George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad to the bone
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Tuning: E A D G B E
BAD TO THE BONE (Bassline)
As recorded by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
(From the 1982 Album BAD TO THE BONE)
Words and Music by George Thorogood
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Billy Blough - Bass'
Intro
Q=150
12/8
Gtr I
H. Wx3 q E q E q E E E E 4x
G|---------|----------------||------------------------||
D|---------|----------------||o----------------------o||
A|---------|----------------||o----------------3---1-o||
E|---------|----------------||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3----||
1st & 2nd Verses
Segno $
q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E
G||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D||o----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A||o----------------3---1-|----------------3---1-|----------------3---1-|
E||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|
q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E
G|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------3---1-|----------------3---1-|----------------3---1--|
E|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3----|
q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------3---1-|----------------3---1-|
E|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|
q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E
G|----------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------3---1-|----------------3---1----|
E|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3------|
q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------3---1-|----------------3---1-|
E|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|
1.
To Coda
q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E
G|----------------------|--------------------------||
D|----------------------|-------------------------o||
A|----------------3---1-|----------------3---1----o||
E|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3-------||
Guitar Solo
2.
q E q E q E E E E 12x q E q E q E E E E
G||------------------------||----------------------||
D||o----------------------o||----------------------||
A||o----------------3---1-o||----------------3---1-||
E||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3----||-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---||
Verse 3
q E Q. Q E Q E q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E
G|---------------------||------------------------||-----------------------|
D|---------------------||o----------------------o||--------------2-3h4-5--|
A|---------------------||o----------------3---1-o||-----------------------|
E|-3------------0-1--2-||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3----||-3--3-3--3-3-----------|
Sax Solo
q E q E q E E E E 8x q E q E q E E E E 6x
G||------------------------||-||------------------------||
D||o----------------------o||-||o----------------------o||
A||o----------------3---1-o||-||o----------------3---1-o||
E||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3----||-||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3----||
q E q E q a E E E E q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E 4x
G|------------------------|----------------------||------------------------||
D|------------------5-----|----------------------||o----------------------o||
A|--------------5s7---7-5-|----------------------||o----------------3---1-o||
E|-3--3-3--3-3------------|-3--3-0--0-1--1-2-2-2-||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3----||
Guitar Solo
q E q E q E E E E 12x q E q E q a E E E E q E q E q E E E E
G||------------------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
D||o----------------------o||------------------5-----|-----------------------|
A||o----------------3---1-o||--------------5s7---7-5-|-----------------------|
E||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3----||-3--3-3--3-3------------|-3--3-0--0-1--1-2-2-2--|
Dal Segno al Coda
q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E 3x
G|----------------------|----------------------||-------------------------||
D|----------------------|----------------------||o-----------------------o||
A|----------------3---1-|----------------------||o----------------3---1--o||
E|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--0-1-0-2-||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3-----||
Outro
Coda &
q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E E E E 5x
G||-----------------------|-----------------------||
D||o----------------------|----------------------o||
A||o----------------3---1-|----------------3---1-o||
E||--3--3-3--3-3--3---3---|-3--3-3--3-3--3---3----||
ritardando H.=H
q E Q E Q E Q E q E Q E +H. q E Q. H.
G|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------*|
D|---------------------|-5------------------|-----------------*|
A|------2--2-3--5-6--6-|--------------------|-----------------*|
E|-3--3----------------|----5-4--3-(3)------|-3---------------*|
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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
| h - hammer-on
| s - legato slide
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