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 
AA Asus4Asus4 AA 
Dsus2Dsus2 
DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
EE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
GG----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-
DD----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-
AA-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The second guitar plays this, with an echo device also:
EE-----------------12-12---------------12-12------------------------------------
BB--------------------------------------------------------10-10------10-10-10-10
GG------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DD------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AA------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EE------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 AA Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
If ...
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
If ..
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA
If ...
Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Surren - der...
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
If ..
ASus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA
Life- ...
Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Leave ..,
DsusDsus DD Asus4Asus4 AA
See ..
Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Into ...
DsusDsus DD Asus4Asus4 AA
And ...
Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Into ..
DsusDsus DD Asus4Asus4 AA
And ...
Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
verse
(Here, suggested start jamming with regular AA and DD chords)
Hoo...
AA DD
Hoo, ...
AA DD
To ..
AA
And ...
DD
To ..,
AA
And ...
DD
I'm ...
AA
I'm ..
GG EE (Now switch back to chords from intro)
I'm ...
Dsus2Dsus2 Asus4Asus4 AA
Oh, ...
verse
AA DD (Once again, regular chords now)
Hoo, ...
AA DD
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
AA x 0 2 2 2 x
Dsus2Dsus2 x x 0 2 3 x
DD 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 AA Asus4Asus4 AA
-------------12-12-------------12-12----------
----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
-12-12-12-11-------12-12-12-11----------------
--0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0----------------
----------------------------------------------
Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
EE--------------------------------------------------
BB----------10-10-----------------10-10-------------
GG-9-9-9-7------------9-9-9-9-7---------------------
DD-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0---------------------
AA--------------------------------------------------
EE--------------------------------------------------
The intro Ds to each verse have this small difference:
Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
EE----------------------------------------------------
BB----------10-10-----------------10---10-------------
GG-9-9-9-7------------9-9-9-9-7-----7----7------------
DD-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-----------------------
AA----------------------------------------------------
EE----------------------------------------------------
Live Aid and Wide Awake in America lick at the ending jam:
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA
EE----9--12--9-12--9--12--9-12-------9-9---
BB-----------------------------------------
GG-----------------------------------------
DD-----------------------------------------
AA-----------------------------------------
EE-----------------------------------------
>
Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
EE----9--10--9-10--9--10--9-10------9------
BB-----------------------------------------
GG-----------------------------------------
DD-----------------------------------------
AA-----------------------------------------
EE-----------------------------------------
Chords (c/o Scott Yanoff):
If ...
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
If ...
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
If ..
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA
If I ...
Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Surren - der, ...
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Asus4Asus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
If ..
ASus4 AA Asus4Asus4 AA
Life- line ...
Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Leave ..,
DsusDsus DD Asus4Asus4 AA
See ..
Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Into ...
DsusDsus DD Asus4Asus4 AA
And ...
Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD
Into ..
DsusDsus DD Asus4Asus4 AA
And ...
Asus4Asus4 AA Dsus2Dsus2 DD Dsus2Dsus2 DD
verse
(Here, suggested start jamming with regular AA and DD chords)
/*Note fom Pete: I bar (barre) them on the 5th fret here*/
Hoo...
AA DD
Hoo...
AA DD
To ..
AA
And ...
DD
To ..
AA
And ...
DD
I'm ...
AA
/*Note fom Pete: I play open chords here until the
main riff starts again.*/
I'm .
GG EE (Now switch back to chords from intro)
I'm ...
Dsus2Dsus2 Asus4Asus4 AA
Oh, ...
verse
AA DD (Once again, regular chords now)
/*See notes above.*/
Hoo, ...
AA DD
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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