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Verse 1

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E H E +Q E E E E q E Q. H. Wx6

e|-0------------------------||-0-----------------|--------|
B|-0-11s===12-(12)----5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
G|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
D|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
A|--------------------------||-------------------|--------|
E|--------------------------||-------------------|--------|

Verse 2

H. Q E E E E q E Q. Q E E E E 6x q E Q. H. Wx5

e|--------------------||------------------------||-0-----------------|----------|
B|------------0-5-0-3-||o-0------------0-5-0-3-o||-0-----------------|----------|
G|------------0-5-0-3-||--0------------0-5-0-3--||-0-----------------|----------|
D|------------0-5-0-3-||--0------------0-5-0-3--||-0-----------------|----------|
A|--------------------||o----------------------o||-------------------|----------|
E|--------------------||------------------------||-------------------|----------|

|- Riff 1 --||- Riff 2 ----------------------------------|

Riff 1

Riff 2 x4

q E Q. E E E E E S S

e|-0-----------0------------|
B|-0-----------0---5-0-3s12-|
G|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-|
D|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

|-Riff 3

Guitar SOLO

H. +Q E E E E Q. +E Q Q E E E E

e|-0-------(0)--------/12-||-0----(0)-12\-------------|
B|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-/12-||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
G|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-/12-||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|
D|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-----||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|
A|------------------------||--------------------------|
E|------------------------||--------------------------|

end Riff 3-|

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E E E +Q. Q E E E a E

e|-------------------------------|
B|-0-------------------0---0-----|
G|-0-11s12-(12)---12\--0-3-0-----|
D|-0-11s12-(12)---12\--0-3-0-3s4-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q Q E Q E E E E

e|---------12---------------------|---/3--/3--/3-0-----------|
B|------------12------------------|-0-/3--/3--/3-0--0--------|
G|-0-11s12-------12-12\--0----0-3-|-0-/3--/3--/3-0--0----0-3-|
D|-0-11s12----------12\--0-/3-0-3-|-0-----------------/3-0---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|

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E E E Q E Q E E E E E H E Q E E E E

e|--------------------------|-0--------------------------|
B|-0------------0--0--------|-0--------------------------|
G|-0-2s3-/3--/3-0--0-3-0-/3-|-0-11s===12-12--12-12-12-12-|
D|-0-2s3-/3--/3-0--0-3-0-/3-|-0-11s===12-12--12-12-12-12-|
A|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

E E E E E E E E E E E E

e|-------------------------------12-----|
B|----------------------------12----12--|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------|
A|--------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------12----|-------------------------12----------|
B|----------------------------12----12-|----------------------12----12-------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------12-12-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|
A|-12-12-12----------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

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E E E E E E E E E E E E

e|-------------------------12-----------|
B|-12-12----------------12----12--------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------12-12--|
D|-------12-12-12-12-12----------12-12--|
A|----------12----12--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

e|--------------------------------------------0-|
B|--------------------------------------------0-|
G|-12-12-11b11.5-11b11.5-12-12-12-12-12-12\-0-0-|
D|-12-12-11b11.5-11b11.5-12-12-12-12-12-12\-0-0-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Q. +E E E Q. E E E H. +Q E E E E

e|-0----(0)-----0-0--------/12-|-0-------(0)-----------||
B|-0----(0)-----0-0----0---/12-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
G|-0----(0)--4--0-0----0-0-/12-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
D|-0----(0)-(4)-0-0----0-0-----|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------||

Verse 3

q E Q. H. Wx5

e|-0-----------------|--------|
B|-0-----------------|--------|
G|-0-----------------|--------|
D|-0-----------------|--------|
A|-------------------|--------|
E|-------------------|--------|

Riff 1

Riff 2 x3

Riff 3

Sax Solo

e|--0-------(0)-----------||
B|o-0-------(0)----5-0-3-o||
G|--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
D|--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
A|o----------------------o||
E|------------------------||

E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E a S S S S +Q +Q E E E E

e|-0-----3---3-3-3-5-5-------|-0-15s13s15-------------------5--------|
B|-0-1s3---3-3-3-3-3-3-5-0-3-|-0-15s13s15s13-11---------------5-0-/3-|
G|-0-------3-----------5-0-3-|-0----------------0-(0)--(0)----5-0-/3-|
D|-0-------------------5-0-3-|------------------0-(0)--(0)----5-0-/3-|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|

H. +Q E E E E Q. +E Q Q. E E E

e|--0-------(0)-----------||-0----(0)-12\--0----------|
B|o-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-o||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
G|--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
D|--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||-0----(0)------0----5-0-3-|
A|o----------------------o||--------------------------|
E|------------------------||--------------------------|

Guitar Solo 2

~

H. +Q E E E E E a E E a Q a E Q E E E E

e|-0-------(0)----------||-0---4s5-4s5--4s5-5----------|
B|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0-3-------------------------|
G|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0-------------------0-5-0S3-|
D|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0---------------------------|
A|----------------------||-----------------------------|
E|----------------------||-----------------------------|

E a Q a Q E Q E E E E

e|------------------0--------|
B|------------------0-5-0-3--|
G|-0----------------0-5-0-3--|
D|---4s5--4s5--5S3----5-0-3--|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

