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Bad Boys Running Wild

Scorpions
Tab
★4.8(9)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

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

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

Rpt Main Riff

|----------------3--3-2------------------------------|
|-------------3--3--3-3-------7bp5----------1--------|
|-------4-4-4-2--2------2---5-7bp5--------0----------|
|-2---2-2-2-2-0---------2---7------7\---2-------0----|
|-2---2-2---------------0-x-----------3-------2------|
|-0-x-0-0-----------------------------------------3p-|
|----------------3-----00--------------------------------|
|-------------3--3---3----3------1-1-1-----------1-------|
|-------4-4-4-2--2-2-------2-2---2-2-2-0-2-----0-------0-|
|-2---2-2-2-2-0--------------2---------2-2---2-------0---|
|-2---2-2--------------------0-x-----------3-------2-----|
|-0-x-0-0------------------------------------------------|

Bridge

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

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

Chorus

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

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-9-7-9\7/9------------------------------------------|
|-9-7-9\7/9-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-7-5-7\5/7---7-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------x-5-3-x----------------------------------| Rpt

Lead fill

phphphphphph~~~

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-3-22-1p0-------|
|----------3-----|

Rpt Main Riff

ph~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-------------------------------------------|
|-15fb----------12b--12----------14-12------|
|---------------12b-----15-14p12-14-12------|
|---------------------------------------14\-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

2nd Verse

~~

|----------------3-----00--------------------------------|
|-------------3--3---3----3------1-1-1-----------1-------|
|-------4-4-4-2--2-2-------2-2---2-2-2-0-2-----0---------|
|-2---2-2-2-2-0--------------2---------2-2---2-------0---|
|-2---2-2--------------------0-x-----------3-------2-----|
|-0-x-0-0----------------------------------------------3-|

ph phphphphph

|----------------3-----00--------------------------------|
|-------------3--3---3----3------1-1-1-------------------|
|-------4-4-4-2--2-2-------2-2---2-2-2-0-2---------------|
|-2---2-2-2-2-0--------------2---------2-2---0-2-5-4-----|
|-2---2-2--------------------0-x-----------3-------------|
|-0-x-0-0--------------------------------------------3---|

Rpt Bridge

Rpt Chorus with lead fills

h h ph h h ph h h ph~~~

|----------------------------|
|-------8-------8-------8----|
|----------------------------|
|-7-8-9---7-8-9---7-8-9------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

~~~~~~ ~~~

|--------------------------|
|-14b--------------12b--\--|
|-14b---14brp12----12b--\--|
|---------------14---------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

~~~~~

|-12--------------------------12-----------------------|
|-15b---------15p12-----12-15----15-12-------14p12-----|
|-------------------14b----------------14-12-14p12-14b-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

ph ph ph ph ph

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-14-13-12-10-12b-r-|
|-------------------|

~~~~~~~~~

|-17fb------17fbrp15-----------------|

|--------------------17--------------|
|-----------------------16-15-14-12--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-5---------------------------(5)-----------------------------------|
[-3---------------------------(3)-----------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2

[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-12----------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[------PM------]ph

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|

|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--pullup-on trem-rest finger over 7th fret to--\-|

|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------create harmonic--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Backing for guitar solo

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3----(0)-------------------------------|
|--------------2----(0)----2----(0)--------0----------|
|-2----(0)-----0----(0)----2----(0)------2------0-----|
|-2----(0)-----------------0----(0)----3------2-------|
|-0----(0)----------------------------------------3p--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3----(0)-------------------------------|
|--------------2----(0)----2----(0)--------0----------|
|-2----(0)-----0----(0)----2----(0)------2------0-----|
|-2----(0)-----------------0----(0)----3------2-------|
|-0----(0)--------------------------------------------|

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

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

Guitar solo

ph h h phh h phh h ph~~

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------4-4p2p0-------2-4p2p0-------4-4p2p0-------2---\--|
|-----------------------4p2p0---------4p2p0---------4p2p0--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--trem dive---------------------------------------------------|

t t t ph~ph ~~~

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------12----14b--12-14b-\-|
|-12p2-4p2-12p2-4p2-12p2-4p2-9--12\-xxx-----------12----14b--12-14b-\-|
|-------------------------------------------12-14----14---------------|
|---------------------------------------/14---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

h

|--------------------------------------12--------------------------|
|-------12----12----12----12-15bp12-------12-----12-11-10----------|
|-12-14----14b---14b---14b----------14b------14b----------12-10-12-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~

|----------14-15-17b-------------------------------|
|-10-/-15b---------------12-----------------12b--\-|
|--------------------15b-----11-12----------12b--\-|
|----------------------------------13-14-----------|
|----------------------------------------13--------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

h h h h h h h h h h h

|---------------------------------------------------------------12\--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------8p7-12\--|
|-4-4p2p0-------2p0-------4p2p0-------------0-2-4p2p0-7p5p4----------|
|---------4p2p0-----4p2p0-------4p2p0--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------4p2p0--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rpt 2nd Chorus with lead fills

Guitar 1

[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[-5---------------------------(5)--------------------------------|
[-3---------------------------(3)--------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2

[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[-5---------------------------(5)----------------------/9-7/9\7\-|
[-3---------------------------(3)----------------------/7-5/7\5\-|
[----------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt

Last time

Guitar 1

[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-5---------------------------(5)----------------------/9-7/9\7/9\-|
[-3---------------------------(3)----------------------/7-5/7\5/7\-|
[---------------------------------------------------------------0--|

[Guitar 2

[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-5---------------------------(5)----------------------/9-7/9\7/9\-|
[-3---------------------------(3)----------------------/7-5/7\5/7\-|
[---------------------------------------------------------------0--|

Lead fill

|----------------------------------------------------10----10--10-12\-|
|-----------------------------8p7-8/10-8-10/12-10-12----12------------|
|-----------------7---7-9-7-9-----------------------------------------|
|---5---5-7-5-7/9---9-------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

END

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