Girl All The Bad Guys Want Tab by Bowling For Soup

Girl All The Bad Guys Want tab by Bowling For Soup

Guitar Tab

Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want

Original Tab: Rob Watson (the_digital_matrix@hotmail.com)
This Version: Harry (tab@electricweb.org.uk)

The original tab was pretty good  but there were a few bits missing (namely
Chours B, The Break, The Last Chord  and part of the Bridge).  There was an
occasional chord missed out and the playing instructions weren't very clear
(e.g. Palm Muting).  I've tabbed the missing bits and re-formatted the rest
so hopefully it will be easier to follow. This file was produced using the
song, and the tab by Rob - everything else is my own work.

Tuning: Drop D (The song's written in D Major, so this would makes sense)

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

 \  - Slide
 .  - Palm Mute
PMA - Palm Muting pattern A
PMB - Palm Muting pattern B

Intro/Chorus (1)

e |-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |---0-------0-----|---0-------------|
A |-----4-0-----4-0-|-----4-0-2-0---0-|
D |-0-------4-------|-5-----------4---|

Intro (2)

e |-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------------7\0-|
A |-----------------|-------------7\0-|
D |-----------------|-------------7\0-|

Intro/Chorus (2)

e |-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
A |-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
D |-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|

Verse A

PMA....................................
PMB...............................   ..
e |-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
A |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
D |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|

Verse B

e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

e |-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Pre Chorus

e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0---0-----------|-2---2-----------|-4---4-----------|-5---5-------7\--|
A |-0---0-----------|-2---2-----------|-4---4-----------|-5---5-------7\--|
D |-0---0-----------|-2---2-----------|-4---4-----------|-5---5-------7\--|

Chorus A

PMA......................................... ..... . ......... ..... . ....
PMB.......  ......    ......  ....      ......  ....      ......  ....
e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

PMA..... ..... . ..
PMB.......  ....
e |-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

Chorus B

  ........  ......  ........  ......  ........  ......  ........  .......
e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
A |-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
D |-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|

Bridge (1)

        (Note that the palm muting here is between the
        chords,  not on them - so they sound staccato)
     . . . .   . . . .   . . . .   . . .      . . . .
e |---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
B |---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
G |---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
D |-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-/4-4-4-4-|
A |-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-/4-4-4-4-|
D |-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-/4-4-4-4-|
     . . . .
e |---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
B |---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
G |---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
D |-5-5-5-5-|-5-------|-7-5-4-2-|-0-------|----------|
A |-5-5-5-5-|-5-------|-7-5-4-2-|-0-------|----------|
D |-5-5-5-5-|-5-------|-7-5-4-2-|-0-------|----------|

Bridge (2)

e |-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----6-7-9---7-9-|-6---------------|
D |---9-------9-----|---9-------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|

Break (1)

   < - - - - - - - - - - - -  Very Quiet  - - - - - - - - - - - - >  Loud
e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-5-----------7\--|
A |-0---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-5-----------7\--|
D |-0---------------|-2---------------|-4---------------|-5-----------7\--|

Break (2)

e |-17-15-14----------14----|
B |----------17-15-17----17-|
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|

Last Chord

e |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
G |-------------------------|
D |-12-12-12----------------|
A |-12-12-12----------------|
D |-12-12-12----------------|

Order:

GUITAR 1------------------------------------------------GUITAR 2 (Optional)
Intro/Chorus (1) X 3------------------------Intro (2), Intro/Chorus (2) X 2
Verse A X 4 (PMA, PMB, PMA, PMA)-------------------------------------------
Verse B--------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre Chorus-----------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus A (PMA)-------------------------------------------------------------
Intro/Chorus (1) X 2-----------------------------------Intro/Chorus (2) X 2
Verse A X 4 (PMA, PMB, PMA, PMA)-------------------------------------------
Verse B--------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre Chorus-----------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus B-------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus A (PMB)-------------------------------------------------------------
Intro/Chorus (1) X 4-----------------------------------Intro/Chorus (2) X 4
Bridge (1)-------------------------------------------8 Bar Rest, Bridge (2)
4 Bar Rest, Break (1)-----------------------------------------Break (2) X 8
Chorus A (PMA)-------------------------------------------------------------
Intro/Chorus (1) X 8-----------------------------------Intro/Chorus (2) X 8
Last Chord-----------------------------------------------------------------

I've minimized the role  of the second guitar in this arrangement  to allow
the entire song to be played on a single guitar. You may want to swap parts
around so a second guitarist has more to do. One thing I can suggest is for
Guitar 1  to palm mute *all* of the chords in Chorus A  and for Guitar 2 to
play just the chords that would not normally be palm muted.  Good luck with
the song.
                                                                    - Harry

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