Guitar tabs
U2 Bad (from the album "The Unforgettable Fire") --- NOTE: Much of this is taken from The Best of U2 songbook. INTRO: (and also MAIN riff Edge plays, simplefied a little)Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD E----------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-----7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6----9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7- D----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The second guitar plays this, with an echo device also: E-----------------12-12---------------12-12------------------------------------ B--------------------------------------------------------10-10------10-10-10-10 G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, the chords appear below the words. I suggest you use tab riff as shown above for the main verse, but you can always try it with the chord formations at the end of this file to get a more acoustic feel. If ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD If ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD If ..
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA If ...
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD Surren - der...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD If .. ASus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA Life- ...
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD Leave ..,
DsusDsus
D MajorD
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA See ..
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD Into ...
DsusDsus
D MajorD
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA And ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD Into ..
DsusDsus
D MajorD
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA And ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
verse (Here, suggested start jamming with regularA augmentedA and
D MajorD chords) Hoo...
A augmentedA
D MajorD Hoo, ...
A augmentedA
D MajorD To ..
A augmentedA And ...
D MajorD To ..,
A augmentedA And ...
D MajorD I'm ...
A augmentedA I'm ..
G+G
E MajorE (Now switch back to chords from intro) I'm ...
Dsus2Dsus2
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA Oh, ... verse
A augmentedA
D MajorD (Once again, regular chords now) Hoo, ...
A augmentedA
D MajorD If I ... If ... This ... Dis... Sep... Con... Rev... Temp... Iso... Des... Let .. And ... To .., And ... Oh, .. I'm ... I'm ... I'm ... Oh, no no CHORD FORMATIONS: -----------------
Asus4Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 x
A augmentedA x 0 2 2 2 x
Dsus2Dsus2 x x 0 2 3 x
D MajorD x x 0 2 3 2 Bad by U2 from the album Unforgettable Fire I play this song differently from the great two guitar version in the archive (tabbed by Scott Yanoff). So, here it is for one guitar:
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA -------------12-12-------------12-12---------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- -12-12-12-11-------12-12-12-11---------------- --0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0---------------- ----------------------------------------------
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD E-------------------------------------------------- B----------10-10-----------------10-10------------- G-9-9-9-7------------9-9-9-9-7--------------------- D-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0--------------------- A-------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------- The intro Ds to each verse have this small difference:
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD E---------------------------------------------------- B----------10-10-----------------10---10------------- G-9-9-9-7------------9-9-9-9-7-----7----7------------ D-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0----------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- Live Aid and Wide Awake in America lick at the ending jam:
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA E----9--12--9-12--9--12--9-12-------9-9--- B----------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------- >
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD E----9--10--9-10--9--10--9-10------9------ B----------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------- Chords (c/o Scott Yanoff): If ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD If ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD If ..
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA If I ...
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD Surren - der, ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD If .. ASus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA Life- line ...
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD Leave ..,
DsusDsus
D MajorD
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA See ..
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD Into ...
DsusDsus
D MajorD
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA And ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD Into ..
DsusDsus
D MajorD
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA And ...
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD
Dsus2Dsus2
D MajorD verse (Here, suggested start jamming with regular
A augmentedA and
D MajorD chords) /*Note fom Pete: I bar (barre) them on the 5th fret here*/ Hoo...
A augmentedA
D MajorD Hoo...
A augmentedA
D MajorD To ..
A augmentedA And ...
D MajorD To ..
A augmentedA And ...
D MajorD I'm ...
A augmentedA /*Note fom Pete: I play open chords here until the main riff starts again.*/ I'm .
G+G
E MajorE (Now switch back to chords from intro) I'm ...
Dsus2Dsus2
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA Oh, ... verse
A augmentedA
D MajorD (Once again, regular chords now) /*See notes above.*/ Hoo, ...
A augmentedA
D MajorD If ... If ... This... Dis... Sep... Con... Rev... Temp... Is... Des... Let .. And ... To .. And ... Oh.. I'm ... I'm ... I'm ... Oh, .. BTW, the versions on Live Aid and Wide Awake In America are moved down a 1/2 step. I find that most of their live stuff is Tuned down like that. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Pete Palmer ppalmer@cray.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Go, little record go! - Pixies
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Bad' by U2, a rock band formed in 1976 from Dublin, Ireland. U2 is known for their political rock/pop music.