Bad To The Bone Chords & Tabs
BAD TO THE BONE
As recorded by George Thorogood And The Destroyers
(From the 1981 Album BAD TO THE BONE)
Gtr I (D G D G B D) - 'Overdrive Electric with slide'
INTRO Gtr I:
Q.=100 12/8
E E E E E E q E Q. E E E E E E q E Q. E E E E E E
|--------------|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0------------|
|---0---5-0-3/-|-0-----------0---5-0-3/-|-0-----------0---5-0-3/---|
|---0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/---|
|---0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/---|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
q E Q. E E E E E S S Q. +E Q Q E E E E
|-0-----------0------------||-0----(0)-15\--0-----------|
|-0-----------0---5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)-15\--0----5-0-3/-|
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3/-|
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)---------0-5-0-3/-|
|--------------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------------------||---------------------------|
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E H E +Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-0-------------------------|---------12------------0--------|
|-0-11s===12-(12)----5-0-3/-|-0-11s12----12---------0-5-0-3/-|
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-11s12-------12-12\--0-5-0-3/-|
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3/-|-0----------------12\--0-5-0-3/-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
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E H E +Q E E E E q E Q. H. Wx6
|-0------------------------||-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-11s===12-(12)----5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------|
|--------------------------||-------------------|--------|
|--------------------------||-------------------|--------|
VERSE 2:
H. Q E E E E q E Q. Q E E E E 6x q E Q. H. Wx5
|--------------------||------------------------||-0-----------------|----------|
|------------0-5-0-3-||o-0------------0-5-0-3-o||-0-----------------|----------|
|------------0-5-0-3-||--0------------0-5-0-3--||-0-----------------|----------|
|------------0-5-0-3-||--0------------0-5-0-3--||-0-----------------|----------|
|--------------------||o----------------------o||-------------------|----------|
|--------------------||------------------------||-------------------|----------|
|- Riff 1 --||- Riff 2 ----------------------------------|
Riff 1
Riff 2 x4
q E Q. E E E E E S S
|-0-----------0------------|
|-0-----------0---5-0-3s12-|
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-|
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-Riff 3
Guitar SOLO
H. +Q E E E E Q. +E Q Q E E E E
|-0-------(0)--------/12-||-0----(0)-12\-------------|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-/12-||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-/12-||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-----||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|
|------------------------||--------------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------------|
end Riff 3-|
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E E E +Q. Q E E E a E
|-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------0---0-----|
|-0-11s12-(12)---12\--0-3-0-----|
|-0-11s12-(12)---12\--0-3-0-3s4-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q Q E Q E E E E
|---------12---------------------|---/3--/3--/3-0-----------|
|------------12------------------|-0-/3--/3--/3-0--0--------|
|-0-11s12-------12-12\--0----0-3-|-0-/3--/3--/3-0--0----0-3-|
|-0-11s12----------12\--0-/3-0-3-|-0-----------------/3-0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E Q E Q E E E E E H E Q E E E E
|--------------------------|-0--------------------------|
|-0------------0--0--------|-0--------------------------|
|-0-2s3-/3--/3-0--0-3-0-/3-|-0-11s===12-12--12-12-12-12-|
|-0-2s3-/3--/3-0--0-3-0-/3-|-0-11s===12-12--12-12-12-12-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------12-----|
|----------------------------12----12--|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------12----|-------------------------12----------|
|----------------------------12----12-|----------------------12----12-------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|
|-12-12-12----------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------12-----------|
|-12-12----------------12----12--------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------12-12--|
|-------12-12-12-12-12----------12-12--|
|----------12----12--------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|-12-12-11b11.5-11b11.5-12-12-12-12-12-12\-0-0-|
|-12-12-11b11.5-11b11.5-12-12-12-12-12-12\-0-0-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Q. +E E E Q. E E E H. +Q E E E E
|-0----(0)-----0-0--------/12-|-0-------(0)-----------||
|-0----(0)-----0-0----0---/12-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
|-0----(0)--4--0-0----0-0-/12-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
|-0----(0)-(4)-0-0----0-0-----|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
Verse 3:
q E Q. H. Wx5
|-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-----------------|--------|
|-0-----------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
Riff 1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3
Sax Solo:
||--0-------(0)-----------||
||o-0-------(0)----5-0-3-o||
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||
||o----------------------o||
||------------------------||
E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E a S S S S +Q +Q E E E E
|-0-----3---3-3-3-5-5-------|-0-15s13s15-------------------5--------|
|-0-1s3---3-3-3-3-3-3-5-0-3-|-0-15s13s15s13-11---------------5-0-/3-|
|-0-------3-----------5-0-3-|-0----------------0-(0)--(0)----5-0-/3-|
|-0-------------------5-0-3-|------------------0-(0)--(0)----5-0-/3-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
H. +Q E E E E Q. +E Q Q. E E E
||--0-------(0)-----------||-0----(0)-12\--0----------|
||o-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-o||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-|
