded by Bad Company
(From the 1975 Album STRAIGHT SHOOTER)
Words and Music by Mick Ralphs
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Ralphs - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Ralphs - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=126
A D G
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist. & chorus)
H Q E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|-------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------2-|-(2)---3--2-2---7-|-(7)---8--7-7---7-|-(7)---8--7-------|
|-----------2-|-(2)---2--2-2---7-|-(7)---7--7-7---7-|-(7)---7--7-------|
|-----------2-|-(2)---4--2-2---7-|-(7)---9--7-7---7-|-(7)---9--7-------|
|-------------|-----0--------0---|-----0--------0---|-----0------------|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|------------0-2-3-|
+E E E E +E E Q AE E Q E E E DE +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E GE
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------3----|-2---3--2-2---7-|-(7)---8--7-7---7-|-(7)---8--7--------|
|-------0-2-(2)------|-2---2--2-2---7-|-(7)---7--7-7---7-|-(7)---7--7--------|
|-----0---0-(0)---3--|-2---4--2-2---7-|-(7)---9--7-7---7-|-(7)---9--7--------|
|--------------------|---0--------0---|-----0--------0---|-----0-------------|
|-(3)----------------|----------------|------------------|------------0-2-3--|
1st Verse
A A G A
PM----------| PM--------------------------|
+E E E E +H 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)----||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------0-2-(2)----||---------------2-|-(2)---4---2---4-0-|------------------|
|-----0---0-(0)----||-2---4---2---4-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------5-------2--|
|------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------------|-5---7-5-5---7-0--|
|-(3)--------------||-----------------|-------------------|-3-3-3---3-3-3----|
D G A
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------2-------|-----------------2-|-(2)---4---2---4-0-|------------------|
|-(2)-2-----------2-|-(2)---4---2---4-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------5-------2--|
|-(0)-0-3-4---3-4-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------------|-5---7-5-5---7-0--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-3-3-3---3-3-3----|
D G
PM--------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------2-|-(2)---3--2-2---7-|-(7)---8--7-7---7-|-(7)---8--7--------|
|-----------2-----2-|-(2)---2--2-2---7-|-(7)---7--7-7---7-|-(7)---7--7--------|
|-(2)-2-----------2-|-(2)---4--2-2---7-|-(7)---9--7-7---7-|-(7)---9--7--------|
|-(0)-0-3-4---3-4---|-----0--------0---|-----0--------0---|-----0-------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------0-2-3--|
2nd Verse
D A D G A
PM----------| PM----------------------------|
+E E E E +H 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)----||-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------0-2-(2)----||---------------2-|-(2)---4---2---4-0-|--------------------|
|-----0---0-(0)----||-2---4---2---4-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------5-------2--|
|------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------------|--5----7-5-5---7-0--|
|-(3)--------------||-----------------|-------------------|--3--3-3---3-3-3----|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| W W H E e E E +Q Q H
|------------------||-----------------|-------------5---5-|-(5)----------------|
|------------------||-----------------|-------------5---5-|-(5)----------------|
|------------------||-----------------|-------------2---0-|-(0)----------------|
|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D
PM--------| PM--------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-------|-----------------2-|
|-(2)-2-----------2-|-(2)---4---2---4-0-|
|-(0)-0-3-4---3-4-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E e Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|-----5-----5-5---5-|-(5)---------5-----|
|-----5-----5-5---5-|-(5)---------5-----|
|-----2-----2-2---2-|-(2)---------2-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
G A
PM----------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(2)---4---2---4-0-|--------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------5-------2--|
|-------------------|--5----7-5-5---7-0--|
|-------------------|--3--3-3---3-3-3----|
|
| H E e E E +Q Q E e E E
|-------------5---5-|-(5)---------5---5--|
|-------------5---5-|-(5)---------5---5--|
|-------------2---0-|-(0)---------2---0--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
Pre-Chorus
A D/A A5
PM--------|
|-3-|
+E E E E E E E E W W H Q Q Q
