Bad Card tab by Bob Marley

Tabs

Bob Marley & The Wailers

BAD CARD
Uprising (1980)
Performed by Bob Marley, Aston Barrett, Al Anderson,
Tyrone Downie, Wya Lindo, & Seeco Patterson


Notation 🏷Legend
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h  - Hammer-On
p  - Pull-Off
b  - Bend
BB  - Bend (grace note) (bend as fast as you can)
r  - Release Bend
.  - Staccato Phrasing (showed above the notes)
~  - Vibrato
tr~ - Trill (fast hammer-on/pull-off combination)
x - Pick Scrape
T  - Tap
A.H - Artificial Harmonic
x  - Fret-Hand Muting (percussive tone)
/  - Shift Slide Up
  - Shift Slide Down
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/  - Legato Slide Up (only first note picked)
_
  - Legato Slide Down (only first note picked)
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s  - Legato Slide (grace note) (slide as fast as you can)
mf - Mezzo Forte (medium loud)
f  - Forte (loud)

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Time Signature: 4/4
Slow Ska q = 56 bpm

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Intro
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Organ Intro Arranged for Guitar

  FF  E minorEm DmDm   G+G   G+G

e|-1---0---1~-----3------3-------------------------------------------------|
BB|-1---0---3~-----3------3-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-2---0---2~-----4------4-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-3---2---0------5------5-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3---2----------5------5-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-1---0----------3------3-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (Rhythm Guitar): Fill 1
mf

  G+G   DmDm

e|-3------x------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-3------6------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-4------7------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse & Chorus
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Guitar 1 (Rhythm Guitar)

  G+G  G+G  C majorC  C majorC  G+G  G+G  A minorAm A minorAm

e|--3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5------------------------------------------|
BB|--3---3---5---5---3---3---5---5------------------------------------------|
G+G|--4---4---5---5---4---4---5---5------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  You a go tired fe see me face
  Can't get me out of the race
  Oh man you said I'm in your place
  A augmentedA make you draw bad card
  And then you draw bad card

  Propaganda spreading over my name
  Say you want to bring another life to shame
  Oh man you just playing a game
  And then you draw bad card, draw bad card
  A augmentedA make you draw bad card, draw bad card

  A minorAm A minorAm

e|--5---5------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--5---5------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5---5------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  A augmentedA make you draw bad card

  FF  FF  C majorC  C majorC

e|--1---1---3---3----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--1---1---5---5----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--2---2---5---5----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  I want to disturb my neighbor
  Cause I'm feeling so right
  I want to turn up my disco


  FF  G+G  C majorC  C majorC

e|--1---3---3---3----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--1---3---5---5----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--2---4---5---5----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Blow them to full watts tonight


  G+G  G+G  C majorC  C majorC  G+G  G+G  A minorAm A minorAm

e|--3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5------------------------------------------|
BB|--3---3---5---5---3---3---5---5------------------------------------------|
G+G|--4---4---5---5---4---4---5---5------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  In a rub-a-dub style, in a rub-a-dub style
  In a rub-a-dub style, in a rub-a-dub style

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Bridge
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Guitar 1 (Rhythm Guitar)

  FF  E minorEm DmDm DmDm DmDm DmDm G+G  G+G

e|--1---7---5---5---5---5---3---3------------------------------------------|
BB|--1---8---6---6---6---6---3---3------------------------------------------|
G+G|--2---9---7---7---7---7---4---4------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Cause we guarding the palace so majestic
  Guarding the palace so realistic


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Song Structure
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 1. Intro		 (0:00)
  w/ Guitar Fill #1  (0:05)
 2. Verse & Chorus    (0:08)
 3. Bridge		 (1:38)
 4. Verse & Chorus    (1:56) to fadeout

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