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Bad Habit

The Offspring
Tab
3.9(18)

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

Intro

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-2----x-x-x-2-----x-x-x-2--------|
D|-2----x-x-x-2-----x-x-x-2--------|
A|-0----x-x-x-0-----x-x-x-0--------|
E|---------------------------------|

[verse](play twice)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--x-5---x-7-5-7-5---2--x-5----x-2-2-2--------------------------|
D|-2--x-5---x-7-5-7-5---2--x-5----x-2-2-2-let ring-----------------|
A|-0--x-3---x-5-3-5-3---0--x-3----x-0-0-0----------then pick slide-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

rhythm 1

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-5---------5---------5---------5-----------|
A|-5---------5---------5---------5-----------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-9---------9---------9---------9----------|
D|-9---------9---------9---------9----------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|------------------------------------------|

(play 4X)

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-2---x-9-10----5----7-7---9-9----|
D|-2---x-9-10----5----7-7---9-9----|
A|-0---x-7--8----3----5-5---7-7----|
E|---------------------------------|

[rhythm 2] (end 1)

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-----------------x-10-10----7-----------------x-9-9-|
D|-2-----------------x-10-10----7-----------------x-9-9-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x--8--8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-7-7-|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

(end 2)

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-x-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------2------------------|
D|-x-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------2--then pick slide-|
A|-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------0------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

rhythm 3

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------7--5--2-|
D|------------------------------------7--5--2-|
A|-19-19-19-19-18-17-17-17-17--14-13--5--3--0-|
E|-17-17-17-17-16-15-15-15-15--12-11----------|

repeat rhythm 2

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| x Dead note

| let ring

| then pick slide

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