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You Give Love a Bad Name

Atreyu
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Song

YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME

As recorded by Atreyu

(From the 2004 Album THE CURSE (IMPORT VERSION))

Words and Music by Bon Jovi

Arranged by Atreyu

Gtr I (C G C F A D) - 'Untitled'

Gtr II (C G C F A D) - 'Untitled'

Gtr III (C G C F A D) - 'Untitled'

Intro

Moderate Rock Q=131

N.C. D5

4/4

Gtrs I, II

|---------|---------|---------|-------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------5s12-(12)\--||
|---------|---------|---------|-------5s12-(12)\--||
|---------|---------|---------|-------5s12-(12)\--||

Guitar Solo

C5/G N.Ab5 Bb5 C5/G

Gtrs I, II

PM

||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|
||---5----------------------|----------------5-5-5--|
||---5---------6--(6)-6-6-6-|--8------8--8---5-5-5--|
||o--3---------6--(6)-6-6-6-|--8------8--8---3-3-3--|
||---5-----5---6--(6)-6-6-6-|--8------8--8---5-5-5--|

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~

||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|
||--10b12----(10)---------8-|-10b12r(10)-8----------|
||--------------------------|---------------10------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|

Ab5 Bb5 Eb5/Bb C5/G

|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------8-|--8------8-----5-----||
|--6-----6---8--(8)-8-8-8-|--8------8-----5-----||
|--6-----6---8--(8)-8-8-6-|--6------6-----3----o||
|--6-----6---8--(8)-8-8-8-|--8------8-----5-----||

|

| ~~~~ ~~

|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------o||
|-10b12----(10)---------8-|-10b12r(10)p8--------||
|-------------------------|--------------10-----||
|-------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------||

Ab5 Bb5

|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|---------||
|--6--------8---(8)----|--(8)----||
|--6--------8---(8)----|--(8)----||
|--6--------8---(8)----|--(8)----||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|---------||
|-10b12---(10)-(10)----|-(10)----||
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|---------||

Pre-Verse

Faster Q=134

N.C.

  PM--------------------------|      PM---------------
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------1-1-----|---------1-1----|---------1-1-----|
|-3---1-3-----3-1-|-3---1-3-----3--|-3---1-3-----3-1-|
|---5-------------|---5------------|---5-------------|

|

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------8-|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------8-|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------8-|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
 -----------------------------|
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|------------------------1----1----||
|--3------------1--3------------3--||
|-------5--------------------------||

|

| \1.5 \1.5 \1.5 \1.5

|----------------------------------||
|-(8)-----(8)-----(8)---(8)--------||
|-(8)-----(8)-----(8)---(8)--------||
|-(8)-----(8)-----(8)---(8)--------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||

Verse

N.C.

Gtrs I, II

    PM--------------------------|      PM--------------------------|
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||----------1-1-----|---------1-1----|---------1-1-----|---------1-1-----||
||o-3---1-3-----3-1-|-3---1-3-----3--|-3---1-3-----3-1-|-3---1-3-----3--o||
||----5-------------|---5------------|---5-------------|---5-------------||

Pre-Chorus

$

F5 N.C.

Gtrs I, II

PM-------------------

|----------|------------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-------------1-1-----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3-----1-3-------3-1-|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|---5-----------------|

|

| Gtr III

|----------|------------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|---x-x-8-x-x-8-8-8-8-|
|----------|------------|---x-x-8-x-x-8-8-8-8-|
|----------|------------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|
 -----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|------------------------1----1----|
|--3------------1--3------------3--|
|-------5--------------------------|

|

| \1.5 \1.5 \1.5 \1.5

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(8)-----(8)-----(8)---(8)--------|
|-(8)-----(8)-----(8)---(8)--------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

F5 (G) (A)

Gtr I

~ ~

|----------|------------|-------------------|------------||
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------||
|----------|------------|-----------4-------|-------6----||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|---------5---------|-----7------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-----5-------------|---7--------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5-----------------|-7----------||

|

| Gtr II

|----------|------------|-------------------|------------||
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------||
|----------|------------|-------------------|------------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7----||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7----||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7----||

Chorus

C5/G Ab5 Bb5 C5/G

Gtrs I, II

||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---5----5-5---------------------|-----------------5-5--5----5-|
||---5----5-5--6----(6)-6--6----6-|--8----8-8--8----5-5--5----5-|
||o--3----3-3--6----(6)-6--6----6-|--8----8-8--8----3-3--3----3-|
||---5----5-5--6----(6)-6--6----6-|--8----8-8--8----5-5--5----5-|

|

| Gtr III

||--------8-8--------8--8-------8-|-------8-8-------8-8-------8-|
||o--8----8-8--8-----8--8--8----8-|--8----8-8--8----8-8--8----8-|
||--10b12-----10b12-------10b12---|-10b12-----10b12-----10b12---|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|

