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Bad Fun

The Cult
Tab

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

Riff 1

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

When the drums kick in back it up with (F5)/G5 G5 G5 G5

Riff 2

        |---x2---------|                       |--x2---|
e|-----|-----------------|------------------------------------|
B|-----|-----------------|------------------------------------|
G|--0--|-----------------|-----5----5--5-5--5-----------------|
D|--5~-|--5--3--5--------|-----5----5--5-5--5---5--3--5-------|
A|--5~-|--5--3--5----3-1-|-----3----3--3-3--3---5--3--5-------|
E|--3~-|--3--1--3--1-----|----------------------3--1--3-------|

*

* when he repeats this he sometimes only plays the open string

Verse 1

bad fun sister time to go

life's too short on with the show

get your kicks on the razor's edge

atomic bomb overhead

set controls for the sun

bad fun baby just begun

rhythm licka rumblin' train

hit those skins explode my brain

Chorus

Riff 1 with G5 G5 G5 F5 | C5 C5 C5 Bb5

spirit like a rumblin' train

spirit of the thundering rain

vibrations got you on the run

electric child on bad fun

Verse 2

mayhem children take no lip

rev your engine from the hip

night time she is calling you

ghetto star you'll go far

dress up in your fancy clothes

set good times to overload

rhythm like a rumblin' train

hit those skins explode my brain

Solo

G5 |----several times|

e|----------------------------º---------------------------|
B|--5b--5b--5b----3-6p3--6br--3-º------------15-18p15-----|
G|--5b--5b--5b--5---------------3-------17b---------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 G5 x2

    |---x2---------|  |----x5--------|
e|--18b-18brp15-15---|------------------|--18b-----20b--|-----------|
B|--------------18b--|------15-18b-15---|---------------|-18b~~~~---|
G|-------------------|--17b-------------|---------------|--vibrato--|
D|-------------------|------------------|---------------|--w/ whammy|
A|-------------------|------------------|---------------|---bar-----|
E|-------------------|------------------|---------------|-----------|

Pick slide

Chorus

G5 F5 G5 x2

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| x Dead note

| ~ Vibrato

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

| br Bend & release

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