Bad Motor Scooter tab by Sammy Hagar

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