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From:   Steve Throne [sthrone@earthlink.net]
Sent:   Monday, December 29, 1997 6:20 PM

Song:   'Bad Company'
Artist: by Bad Company 
Source: from the album 'Bad Company'
(I love saying that  ;-)   )

OK, here¹s my attempt at tabbing Bad Company. It¹s kinda tough since 
it¹s mostly bass and piano but what the hell!  I¹ll give it a shot.  
It¹s really sketchy right now but it might at least be a start....then 
again, maybe not!  If anyone figures out the bass line, please send it 
to me!!

Intro Piano Riff - Play quite a few times

  [F#]  [C#]  [D#]
E------------------
B--11----6-----8---
G--11----6-----8---
D--11----6-----8---
A------------------
E------------------

Piano during verse

[A#]Comp[C#]a[D#]ny  [F#]Always  [F]on  [C#]the [D#]run
E----------------------------------------------------
B--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
G--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
D--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

[A#]Dest[C#]i[D#]ny  [F#]Ooooh  [F]is the[C#]ris[D#]ing
E----------------------------------------------------
B--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
G--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
D--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

  suuuunnnnnnn........
E------------------------
B--6--x--6--x--6----8----
G--6--x--6--x--6----8----
D--6--x--6--x--6----8----
A------------------------
E------------------------

Repeat this verse riff as many times as necessary

Note* For all these piano parts you may want to just play just the D and 
G strings.

Chorus - I think this actually is a guitar, not a piano!!  These chords 
may not be right, but they seem to fit pretty well.

  [D#] [F#]  [G#]Baaaaaaaadddd  [A#]Company
E--------------------------------------
B--------------4-----------------6-----
G--8-x---------5-----------------7-----
D--8-x--4-x----6-----------------8-----
A--6-x--4-x----6-----------------8-----
E-------2-x----4-----------------6-----

I won¹t [D#]deny yy[C#] yyy[D#]   
E-----------------------------------------
B---------8--------6--------8-------------
G---------8--------6--------8-------------
D---------8--------6--------8------8-8----
A---------6--------4--------6------6-6----
E-----------------------------------------

 [F#]Badddd  Bad [G#]  Company
E-------------------------------
B--2---------------4------------
G--3---------------5------------
D--4---------------6------------
A--4---------------6------------
E--2---------------4------------

 - For all these chorus chords, you will have to do some picking and 
strumming which I didn¹t tab out completely.  

day I [D#]die  ii[C#]   iii[D#]   
E-----------------------------------------
B---------8--------6--------8-------------
G---------8--------6--------8-------------
D---------8--------6--------8-------------
A---------6--------4--------6-------------
E-----------------------------------------

It also sounds good to slide from that C# to the D#

Play the intro piano riff once then back into the verse

After the 2nd chorus is this part which I tabbed out below.  This leads 
into the solo.

E----------------------------------------------------
B---8/6---6-----11--10---6--4------11--10---6--------
G---8/6---6-----11--10---6--5------11--10---6--------
D---8/6---6-----11--10---6--6------11--10---6--------
A---6/4---4------9---8---4--6-------9---8---4--------
E---------------------------4------------------------

Solo

D# pentatonic minor
 
E---------------------------------------------------
B-------------------14------------------------------
G--------11-13b(15)----(15)r13p11----11-------------
D--13~~~---------------------------------13~~~------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------


E-----------------------14b(15)-(15)r14---11--11~~~-
B--------------------11-----------------------------
G----------11---------------------------------------
D--11--13------13~~~--------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------


E----------------------------------------
B-(15)r14p11-------------11--------------
G------------13-11----13----13-11--------
D---------------------------------13~~~--
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

E--------14----------14-16-16--
B-----14----16-14-16-----------
G-/15--------------------------
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

E--16b(18)-16b(18)-16b(18)-16b(18)---14-------------
B----------------------------------------16~~~------
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

E--------14----------------14-------
B--14-16------16~----14h16----16~~-
G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------

E------14b(15)----14-11--------------------------------
B--11-------------------14-11-------11-14--11--14b(13)-
G--------------------------------13--------------------
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------

Lyrics

(Verse 1)
Company, always on the run
Destiny, oooh, and the rising sun
I was born, six gun in my hand
Behind the gun, I make my final stand
That¹s why they call me

(Chorus)
Bad company, 
Oh, I can¹t deny
Bad, Bad company
Till the day I die

(Verse 2)
Rebel souls
Deserters we are called
Chose the gun
And threw away the sword
All these towns
They all know our name
Six gun sound
Ooh, is our claim to fame
That¹s why they call me

(repeat chorus)

That's pretty much it.  Hope this sounds ok.  The way I like to play it 
is to set my amp for a fair amount of distortion.  For the piano part, I 
like to use the rhythym pickup but I back the volume off to about 3 and 
sometimes back off on the tone also.  Then for the chorus, I just flip 
to the treble pickup with max volume and distortion.  Good Luck!

Steve Throne
st94h3xt@post.drexel.edu
or
sthrone@earthlink.net