|-------------------||----------|----------|--------------|
|-----------------2-||-2--------|-3--------|-5------3-----|
|-----------2-----2-||-2--------|-2--------|-2----2---2---|
|-(2)-2-----------2-||-2--------|-4--------|-2------------|
|-(0)-0-3-4---3-4---||-0--------|-0--------|-0------------|
|-------------------||----------|----------|--------------|
|
| +W W W W
|-(5)---------------||----------|----------|--------------|
|-(5)---------------||----------|----------|--------------|
|-(0)---------------||----------|----------|--------------|
|-------------------||----------|----------|--------------|
|-------------------||----------|----------|--------------|
|-------------------||----------|----------|--------------|
A D/A A5
|-3-|
Q H. W W H Q Q Q
|------------|----------|----------|------------|
|-2----------|-2--------|-3--------|-5------3---|
|-2----------|-2--------|-2--------|-2----2---2-|
|-2----------|-2--------|-4--------|-2----------|
|----0-------|-0--------|-0--------|-0----------|
|------------|----------|----------|------------|
AQ H. W D/AW G5W
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|-2----------|-2--------|-3--------|-3----|
|-2----------|-2--------|-2--------|-0----|
|-2----------|-2--------|-4--------|-0----|
|----0-------|-0--------|-0--------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|-3----|
Chorus
D5/AW AQ Q GE E E D5E +E E Q S S E Q AQ Q GE E E D5E
|----------||---------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|-3--------||-2--2--0-0-x-3-|-(3)-3-3---------------|-2--2--0-0-x-3-|
|-2--------||-2--2--0-0-x-2-|-(2)-2-2------2--------|-2--2--0-0-x-2-|
|-0--------||-2--2--0-0-x-0-|-(0)-0-0--3h4----------|-2--2--0-0-x-0-|
|-0--------||-0--0----------|----------------3b3.5--|-0--0----------|
|----------||-------3-3-x---|-----------------------|-------3-3-x---|
+E E Q S S E Q AQ Q GE E E D/F#E +E E E E Dm/FH A/EH GH
|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|-----------|
|-(3)-3-3---------------|-2--2--0-0-x---|-----3-----3----|-2----0----|
|-(2)-2-2------2--------|-2--2--0-0-x-2-|-(2)---2---2----|-2----0----|
|-(0)-0-0--3h4----------|-2--2--0-0-x-0-|-(0)-------0----|-2----0----|
|----------------3b3.5--|-0--0----------|----------------|-0---------|
|-----------------------|-------3-3-x-2-|-(2)-----2-1----|-0----3----|
Interlude
D5/AW +H. E AE +E E Q E E E DE +E E Q E E E E
|----------|--------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------2-||-(2)---3--2-2---7-|-(7)---8--7-7---7--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------2-||-(2)---2--2-2---7-|-(7)---7--7-7---7--|
|-0--------|-(0)--------2-||-(2)---4--2-2---7-|-(7)---9--7-7---7--|
|-0--------|-(0)----------||-----0--------0---|-----0--------0----|
|----------|--------------||------------------|-------------------|
+E E Q E E E E +E E E E +E E Q
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-(7)---8--7-------|----------------3---------|
|-(7)---7--7-------|-------0-2-(2)------------|
|-(7)---9--7-------|-----0---0-(0)-----3b3.5--|
|-----0------------|--------------------------|
|------------0-2-3-|-(3)----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E E Q
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|---------------17-20------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
A D
E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--2-------3--2-2--------7-|-(7)---8--7--7----------7--|
|--2-------2--2-2--------7-|-(7)---7--7--7----------7--|
|--2-------4--2-2--------7-|-(7)---9--7--7----------7--|
|--------0----------0------|-----0-----------0---------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. +Q H E E +Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-20b22===========(20)r\---|------------20-(20)b22=====|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
+E E Q E E E GE +E E E D5E +H
|---------------------------|----------------------||
|--(7)---8----7-------------|---------3-(3)--------||
|--(7)---7----7-------------|-------0-2-(2)--------||
|--(7)---9----7-------------|-----0---0-(0)--------||
|------0--------------------|----------------------||
|------------------0-2-3----|-(3)------------------||
|
| ~~~~
| +H +Q E E +E Q E +E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------||
|-(20)------(20)r\----------|-----8---------8----8-||
|----------------------7b9==|=(7)-----7-(7)---7r---||
|---------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------||
Guitar Solo
A D G
PM----------------| PM-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------2-|-(2)----4--------2---4---0-|
|-2-----4-----2-----4---0-|-(0)--0-0-----0--0-0-0---0-|
