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

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From: ad070@freenet.carleton.ca (Steve Portigal)
To: ad070@freenet.carleton.ca
Subject: Re: TAB: Give luv a bad name - Bon Jovi
Reply-To: ad070@freenet.carleton.ca
Status: OR


In a previous article, chris@labtam.labtam.oz.au () says:

Was requested, but the person mainly wanted chords (rather than tab).

Here is (in my opinion) the "signiture" riffs and melody of
the song. But I find it hard to adequetly describe it just with chords.


YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME - Bon Jovi
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Intro licks - a few like this
>|----------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------|
>|--10b12--12r10---8--10b12r10--8---------|
>|--------------------------------10~~~---|
>|----------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------|
                               ^   


Signiture
---------
This can be played single-note (like bass) or turned into chords
>by adding the fifth and octave.  (i.e X6XXXX => X688XX)
Also matches the vocal during the pre-chorus and chorus.


Intro

>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|--10--8--6--/10\8---6--------------------------|
>|-----------------------8~~~~-------------------|



Verse riff (or something like it)
(Maybe get away with just a C chord here if you want to be boring?)
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|---------6-6-------------6-6-------------------|
>|-8-8-6-8-----8-6-8-8-6-8-----8-----------------|
  .       .       .       .   ~ 



Pre-chorus
>
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------6-----------|
>|-8--6-------------8--8---6---------6-----------|
>|-------8---8----8------------------------------|
                                      (noise etc)

>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-8--6------------------------------------------|
>|-------8--8------8--8-----6--8-----------------|


>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-8-8---8---8----8--8---10-10--10-10------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
 

Chorus

>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>|-10---10---10--11----8---8----8>10-10------10--10---8----6-6-----------------|
>|---------------------------------------------------------------8-------------|




>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>|------------------------------8----------------------------------------------|
>|-10--10---10----11-----11-11-------8>10--10----------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



solo
Sorry have not worked that out


Fade out
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-----------------------------------------------|
>|-10-10-8~~~--6-/10\8-6-------------------------|
>|-----------------------8~~~--------------------|
                      ^

b       bend
r       release
^       slight-bend
~       vibrato
/\       slides
.       staccato

       use slide or hammer-on (as you wish)
       (i.e hammer-on if you play it with single-notes,
             slide if you play it as chords)


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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 11:58:42 GMT
Lines: 250

Hi!

Here is on of Bon Jovi's big hits in the 80's. It's from the album called
'Slippery When Wet'.
Have fun with it!

PS. It's taken from a RockScore book, I haven't transcribed it.

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Key:     h = hammer on
         p = pull off
         P.M. = Palm Muting
         v = whammy bar downwards
         / = slide up
         \ = slide down




                          You Give Love A Bad Name
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                (Bon Jovi) 



  Intro

E |-------------------|-------------|-----------------|------------|---------|
B |-------------------|--6----6---4-|--6--4------3--5-|-6----6---4-|--6-4----|
G |-------------------|-------------|--------5--------|------------|-------5-|
D |-------------------|-------------|-----------------|------------|---------|
A |----------x--x---x-|-------------|-----------------|------------|---------|
E |-------------------|-------------|-----------------|------------|---------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bon_jovi/you_give_love_a_bad_name_tab_ver_3.html ]
E |------------|----------------|--------|----|----//-------------------------|
B |-6---6----4-|--6--4----------|-6---6--|-6--|-6-----------------------------|
G |------------|--------5--3--5-|--------|----|-------------------------------|
D |------------|----------------|--------|----|--------------------1--1-------|
A |------------|----------------|--------|----|--------3-----1--3--------3--1-|
E |------------|----------------|--------|----|-----------3-------------------|
                                                       P.M. - - - - - - - - -

                            v v v v
E |-----------------------|---------|
B |-----------------------|-4-4-4-4-|
G |-----------------------|-3-3-3-3-|
D |--------------1--1-----|---------|
A |-3-----1--3---------3--|---------|
E |----3------------------|---------|
    - - - - - -|

