Bad by U2
Tabbed by daniel.zigman@bialik.netaxis.qc.ca
Use delay and tune down 1/2 step for all live versions.
I've heard about ten verions of this song and they're all different.
I've tried to give as much of the improvisations, solos and fills as
I remember.
synth riff:
A
E-------------17--------------------
B-14-17-17-14----14-17-14----------- 2x
G-----------------------------------
D
E-------------17--------------------
B-15-17-17-15----15-17-15----------- 2x
G-----------------------------------
main riff:
Asus4 A Asus4 A
E-------------12-12-------------12-12----------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D-12-12-12-11-------12-12-12-11----------------
A--0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0----------------
E----------------------------------------------
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
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----------------------------------------------------
Edge sometimes uses these fills when playing live:
E----------------------------------
B------------10p7---7h10-----------
G---9-9-9-7------------------------
D---0-0-0-0------------------------
A----------------------------------
E----------------------------------
Chorus:
A D
E-------------------------5---5---5---5-5-----
B---5---5---5---5-5-----------------------5---
G-6---6---6---6-----6-7-7---7---7---7-------7-
Live outro jam:
A
E-------12----12----12---12-12----12----12----12--
B----14----14----14----14------14----14----14-----
G-------------------------------------------------
D
E----------------------------------------------------
B-12-14-15-15----15----15----15-15----15----15----15-
G-------------14----14----14-------14----14----14----
D----------------------------------------------------
Live Aid improvisations:
E-------12----12----14-14p12--12----12----14-14p12----------
B----14----14----14--------------14----14----------14-14----
G-----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------12-12-------------12-12-------
B-12-14-15-15----15----------15-15----15----------15-
G-------------14----14-------------14----------14----
D----------------------------------------------------
Edge sometimes played this solo during the Zoo Tv tour (unless you've
heard this, you probably won't be able to make heads or tails out
of it)
E-12-9--9h10p9------------------------------------------
B--------------12-10-7-7--7-7-7p5-3-2h3p2---------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
---------------
Here is my suggestion about the live outro jam version :
from: Thomas SCHULTZ
-12------12------12------12------12---------10------10------10------10------10-------
----14------14------14------14------14-12------10------10------10------10------10-12-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------
0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Delay setting : 435 ms ( based on the "Wide Awake in America" version )
Tuning : 1/2 step down
From: ppalmer@ironwood.cray.com (Peter Palmer)
Subject: TAB: Bad (U2) - for one guitar
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, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu).
So, here it is
for one guitar:
Asus4 A Asus4 A
-------------12-12-------------12-12---------- note: set your delay so
---------------------------------------------- you just play
---------------------------------------------- eighth notes, letting the
-12-12-12-11-------12-12-12-11---------------- delay fill in the sixteenths.
--0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0----------------
----------------------------------------------
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
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:
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
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:
Asus4 A Asus4 A
E----9--12--9-12--9--12--9-12-------9-9---
B-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
>
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
E----9--10--9-10--9--10--9-10------9------
B-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
Chords (c/o Scott Yanoff):
If you twist and turn away.
Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
If you tear yourself in two again.
Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
If I could, yes I would
Asus4 A Asus4 A
If I could, I would let it go.
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
Surren - der, dislocate.
Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
If I could throw this lifeless
ASus4 A Asus4 A
Life- line to the wind.
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
Leave this heart of clay,
Dsus D Asus4 A
See you walk, walk away,
Asus4 A Dsus2 D
Into the night.
Dsus D Asus4 A
And through the rain.
Asus4 A Dsus2 D
Into the half-light,
Dsus D Asus4 A
And through the flame.
Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
If I could throw myself,
set your spirit free.
I'd lead your heart away,
See you break, break away
Into the light.
And to the day.
(Here, suggested start jamming with regular A and D chords)
/*Note fom Pete: I bar (barre) them on the 5th fret here*/
Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo.
A D
Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo.
A D
To let it go,
A
And so to fade away.
D
To let it go,
A
And so fade away.
D
I'm wide awake.
A
/*Note fom Pete: I play open chords here until the
main riff starts again.*/
I'm wide awake. wide awake,
G E (Now switch back to chords from intro)
I'm not sleeping.
Dsus2 Asus4 A
Oh, no, no.
If you should ask then maybe
They tell you what I would say.
True colors fly in blue and black,
Bruised silken skies and burning flag.
Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes.
A D (Once again, regular chords now)
/*See notes above.*/
Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo.
A D
If I could, you know I would.
If I could, I would let it go.
This desparation.
Dislocation.
Separation.
Condemnation.
Revelation.
Temptation.
Isolation.
Desolation.
Let it go,
And so to fade away.
To let it go,
And so fade away.
Oh, no
I'm wide awake.
I'm wide awake.
I'm not sleeping.
Oh, no no
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
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Here's my tab for the Live version of "Bad" by U2.
tabbed by m. stewart, mps133@psu.edu
The tab is really easy, there are only three tab fomations to play.
Use a digital delay of about 0.4 seconds when playing the song.
INTRO/VERSE
e--------------------12-12-----------------------12-12-
b------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------
d--12---12-12--11-11-----------12---12-12--11-11-------
a--0----0--0---0--0------------0----0--0---0--0--------
e------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------10-10-------------------10---10------
g--9---9-9--7-7-----------9---9-9--7----7----7----7----
d--0---0-0--0-0-----------0---0-0--0-------------------
a------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------
Repeat the INTRO/VERSE tab until the bridge.
Bridge begins when Bono begins to sing "...hoo hoo, hoo hoo ....."
BRIDGE:
e------0-----0----0----0---0--0---------------------------0-------
b----2----2----2----2----2--2------3----3----3----3--------3---3--
g--2--------------------------------2----2----2----2----2------2--
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat the bridge until Bono sings "..I'm not sleepin'..."
ENDING JAM:
e-9-12--9-12--9-12--9-12--9-12--9-12.........9-10--9-10--9-10--9-10..
b--------------------------------------------------------------------
g--------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
That's the whole song, at least the way that I play it.
The tab formations go like this thru the song:
1. INTRO/VERSE
2. BRIDGE
3. VERSE
4. BRIDGE
5. ENDING JAM
6. VERSE
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*Bad--My favorite song, it's in A, and it's
actually 2 guitars together. I'll write a VERY
simplified version of it for just 1.
1---------12-12 1------------------------
2-------------- 2---------10-10---10---10
3---7-7-6------ 3---9-9-9--------9---9---
4---7-7-7------ (repeat) 4---0-0-0----------------
5---0-0-0------ 5---0-0-0----------------
6-------------- 6------------------------
Leniart, Brandon K
leniarbk@jmu.edu