Guitar tabs
U2
Bad (from the album "The Unforgettable Fire")
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NOTE: Much of this is taken from The Best of U2 songbook.
INTRO: (and also MAIN riff Edge plays, simplefied a little)
Asus4Asus4 
A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA 
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 majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
If ...
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
If ..
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA
If ...
Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Surren - der...
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
If ..
ASus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA
Life- ...
Dsus2Dsus2 D Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Leave ..,
DsusDsus D Asus4Asus4 A majorA
See ..
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Into ...
DsusDsus D MajorD Asus4Asus4 A majorA
And ...
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Into ..
DsusDsus D MajorD Asus4Asus4 A majorA
And ...
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
verse
(Here, suggested start jamming with regular A majorA and D MajorD chords)
Hoo...
A majorA D MajorD
Hoo, ...
A majorA D MajorD
To ..
A majorA
And ...
D MajorD
To ..,
A majorA
And ...
D MajorD
I'm ...
A majorA
I'm ..
G MajorG E (Now switch back to chords from intro)
I'm ...
Dsus2Dsus2 Asus4Asus4 A majorA
Oh, ...
verse
A majorA D (Once again, regular chords now)
Hoo, ...
A majorA 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:
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Asus4Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 x
A majorA 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 majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA
-------------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 majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA
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 majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
If ...
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
If ..
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA
If I ...
Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Surren - der, ...
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
If ..
ASus4 A majorA Asus4Asus4 A majorA
Life- line ...
Dsus2Dsus2 D Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Leave ..,
DsusDsus D Asus4Asus4 A majorA
See ..
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Into ...
DsusDsus D MajorD Asus4Asus4 A majorA
And ...
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Into ..
DsusDsus D MajorD Asus4Asus4 A majorA
And ...
Asus4Asus4 A majorA Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
verse
(Here, suggested start jamming with regular A majorA and D MajorD chords)
/*Note fom Pete: I bar (barre) them on the 5th fret here*/
Hoo...
A majorA D MajorD
Hoo...
A majorA D MajorD
To ..
A majorA
And ...
D MajorD
To ..
A majorA
And ...
D MajorD
I'm ...
A majorA
/*Note fom Pete: I play open chords here until the
main riff starts again.*/
I'm .
G MajorG E (Now switch back to chords from intro)
I'm ...
Dsus2Dsus2 Asus4Asus4 A majorA
Oh, ...
verse
A majorA D (Once again, regular chords now)
/*See notes above.*/
Hoo, ...
A majorA 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.
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Pete Palmer
ppalmer@cray.com
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