To Coda

Ab5 Bb5 Eb5/Bb C5/G

|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------8-|--8----8-5--5----5-5--5----5--||
|--6----6-6--8----(8)-8--8----8-|--8----8-5--5----5-5--5----5--||
|--6----6-6--8----(8)-8--8----6-|--6----6-3--3----3-3--3----3-o||
|--6----6-6--8----(8)-8--8----8-|--8----8-5--5----5-5--5----5--||

|

|-------8-8--------8--8-------8-|-------8-8-------8-8-------8--||
|--8----8-8--8-----8--8--8----8-|--8----8-8--8----8-8--8----8-o||
|-10b12-----10b12-------10b12---|-10b12-----10b12-----10b12----||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||

Ab5 Bb5

6/4

|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------------------|-----------------||
|--6---------8--(8)----|--(8)------------||
|--6---------8--(8)----|--(8)------------||
|--6---------8--(8)----|--(8)------------||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-------8-8------------|-----------------||
|--8----8-8------------|-----------------||
|-10b12----------------|-----------------||
|-----------10-(10)----|-(10)------------||
|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------------------|-----------------||

Pre-Verse

N.C.

4/4

Gtrs I, II

  PM--------------------------|      PM--------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------11---||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------15---||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|---------1-1-----|---------1-1----|---------1-1-----|---------------||
|-3---1-3-----3-1-|-3---1-3-----3--|-3---1-3-----3-1-|-3-3-3-3-------||
|---5-------------|---5------------|---5-------------|-5-5-5-5-------||

Verse

C5/G

Gtr I

  PM----------|            PM----------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------5-(5)----|---------------5-----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-----|

|

| Gtr II

| PM----------|            PM----------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------5-(5)----|---------------5-----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-----|

N.C.

  PM----------|            PM----------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------5-(5)----|---------------5-1-1----------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----3-(3)\---|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--------------|

|

| PM----------|            PM----------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------5-(5)----|---------------5-5-5----------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----6-(6)\---|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--------------|

C5/G

Gtr I

  PM----------|               PM----------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------5-(5)-------|---------------5--------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3--------|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--------|

|

| Gtr II

| PM----------|               PM----------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------5-(5)-------|---------------5--------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3--------|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--------|

|

| Gtr III

| PM--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------1--1-----|-----------------1-1----|
|-3--------1----3-------3-1-|-3--------1----3-----3--|
|-----5---------------------|-----5------------------|

D.S. al Coda

N.C.

  PM----------|               PM----------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------5-(5)-------|---------------5-1-1----------||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----3-(3)\---||
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--------------||

|

| PM----------|               PM----------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------5-(5)-------|---------------5-5-5----------||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----6-(6)\---||
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--------------||

|

| PM--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------1--1-----|-----------------1-1----------||
|-3--------1----3-------3-1-|-3--------1----3-----3--------||
|-----5---------------------|-----5------------------------||

&

Ab5 Bb5

Gtrs I, II

|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|---------||
|--6---------8--(8)----|--(8)----||
|--6---------8--(8)----|--(8)----||
|--6---------8--(8)----|--(8)----||

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-------8-8------------|---------||
|--8----8-8------------|---------||
|-10b12----------------|---------||
|-----------10-(10)----|-(10)----||
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|---------||

Guitar Solo

C5/G N.C. Ab5 Bb5 C5/G

PM

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5--------------------------|-----------------5--5-5--|
|--5------------6-(6)--6-6--6-|--8------8--8----5--5-5--|
|--3------------6-(6)--6-6--6-|--8------8--8----3--3-3--|
|--5--------5---6-(6)--6-6--6-|--8------8--8----5--5-5--|

|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10b12===(10)-10-----10---10-|-10r(10)-8----8-(8)------|
|-----------------------------|-----------10------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

Ab5 Bb5 Eb5/Bb C5/G

|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------8-|--8-----5-----5---------|
|-6---6-8-(8)-8--8--8-|--8-----5-----5---------|
|-6---6-8-(8)-8--8--6-|--6-----3-----3---------|
|-6---6-8-(8)-8--8--8-|--8-----5-----5---------|

|

|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-5-7---8--8s10-10s12-|-12s15-15s17-17--(17)\--|
|-x-x---x--x-----x----|--x-----x-----x---------|
|-3-5---6--6s=8--8s10-|-10s13-13s15-15--(15)\--|
|---------------------|------------------------|

C5/G N.C. Ab5

PM

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------6------(6)-------6------6------6------|
|--3----------------------6------(6)-------6------6------6------|
|--5---------------5------6------(6)-------6------6------6------|

|

| T T T T T T T T

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-11p8h11-(11)s20-11p8h11p8-(8)\-11p8h11-(11)s20-11p8h11p8-(8)\-|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Bb5 C5/G