  Verse

E |-------------------------|---------------------|
B |-------------------------|---------------------|
G |-------------------------|---------------------|
D |--------------1--1-------|-------------1--1----|   repeat 4 times
A |--3-----1--3--------3--1-|-3-----1--3--------3-|
E |-----3-------------------|----3----------------|
     P.M. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|


  Pre-chorus
                                         v v v v
E |-----|-------|---------------------|-----------|-----|-------------|
B |-----|-------|-----------4-----4---|--4-4-4-4--|-----|----------3--|
G |-----|-------|-----x--x--3--x--3---|--3-3-3-3--|--3--|-3-----3-----|
D |--3--|--3-\--|---------------------|-----------|--3--|-3--3--------|
A |--3--|--3-\--|---------------------|-----------|--1--|-1-----------|
E |--1--|--1-\--|---------------------|-----------|-----|-------------|



E |-------------------|---------------|
B |-------------------|---------------|
G |-----------2-5-----|-----------4---|
D |--------3----------|--------5------|
A |-----3-------------|-----5---------|
E |--1----------------|--3------------|


  Chorus

E |-------------------|-------------|------------|--------|
B |-------------------|-------------|------------|--------|
G |-------------------|-------------|------------|--------|     x 2
D |--5----------------|-------------|------------|--8--5--|
A |--3-----6---8--10--|--8--8---10--|--6-----8---|--6--3--|
E |--------4---6---8--|--6--6----8--|--4-----6---|--------|



  1st ending

E |------------|-----|-----|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B |------------|-----|-----|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G |------------|-----|-----|--------------------------|-----------------------|
D |------------|-----|-----|--------------1--1--------|--------------1--1-----|
A |--6-----8---|--8--|-----|--3-----1--3--------3--1--|--3-----1--3--------3--|
E |--4-----6---|--6--|-----|-----3--------------------|-----3-----------------|
                              P.M. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |

                                        v   v
E |--------------------------|----------------|
B |--------------------------|--4-----4---4---|
G |--------------------------|--3--b--3---3---|
D |--------------1--1--------|----------------|
A |--3-----1--3---------3--1-|----------------|
E |-----3--------------------|----------------|
     P.M. - - - - - - - - - |


   2nd ending           Guitarsolo

E |------------|------//-----|-----|--------------|---------------------|
B |------------|-------------|-----|--------4--4--|--1h3--3h4--4h6--6h8-|
G |------------|----------5--|--5--|--5--5--------|---------------------|
D |------------|-------------|-----|--------------|---------------------|
A |--6-----8---|--8----------|-----|--------------|---------------------|
E |--4-----6---|--6----------|-----|--------------|---------------------|


                           v v v v v        v
E |-------------------|---------------|-------------|--8-----11--11-\--|
B |--8h11--11h13--13--|--11-----------|--11-----11--|-11-----14--14-\--|
G |-------------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
D |-------------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
A |-------------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
E |-------------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|


E |-------------------------------------------------|-----|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-----|
G |-------------------------------------------------|-----|
D |-----------------1-----------------------1--3p1--|--5\-|
A |--3--1-----1--3-----3--1--3--1-----1--3----------|-----|
E |--------3-----------------------3----------------|-----|



  Outro

E |------------|---------|
B |------------|---------|
G |------------|---------|
D |------------|--8--5---|   x 8  (fade out)
A |--6---8--8--|--6--3---|
E |--4---6--6--|---------|




 How to play:

 1. Intro
 2. Verse
 3. Pre-chorus
 4. Chorus
 5. 1st ending
 6. Verse
 7. Pre-chorus
 8. Chorus
 9. 2nd ending
10. 8 beats break
11. Chorus
12. Outro


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     =               Linus Lindholm                =   
     =       e-mail: llindhol@bilbo.abo.fi         =
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     = C                                           =
     = Runaway train never coming back             =
     =                                             = 
     = Em/B                                        =
     = Wrong way on a one way track                =
     =                                             =
     = Am                                          =
     = Seems like I should be getting somewhere    =
     =                                             =
     = G                                           =
     = Somehow, I'm neither here nor there         =
     =                                             =
     =                     - Soul Asylum           =
     =                                             =
     ==============================================

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|  email: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca    Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext 3580  |
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