E Q Q. Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E

e|----------------------||--------------------------||
B|-0-2s=3---------------||o-------------0----------o||
G|-0-2s=3----0--0-5-0-3-||--0-----3-0-3-0----5-0-3--||
D|-0-2s=3----0--0-5-0-3-||--0-3-0-3-0-3-0----5-0-3--||
A|----------------------||o---3-0------------------o||
E|----------------------||--------------------------||

E E E E E E Q E E E E

e|-----------------------------|
B|-0---------------------------|
G|-0---------------0--0-5-0S3--|
D|-0---------------0--0-5-0S3--|
A|---------0-3b3.5-0-----------|
E|---0-0S4---------------------|

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E E E E E E Q E E E E E H E +Q E E E E

e|--------------------------||-||--0-------/(12)-(12)-----------||
B|o------------------------o||-||o-0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3-o||
G|--0-----------0--0-5-0-3--||-||--0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3--||
D|--0-----------0--0-5-0-3--||-||--0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3--||
A|o---------0-3-0----------o||-||o-----------------------------o||
E|----0-0S3-----------------||-||-------------------------------||

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|---4:3---|

E. S S S E E E E Q E E E E

e|-12--24-22-22-22-22-19\-12-15\----------|
B|-12-----------------19\-12-15\--0-5-0-3-|
G|--------------------------------0-5-0-3-|
D|--------------------------------0-------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

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    |--4:3---|      |--3--|

E E E E E E E E S E. E E E E

e|-/21----21-21-21\-19-17-15s14-15\---------|
B|------------------19-17-15s14-15\-0-5-0-3-|
G|-----21---------------------------0-5-0-3-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

|--4:3---| |--3--| |-2:3-|

E E S S E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

e|-0-----21----21----21----19\----------|-0----21----21----21\---15\-0-----0-0-|
B|-0--------------------20-19\--0-5-0-3-|-0----------------------15\-0-0-5-0-0-|
G|-0--------21----21------------0-5-0-3-|-0-21----21----21-21\---------0-5-----|
D|-0-/17--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|---/17--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
G|-----------0-------------||---------------------------||
D|-----------0-------------||---------------------------||
A|-------------------------||o-------------------------o||
E|-------------------------||---------------------------||

Q. +E Q Q E E E E H. +Q E E E E

e|-0----(0)-15\--0----------|-0-------(0)----------|
B|-0----(0)-15\--0----5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
G|-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
D|-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
A|--------------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------|

Verse 4

q E Q. H. Wx5

e|-0---------------||----------------|
B|-0---------------||----------------|
G|-0---------------||----------------|
D|-0---------------||----------------|
A|-----------------||----------------|
E|-----------------||----------------|

Riff 1

Riff 2 x5

Outro

H. +Q E E E E Q. +E E E Q. E E E

e|-0-------(0)----------||--------------12\-0-----------|
B|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)---------0----5-0-3\-|
G|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)-12\-----0----5-0-3\-|
D|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)-12\----------5-0-3\-|
A|----------------------||------------------------------|
E|----------------------||------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E

e|------3-3-3-3-5-----------|---------12----------------------|
B|-0-/3---3-3-3---0---5-0-3-|-0----------12-------------5-0-3-|
G|-0------0-0-0-----0-5-0-3-|-0-11s12-------(12)-12\--0-5-0-3-|
D|-0------------------5-0-3-|-0-11s12------------12\--0-5-0-3-|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

E H E Q E Q E

e|-0-------------------------|
B|-0----------12--12-12--12--|
G|-0-11s===12-12--12-12--12--|
D|-0-11s===12------------12--|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E

e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-12--12-12--12-12--12-12-----|----------------------12-----|
G|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-|
D|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|
A|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q E Q E E E E E E E

e|---------------------12-----------|
B|------------------12-12-12--------|
G|-12--12-12--12-12----------12-----|
D|-12--12-12--12-12-------------12--|
A|-12--12-12--12-12-----------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Q E Q E Q. Q S S H. +Q E E E E H. +Q E E E E

e|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-12--12-12--12-12s==5--3---|-0-------(0)----5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)----5-0-3-|
G|-12--12-12--12-12s==5--3p0-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
D|-12--12-12--12-12s==5------|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|

H.=H

TP

Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. E Q Q. +Q. q E Q. H.

e|---------------------|------^1-^2--3----(3)---|-3---------------*|
B|-0-------------------|------^1-^2--3----(3)---|-3---------------*|
G|-0-------------------|-------------0----(0)---|-0---------------*|
D|-0--0-3--3-2--2-1--1-|-0----------------------|-----------------*|
A|-0-------------------|------------------------|-----------------*|
E|-0-------------------|------------------------|-----------------*|

On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round

And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found

The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone

She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone

Bad to the bone

Bad to the bone

B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone

B-B-B-B-Bad

B-B-B-B-Bad

Bad to the bone

I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you

I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through

I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone

I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone

Bad to the bone

B-B-B-Bad

B-B-B-Bad

B-B-B-Bad

Bad to the bone

I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal

I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal

I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone

I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone

B-B-B-B-Bad

B-B-B-B-Bad

B-B-B-B-Bad

Bad to the bone

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| / Slide up

| (n) Ghost note

| \ Slide down

| ~ Vibrato

| b Bend

| p Pull-off

| * Natural harmonic

| tp Tremolo picking

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