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||-0----(0)------0----5-0-3-|
||o----------------------o||--------------------------|
||------------------------||--------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/george_thorogood/bad_to_the_bone_tab_ver_2.html ]
Guitar Solo 2
~
H. +Q E E E E E a E E a Q a E Q E E E E
|-0-------(0)----------||-0---4s5-4s5--4s5-5----------|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0-3-------------------------|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0-------------------0-5-0S3-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0---------------------------|
|----------------------||-----------------------------|
|----------------------||-----------------------------|
E a Q a Q E Q E E E E
|------------------0--------|
|------------------0-5-0-3--|
|-0----------------0-5-0-3--|
|---4s5--4s5--5S3----5-0-3--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
E Q Q. Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E
|----------------------||--------------------------||
|-0-2s=3---------------||o-------------0----------o||
|-0-2s=3----0--0-5-0-3-||--0-----3-0-3-0----5-0-3--||
|-0-2s=3----0--0-5-0-3-||--0-3-0-3-0-3-0----5-0-3--||
|----------------------||o---3-0------------------o||
|----------------------||--------------------------||
E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|
|-0---------------0--0-5-0S3--|
|-0---------------0--0-5-0S3--|
|---------0-3b3.5-0-----------|
|---0-0S4---------------------|
~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E Q E E E E E H E +Q E E E E
||--------------------------||-||--0-------/(12)-(12)-----------||
||o------------------------o||-||o-0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3-o||
||--0-----------0--0-5-0-3--||-||--0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3--||
||--0-----------0--0-5-0-3--||-||--0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3--||
||o---------0-3-0----------o||-||o-----------------------------o||
||----0-0S3-----------------||-||-------------------------------||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---4:3---|
E. S S S E E E E Q E E E E
|-12--24-22-22-22-22-19\-12-15\----------|
|-12-----------------19\-12-15\--0-5-0-3-|
|--------------------------------0-5-0-3-|
|--------------------------------0-------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
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|--4:3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E S E. E E E E
|-/21----21-21-21\-19-17-15s14-15\---------|
|------------------19-17-15s14-15\-0-5-0-3-|
|-----21---------------------------0-5-0-3-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
|--4:3---| |--3--| |-2:3-|
E E S S E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-0-----21----21----21----19\----------|-0----21----21----21\---15\-0-----0-0-|
|-0--------------------20-19\--0-5-0-3-|-0----------------------15\-0-0-5-0-0-|
|-0--------21----21------------0-5-0-3-|-0-21----21----21-21\---------0-5-----|
|-0-/17--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---/17--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----------0-------------||---------------------------||
|-----------0-------------||---------------------------||
|-------------------------||o-------------------------o||
|-------------------------||---------------------------||
Q. +E Q Q E E E E H. +Q E E E E
|-0----(0)-15\--0----------|-0-------(0)----------|
|-0----(0)-15\--0----5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
Verse 4:
q E Q. H. Wx5
|-0---------------||----------------|
|-0---------------||----------------|
|-0---------------||----------------|
|-0---------------||----------------|
|-----------------||----------------|
|-----------------||----------------|
Riff 1
Riff 2 x5
OUTRO:
H. +Q E E E E Q. +E E E Q. E E E
|-0-------(0)----------||--------------12\-0-----------|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)---------0----5-0-3\-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)-12\-----0----5-0-3\-|
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)-12\----------5-0-3\-|
|----------------------||------------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|------3-3-3-3-5-----------|---------12----------------------|
|-0-/3---3-3-3---0---5-0-3-|-0----------12-------------5-0-3-|
|-0------0-0-0-----0-5-0-3-|-0-11s12-------(12)-12\--0-5-0-3-|
|-0------------------5-0-3-|-0-11s12------------12\--0-5-0-3-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E H E Q E Q E
|-0-------------------------|
|-0----------12--12-12--12--|
|-0-11s===12-12--12-12--12--|
|-0-11s===12------------12--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-12-----|----------------------12-----|
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-|
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E Q E E E E E E E
|---------------------12-----------|
|------------------12-12-12--------|
|-12--12-12--12-12----------12-----|
|-12--12-12--12-12-------------12--|
|-12--12-12--12-12-----------------|
|----------------------------------|
Q E Q E Q. Q S S H. +Q E E E E H. +Q E E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5--3---|-0-------(0)----5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)----5-0-3-|
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5--3p0-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5------|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
H.=H
TP
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. E Q Q. +Q. q E Q. H.
|---------------------|------^1-^2--3----(3)---|-3---------------*|
|-0-------------------|------^1-^2--3----(3)---|-3---------------*|
|-0-------------------|-------------0----(0)---|-0---------------*|
|-0--0-3--3-2--2-1--1-|-0----------------------|-----------------*|
|-0-------------------|------------------------|-----------------*|
|-0-------------------|------------------------|-----------------*|
On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone
She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you
I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