|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q E +E E E S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-8-----8-----8-----8-----|--8-----8------------------|
|-7b9---7b9---7b9---7b9---|--7b9---7pb9r(7)-5-------5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------7-5h7---|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
A
PM------------| PM--------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------2-------------|
|---------5---------2-|-(2)----2-------------------2-|
|-5-----7-5-5---7---0-|-(0)----0-3---4-------3-4---0-|
|-3---3-3---3-3-3-----|------------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q E E E E E E S S S E E E S S S E E E
|---------5---5-------|--8p7p5-5-----5-8p7p5-5-----5-|
|-------5---8-------5-|------------------------------|
|-7b9-----------7b9---|----------7b9-----------7b9---|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
D
PM--------------|
+E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------------------2-|
|-(2)------4-----2-------4---0-|
|-(0)----0-0---0-0-----0-0-----|
|------------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| S S S E E E S S S E E E
|--8p7p5-5-----5-8p7p5-5-----5-|
|------------------------------|
|----------7b9-----------7b9---|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
G
PM----------------------
+E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-(2)------4-----2----------4-0-|
|-(0)----0-0---0-0-----0----0-0-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| S S S E E E S S S E a E E
|--8p7p5-5-----5-8p7p5-5------8-|
|------------------------8s10---|
|----------7b9------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
A
-------------------------------| PM--------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------------|--------------------------2-||
|------------------------------------|------------------2-------2-||
|---------------5------------------2-|-(2)---2------------------2-||
|--5-------7----5--5-------------7-0-|-(0)---0--3----4-----3--4---||
|--3----3--3-------3-------3-----3---|----------------------------||
|
| Q Q E +S S E E Q Q E E Q
|-10b12---10b12---10pb12r(10)p8-10-8-|-10b12---10b12--------------||
|------------------------------------|-----------------12----10---||
|------------------------------------|--------------------11------||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
A W D/A W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--2---------------------|--3---------------------|
|--2---------------------|--2---------------------|
|--2---------------------|--4---------------------|
|--0---------------------|--0---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| |---3---|
| H +Q Q Q S E. +Q Q E E
|-12b15=====(12)r-10-12--|------------------------|
|------------------------|-13-10--(10)---------10-|
|------------------------|-----------------/11----|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
A5 A
|-----3------|
H Q Q Q Q H.
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|--5-------------------3---------|--2--------|
|--2--------------2------------2-|--2--------|
|--2-----------------------------|--2--------|
|--0-----------------------------|-----0-----|
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|
| ~~
| E E E E Q Q W
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|-12b14-10-12----13b15---12b14---|-10--------|
|-------------11-----------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------|
D/A A5 A
|-3-|
W W H Q Q Q Q H.
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
|-2--------|-3--------|-5------3---|-2--------|
|-2--------|-2--------|-2----2---2-|-2--------|
|-2--------|-4--------|-2----------|-2--------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-0----------|----0-----|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
W D/AW G5W D5/AW
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|-2--------|-3--------|-3--------|-3----||
|-2--------|-2--------|-0--------|-2----||
|-2--------|-4--------|-0--------|-0----||
|-0--------|-0--------|----------|-0----||
|----------|----------|-3--------|------||
Chorus
AQ Q GE E E D5E +E E Q S S E Q
||----------------|-----------------------|
||o-2--2--0-0-x-3-|-(3)-3-3---------------|
||--2--2--0-0-x-2-|-(2)-2-2------2--------|
||--2--2--0-0-x-0-|-(0)-0-0--3h4----------|
||o-0--0----------|----------------3b3.5--|
||--------3-3-x---|-----------------------|
AQ Q GE E E D5E +E E Q S S E Q
|---------------|-----------------------|
|-2--2--0-0-x-3-|-(3)-3-3---------------|
|-2--2--0-0-x-2-|-(2)-2-2------2--------|
|-2--2--0-0-x-0-|-(0)-0-0--3h4----------|
|-0--0----------|----------------3b3.5--|
|-------3-3-x---|-----------------------|
1.,2.
