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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 regular A 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

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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
[email protected]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Go, little record go! - Pixies

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