Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name Chords & Tabs

This is my first attempt so bare with me

h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
r - release
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
t - tapping
tr- trill
x - muted string
# - pick scratch
<4> - harmonic
/\ - bend with W.B
\2/ - Dive Bomb with W.B
~ Let ring
INTRO

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
g|10b12-10v-8-10b12r10-8----------|10b12-10v-8-10b12r10p8----------|
d|-----------------------10v-8-10-|-----------------------10v------|
a|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
g|10b12-10v-8-10b12r10-8----------|10b12-10v-----------------------|
d|-----------------------10v-8-10-|--------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


VERSE A RIFF

e|----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
b|----------------|---------------|----------------|8\/8\/8\/8\------|
g|----------------|---------------|----------------|8\/8\/8\/8\------|
d|--------1-1-----|--------1-1----|--------1-1-----|8\/8\/8\/8\------|
a|3---1-3-----3-1-|3---1-3-----3v-|3---1-3-----3-1-|-----------------|
e|--3-------------|--3------------|--3-------------|-----------------|

MAIN VERSE RIFF

e|----------------|----------------|
b|----------------|----------------|
g|----------------|----------------|
d|--------1-1-----|--------1-1-----| x4
a|3---1-3-----3-1-|3---1-3-----3v--|
e|--3-------------|--3-------------|

PRE CHORUS

e|1---------|\1/---------------|-------------|-----------------------|
b|1---------|\1/---------------|----8-8---8-8|\8/\8/\8/\8/8----------|
g|2---------|\2/---------------|----8-8---8-8|\8/\8/\8/\8/8----------|
d|3---------|\3/---------------|----8-8---8-8|\8/\8/\8/\8/8----------|
a|3---------|\3/---------------|-------------|-----------------------|
e|1---------|\1/---------------|-------------|-----------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bon_jovi/you_give_love_a_bad_name_tab_ver_12.html ]
e|1---------|----------|1----------1|1-1-1-1-------|
b|3---------|----------|1----------1|1-1-1-1-------|
g|3---------|----------|2----------2|2-2-2-2-------|
d|3---------|----------|3----------3|3-3-3-3-------|
a|1---------|----------|3----------3|3-3-3-3-------|
e|1---------|----------|1----------1|1-1-1-1-------|

Chorus
e|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
b|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
d|5----------------|---------------|--------------5|
g|5------6------6-6|8--8---10------|6--8-------1--5|x2
a|3------6------6-6|8--8---10------|6--8-----1----3|
e|-------4------4-4|6--6---8-------|4--6---3-------|

Play 2 times

then ending
e|----------------|
b|----------------|
g|----------------|
d|6-----8---------|
a|6-----8---------|
e|4-----6---------|

Solo

e|----------------|
b|\8/-------------|
g|--------------8v|
d|--------------8v|
a|----------------|
e|----------------|

e|-------------------|----------------------|
b|-------------------|----------------------|
g|5/7-7/8-8/10-10/12-|12/15-15/17-17~~~~~~~~|
d|-------------------|----------------------|
a|3/5-5/6-6/8--8/10--|10/13-13/15-15~~~~~~~~|
e|-------------------|----------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------|8-----10--------|
b|8h11p8h11p8h11p811p8h11p8h11p811p8h11p8h11b13|11b13-13b15-----|
g|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
a|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
e|---------------------------------------------|----------------|

as you do this trill you scrap your pick towards you on the b string to give a slidy sound.

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
d|----------1---------------1-3-1-|--------------------------------|
a|3-1---1-3---3-1-3-1---1-3-------|--------------------------------|
e|----3---------------3-----------|\3/-----------------------------|


THE ENDING
This is the same as the chorus but in the third bar in he plays the first part of the 
over it.


INTRO
VERSE RIFF A
MAIN VERSE RIFF
PRE CHORUS
CHORUS
VERSE RIFF A
MAIN VERSR RIFF
PRE CHORUS
CHORUS
SOLO
Silence(vocal fill)
ENDING


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