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5--5--5-------|
|--8------8----8-----------5--5--5-------|
|--8------8----8-----------3--3--3-------|
|--8------8----8-----------5--5--5-------|

|

| T T T T T

|----------------------------------------|

|-11p8-16p8-16p8-11p8-11-(11)s==20-(20)\-|

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

Ab5 Bb5

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--6--------6----8------(8)------------|
|--6--------6----8------(8)------------|
|--6--------6----8------(8)------------|

|

|--8-------(8)--10-----(10)--(10)-(10)-|

|-11b13===(11)r-13b15==(13)--(13)r(13)-|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
  PM----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------8---8---8---8----||
|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8----||
|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8----||

|

| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------1---------------1-----|-----------1---------------1------||
|-3-1-3-1-3---3-1-3-1-3-1-3---3-1-|-3-1-3-1-3---3-1-3-1-3-1-3---3-1--||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||

Guitar Break

N.C.

|-----||
|-----||
|-----||
|-----||
|-----||
|-----||

Chorus

C5/G Ab5 Bb5 C5/G

Gtrs I, II

||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---5----5-5---------------------|-----------------5-5--5----5-|
||---5----5-5--6----(6)-6--6----6-|--8----8-8--8----5-5--5----5-|
||o--3----3-3--6----(6)-6--6----6-|--8----8-8--8----3-3--3----3-|
||---5----5-5--6----(6)-6--6----6-|--8----8-8--8----5-5--5----5-|

|

| Gtr III

||--------8-8--------8--8-------8-|-------8-8-------8-8-------8-|
||o--8----8-8--8-----8--8--8----8-|--8----8-8--8----8-8--8----8-|
||--10b12-----10b12-------10b12---|-10b12-----10b12-----10b12---|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Ab5 Bb5 Eb5/Bb C5/G

|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------8-|--8----8-5--5----5-5--5----5--||
|--6----6-6--8----(8)-8--8----8-|--8----8-5--5----5-5--5----5--||
|--6----6-6--8----(8)-8--8----6-|--6----6-3--3----3-3--3----3-o||
|--6----6-6--8----(8)-8--8----8-|--8----8-5--5----5-5--5----5--||

|

|-------8-8--------8--8-------8-|-------8-8-------8-8-------8--||
|--8----8-8--8-----8--8--8----8-|--8----8-8--8----8-8--8----8-o||
|-10b12-----10b12-------10b12---|-10b12-----10b12-----10b12----||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||

Breakdown

C5/G N.C. Ab5 Bb5

   PM---------------|          PM------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------8--8--|
|--3----3-3-3-(3)-3--3------|--6----6---6--6-(6)-6-6--8--8--|
|--5----5-5-5-(5)-5--5------|--6----6---6--6-(6)-6-6--8--8--|

|

| ~~

|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10b12-------------10----8-|-10b12r==(10)----8-------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------10--8--|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|

Ab5 N.C. Bb5 Eb5C5/G

   PM---------------|          PM------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------8--5----|
|---------------------------|------------------------8--5----|
|--6----6-6-6-(6)-6--6------|--8----8---8--8-(8)-8-8-6--3----|
|--6----6-6-6-(6)-6--6------|--8----8---8--8-(8)-8-8-8--5----|

|

| ~~ ~~~

|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10b12-------------10----8-|-10b12r==(10)p8-----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------10--------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|

C5/G N.C. Ab5 Bb5

   PM---------------|          PM------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------8--8--|
|--3----3-3-3-(3)-3--3------|--6----6---6--6-(6)-6-6--8--8--|
|--5----5-5-5-(5)-5--5------|--6----6---6--6-(6)-6-6--8--8--|

|

| ~~

|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10b12-------------10----8-|-10b12r==(10)----8-------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------10--8--|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|

Ab5 N.C. Bb5 Eb5C5/G

   PM---------------|          PM------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------8--5----||
|---------------------------|------------------------8--5----||
|--6----6-6-6-(6)-6--6------|--8----8---8--8-(8)-8-8-6--3----||
|--6----6-6-6-(6)-6--6------|--8----8---8--8-(8)-8-8-8--5----||

|

| ~~ ~~~

|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------11------------|--------------------------------||
|-10b12-------------10----8-|-10b12r==(10)p8-----------------||
|---------------------------|----------------10--------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||

Outro

C5/G

Gtr I

PM-----------------------------------------------

||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|
||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|

|

| Gtr II

|   PM-----------------------------------------------
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|
||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|

N.C.

 ----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------1-1----------||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----3-(3)\--o||
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--------------||

|

|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------5-5----------||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----6-(6)\--o||
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--------------||

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