Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Band: Goo Goo Dolls
Song: Somethin' Bad
Album: A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Tabbed for: Bass
Tuning: EADG
Listen to the song for exact timing and rhythm.
Intro:
Well they're
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Verse:
D
shutting all the shops up on the avenue And they're
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holding up for cheaper Chinese food
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If I'm older now and have a tainted attitude. What
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F# G D
those neon lights all lose their common blue?
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Chorus:
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And it's not like me to feel so important
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E G D
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
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E G D
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
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Ah, but I know that something bad has got to change
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Oh yes, I know that something bad has got to change
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Verse:
D
Well I see her walking round the block till six a.m The
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F# G D
thermometer's at minus five degrees And I'm
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wondering where all that hard earned money goes To her
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head or towards a shred of dignity
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Chorus:
E G D
And it's not like me to feel so important
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E G D
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
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E G D
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
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Ah, but I know that something bad has got to change
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F# G D
Oh yes, I know that something bad has got to change
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Solo:
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Chorus:
E G D
And it's not like me to feel so important
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E G D
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
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E G D
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
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Ah, but I know that something bad has got to change
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F# G D
Oh yes, I know that something bad has got to change
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F# G D
Oh yes, I know that something bad has got to change
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Oh yes, I know that something bad has got to change
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