Tabs with lyrics
Title: Bad Motor Scooter
Album: Live and Loud (also "Montrose")
Composed by Sammy Hagar
Lyrics at Sammy Hagar's official site:
http://www.redrocker.com/montrose.html
Tabbed by Chris Clark from the original studio version
See below for slide suggestions.
Comments and crits to: [email protected]
Tab: Guitar
Tuning: Standard
Resolve motorcycle revs on
D MajorD
Verse
e --3---------------------I
BB --3---7---------7-------I
G+G --0---7-9-10-9--7-9-10--I
D MajorD --2---5---------5-------I
A augmentedA --3---------------------I
E MajorE ------------------------I
C9C9
D MajorD
D MajorD
Chorus
e --------------------------I
BB ----------7-----------10--I
G+G --2---4---7---2---4---10--I
D MajorD --3---5---7---3---5---10--I
A augmentedA --3---5---5---3---5---9---I
E MajorE --1---3-------1---3---10--I
FF
G+G
D MajorD
FF
G+G
D7#9D7#9
e -------------------------I
BB ----------7-----------7--I
G+G --2---4---7---2---4---7--I
D MajorD --3---5---7---3---5---7--I
A augmentedA --3---5---5---3---5---5--I
E MajorE --1---3-------1---3------I
FF
G+G
D MajorD
FF
G+G
D MajorD
Chorus before bridge (x4 before transition notes)
e --3------------I
BB --3---7--------I
G+G --0---7--------I
D MajorD --2---7--------I
A augmentedA --3---5--------I
E MajorE ---------1--3--I
C9C9
D MajorD
Solo
e ----------I
BB --7---10--I
G+G --7---10--I
D MajorD --7---10--I
A augmentedA --5---9---I
E MajorE ------10--I
D MajorD
D7#9D7#9
End
e ------3--------------I
BB ------0---------5\3--I
G+G --2---0---------5\3--I
D MajorD --3---0---------5\3--I
A augmentedA --3---2---------7\5--I
E MajorE --1---3--------------I
FF G(hold)
D MajorD
C majorC
Resolve on D, and head into the sunset...
Symbols:
\ = slide down
I've seen Hagar play the vroomy bits on a laptop pedal steel
in concert, but you can fake it by tuning to open
G+G and
bashing away with a slide, Coricidin bottle, lighter, mike
stand, etc.
e = 2 steps down to d
BB = same
G+G = same
D MajorD = same
A augmentedA = 2 steps down to
G+G
E MajorE = 2 steps down to
D MajorD
The chord patterns in this tuning:
D MajorD
e -----I
BB --7--I
G+G --7--I
D MajorD --7--I
A augmentedA --7--I
E MajorE -----I
C9C9
e --5--I
BB --8--I
G+G --5--I
D MajorD --5--I
A augmentedA --5--I
E MajorE -----I
D MajorD (verse riff)
e ---------------I
BB ---------------I
G+G --7------------I
D MajorD --7--9--10--9--I
A augmentedA --7------------I
E MajorE ---------------I
FF (also
D7#9D7#9)
e ------I
BB ------I
G+G --10--I
D MajorD --10--I
A augmentedA --10--I
E MajorE --10--I
G+G
e ------I
BB ------I
G+G --12--I
D MajorD --12--I
A augmentedA --12--I
E MajorE --12--I