AQ Q GE E E D/F#E +E E E E Dm/FH A/EH GH D5/AW 3x
|---------------|----------------|-----------|-------||
|-2--2--0-0-x---|-----3-----3----|-2----0----|-3----o||
|-2--2--0-0-x-2-|-(2)---2---2----|-2----0----|-2-----||
|-2--2--0-0-x-0-|-(0)-------0----|-2----0----|-0-----||
|-0--0----------|----------------|-0---------|-0----o||
|-------3-3-x-2-|-(2)-----2-1----|-0----3----|-------||
3.
A/E G D5/A A
H H W +H. E E
|-----------|----------|--------------||
|-2----0----|-3--------|-(3)--------2-||
|-2----0----|-2--------|-(2)--------2-||
|-2----0----|-0--------|-(0)--------2-||
|-0---------|-0--------|-(0)----------||
|-0----3----|----------|--------------||
Outro
+E E Q E E E DE +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E GE
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-(2)---3--2-2---7-|-(7)---8--7-7---7-|-(7)---8--7-------|
|-(2)---2--2-2---7-|-(7)---7--7-7---7-|-(7)---7--7-------|
|-(2)---4--2-2---7-|-(7)---9--7-7---7-|-(7)---9--7-------|
|-----0--------0---|-----0--------0---|-----0------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------0-2-3-|
+E E E E +E E Q AE E Q E E E DE +E E Q E E E E
|------------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------3--------|-2---3--2-2---7-|-(7)---8--7-7---7-|
|-------0-2-(2)----------|-2---2--2-2---7-|-(7)---7--7-7---7-|
|-----0---0-(0)---3b3.5--|-2---4--2-2---7-|-(7)---9--7-7---7-|
|------------------------|---0--------0---|-----0--------0---|
|-(3)--------------------|----------------|------------------|
+E E Q E E E GE +E E E D5E +H +W +W
|------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------*|
|-(7)---8--7-------|---------3-(3)--------|-(3)-----------|-(3)-----*|
|-(7)---7--7-------|-------0-2-(2)--------|-(2)-----------|-(2)-----*|
|-(7)---9--7-------|-----0---0-(0)--------|-(0)-----------|-(0)-----*|
|-----0------------|----------------------|---------------|---------*|
|------------0-2-3-|-(3)------------------|---------------|---------*|
|
| Gtr II
| |--3---|
| W H Q Q Q W +W
|------------------|---------------10-----|---------------|---------*|
|------------------|------------------10--|---------------|---------*|
|------------------|----------------------|--9b11=========|=(9)r----*|
|------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------*|
|------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------*|
|------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
If I hear you knocking hard up on my door
Ain't no way that I'm gonna answer it
'Cos cheating is one thing and lying is another
And when I say it's over that's it I'm gonna quit, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Now I ain't complaining, just tryin' to understand
What makes a woman do the things she does
One day she'll love you, the next day she'll leave you
Why can't we have it just the way it used to be?
Why can't we have it baby?
'Cos I'm a man, I got my pride
I don't need no woman to hurt me inside
I need a love like any other, yeah
So go on and leave me, leave me for another
Good lovin' gone bad
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Good lovin' gone bad, bad, bad
Good lovin' gone bad, yeah
Baby I'm a bad man, oh no
Oh yes, yes indeed, indeed I am
Now I'm a man, I got my pride
Don't need no woman to hurt me inside
I need a love like any other
So go on and leave me, leave me for another
Good lovin' gone bad
It's gonna say
Good lovin' gone bad
Love, love, love
Good lovin' gone bad
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And baby I'm a bad man
Good lovin' gone bad
What I wanna say
Good lovin' gone bad
Good lovin', good lovin' gone bad
Baby I'm a bad man
Good lovin' gone bad
Good lovin' gone bad
Good lovin' gone bad
I'm a sad man, don't stand in my way
'Cause baby I'm a bad man, yeah yeah yeah