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If Ya Wanna Be Bad Ya Gotta Be Good

Bryan Adams
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Song

IF YA WANNA BE BAD - YA GOTTA BE GOOD

WORDS AND MUSIC BY BRIAN ADAMS

TABBED BY BJOERN ELSNER

This Blues Song is played in a medly on the Bryan Adams

"Unplugged"-Album from 1997.

Play it very bluesly (sounds best with a classical

Blues-Guitar).I'm not sure about the first part of the

Intro because I tabbed this part from mind.Give it a try

and listen to the CD - I'm sure you will get the right timing.

INTRO:

----0-h-10--12--10--12--10--12--12--12-10-|
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----0-h-10--12--10--12--10--12--12--12-10-|
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----------------------2------------------|   4 Times
----2--0--2--0--2--0--2------------------|
----2--0--2--0--2--0---------------------|
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VERSE:

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----2--0--2--0--2--0--2------------------|
----2--0--2--0--2--0---------------------|
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BREAK & CHORUS : NO GUITAR !!!

LYRICS

SHE GOTTA NASTY REPUTATION

AND A TALENT FOR SIN

SHE'S A KIND OF TROUBLE

I'D LIKE TO BE IN

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BREAK 1:

I WANNA BE HER LOVER

I WANNA BE HER SLAVE

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SHE'S A KIND OF WOMAN

MAKES ME WANNA MISBEHAVE

SHE SAID "I GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT BOY

BUT MAKE IT UNDERSTOOD"

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CHORUS:

IF YA WANNA BE BAD - YEAH,YA GOTTA BE GOOD

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SHE SAYS "THERE'LL BE NO LYIN'

NO FOOLIN' AROUND

NO SEVEN DAY WEEKENDS

NO NIGHTS IN THE TOWN"

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SHE SAID: "THAT'S THE WAY I WANT IT

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOTTA BE

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TROUBLE

BETTER GET IT FROM ME

SO GET ON YOUR KNEES BOY AND DO WHAT YOU SHOULD"

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CHORUS:

IF YA WANNA BE BAD - YEAH,YA GOTTA BE GOOD

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR-SOLO PLAYED OVER VERSE PART

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ANY QUESTIONS OR MISTAKES ? MAIL ME AT

Bjoern.Elsner@gmx.de

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Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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