Bad As Me tab by Tom Waits

Tabs

BAD AS ME-Tom Waits
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Not exactly right, but close enough to get you through the song.

Tuning:Standard

Verse:
You can figure out the rhythm pretty quickly just by listening, but it basically just
switches between these two chords, 3 measures for the first one and 1 measure for the second.

e|---8-------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
BB|---9-------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---8-------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---10------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---8-------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------8--------------------------------------------------|

And stay on the second for an extra 2 measures before going into the chorus

Chorus 1:
Switch between another 2 chords
e|---8-----------------7------------8-------------------8-------------------|
BB|---9-----------------8------------9-------------------9-------------------|
G+G|---8-----------------7------------8-------------------8-------------------|
D MajorD|---10----------------9------------10------------------10------------------|
A augmentedA|---8-----------------7------------8-------------------8-------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
while another guitar plays the riff
e|------------------------------------------------------12/13--12/13--12/13~|
BB|------------------------------------------------------12/13--12/13--12/13~|
G+G|----------------------------------5------3--1-----------------------------|
D MajorD|----6------5--3--------------------------------3---2----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------6---6p7--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

From there only minor changes, during other verses a guitar plays notes from these
not-chords, don't know the rhythm exactly but just pick single notes from these
e|-----13---------------------------12--------------------------------------|
BB|-----13---------------------------12--------------------------------------|
G+G|-----13---------------------------12--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 and the next chorus repeats once and changes to something like
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------5------3--1----------5--3---1-----------|
D MajorD|----6------5--3--------------------------------3---2h3--------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------6---6p7--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------5------3--1-----------------------------|
D MajorD|----6------5--3--------------------------------3------8----8---8----------|
A augmentedA|-----------------6---6p7------------------------------7----7---7----------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------8----8---8----------|

Next verse

e|-----8------8--------8------8-----------8------8--------------------------|
BB|-----9------9--------9------9-----------8------8--------------------------|
G+G|-----8-10---8-10-----8-10---8-10---X3---8------8--------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------10-----10-----------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----8------8--------8------8---------------------------------------------|
BB|-----9------9--------9------9--------------------------//13~13~13~~~------|
G+G|-----8-10---8-10-----8-10---8-10---X3------10/9/10~~~---------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------10/9/10~~~---------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:Basically the same as the last one with a couple of new riffs

Verse-same as verse 2 with some new riffs

Verse until the end with some playing around

End on
e|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-----8----8---8----------|
A augmentedA|-----7----7---7----------|
E MajorE|-----8----8---8----------|