Bad Company – Bad Company (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Bad Company (From the 1974 Album BAD COMPANY) Words and Music by Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Boz Burrell - Bass'
  [Intro]
  Q=112
  4/4
   Gtr I
   W          W           E  E  H.         +H      E  E E  E
G|----------|----------|-11s10s11-------|-(11)----11s10---11s==|
D|----------|----------|----------------|----------------------|
A|----------|----------|----------------|----------------------|
E|----------|----------|----------------|----------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
    W            H     e  e  e  e  e  e
G|-13--------|-/15----15-15-15-15-15-15-|
D|-----------|--------------------------|
A|-----------|--------------------------|
E|-----------|--------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
    e  e  e  e  e  e  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
G|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

                            [1st Verse]
    +W           W           W          H.      E  E
G|-(15)--------|----------||----------|---------------|
D|-------------|----------||----------|-----------11s=|
A|-------------|----------||----------|---------------|
E|-------------|----------||----------|---------------|

    H.       +E   E    E  E  E  E  E  Q   E   E  Q   E  +Q   Q    H.      E  E
G|---------------11s|=10s11s10s11s10s11--13-|---11s=10-(10)-----|---------------|
D|-13-------(13)----|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------11s=|
A|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------|

    W          W           W          H    Q  Q
G|-----------|----------|-----------|------------||
D|-13--------|----------|-13--------|------------||
A|-----------|----------|-13--------|---------4--||
E|-----------|----------|-----------|------6-----||

   [2nd Verse]
     W          +H     Q  Q    W          +H     Q  Q
G||-----------|--------------|----------|----------------||
D||o----------|--------------|----------|---------------o||
A||o-6--------|-(6)-------4--|-6--------|-(6)-------4---o||
E||-----------|--------6-----|----------|--------6-------||

                              [Chorus]
   W          +H     Q   Q     H    E E E E   E Q.   H
G|----------|---------------||--------------|-------------|
D|----------|---------------||--------------|-------------|
A|-6--------|-(6)----6\-----||-4------------|-------------|
E|----------|------------2--||--------1-2---|-4-4---------|

   E Q.   +Q   E E   E Q.   E Q.     H    E Q  E   E Q.   +E  E E E
G|-----------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
A|-6-6----(6)----4-|-6-6----6-6\---|-------------|------------3-4-5-|
E|-------------6---|---------------|-2----2-2--2-|-4-4----(4)-------|

   E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   Q  Q
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
A|-6-6----(6)---4---|-6-6----------4---|-6-6----------4---|-6-6-------4--||
E|------------6---6-|----------6-6---6-|----------6-6---6-|--------6-----||

  [Interlude]
   W          +H     Q  Q    W          +H     Q  Q
G|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
D|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
A|-6--------|-(6)-------4--|-6--------|-(6)-------4--||
E|----------|--------6-----|----------|--------6-----||

   [3rd Verse]
     W          +H     Q  Q    W          +H     Q  Q
G||-----------|--------------|----------|----------------||
D||o----------|--------------|----------|---------------o||
A||o-6--------|-(6)-------4--|-6--------|-(6)-------4---o||
E||-----------|--------6-----|----------|--------6-------||

                              [4th Verse]
   W          +Q   Q  Q  Q     W          +H     Q  Q
G|----------|---------------||----------|-----------6--|
D|----------|---------8--8--||----------|--------8-----|
A|-6--------|-(6)--x--------||-6--------|-(6)----------|
E|----------|---------------||----------|--------------|

   W          +H     Q  Q    W          +H     Q  Q
G|----------|-----------6--|----------|-----------6--|
D|----------|--------8-----|----------|--------8-----|
A|-6--------|-(6)----------|-6--------|-(6)----------|
E|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|

   W          +H      Q  Q     W          +H     Q   Q
G|----------|------------6\--|----------|---------------||
D|----------|--------/8------|----------|---------------||
A|-6--------|-(6)------------|-6--------|-(6)----6\-----||
E|----------|----------------|----------|------------2--||

  [Chorus]
   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   Q  Q
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
A|-4-4--------------|------------3-4-5-|-6-6----(6)---6---|-6-6----6--6\---|
E|----------1-1-2-3-|-4-4----(4)-------|------------6-----|----------------|

   E Q.   E Q  E   E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   S S E E E
G|---------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------|------------3-4-5-|-6-6----(6)---4---|-6-6----------4----|
E|-2-2----2-2--2-|-4-4----(4)-------|------------6---6-|----------6-6---6--|

                                   [Guitar Solo]
   E Q.   E E E E   E Q.   Q  Q     W          E E H.
G|----------------|--------------||----------|-----------|
D|----------------|--------------||----------|-----------|
A|-6-6--------4---|-6-6-------4--||-6--------|-6-4-4-----|
E|----------6---6-|--------6-----||----------|-----------|

    Q.    E  +Q    Q     +E   Q.    Q   Q     H    S S E E E   E Q.   S S E E E
G|-11----10-(10)------|------------11--10\--|------------6---|--------------6---|
D|----------------13--|-(13)----------------|--------8-8---8-|----------8-8---8-|
A|--------------------|------11-------------|-6--------------|-6-6--------------|
E|--------------------|---------------------|----------------|------------------|

   E Q.   E E E E   E Q.   Q  Q    W          E E H.
G|------------6---|-----------6--|----------|-----------|
D|----------8---8-|--------8-----|----------|-----------|
A|-6-6------------|-6-6----------|-6--------|-6-4-4-----|
E|----------------|--------------|----------|-----------|

    Q.    E  +E   E  Q     E  Q.    Q   Q     H    S S E E E   E Q.   S S E E E
G|-11----10-(10)-10-----|----------11--10\--|------------6---|--------------6---|
D|------------------13--|-13----------------|--------8-8---8-|----------8-8---8-|
A|----------------------|----11-------------|-6--------------|-6-6--------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------|

                                      [Chorus]
   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   Q   Q     E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   S S E E E
G|--------------6---|---------------||------------------|-------------------|
D|----------8-8---8-|---------------||----------3-3-4-5-|-6-6---------------|
A|-6-6--------------|-6-6----6\-----||-4-4--------------|----------3-3-4-5--|
E|------------------|------------2--||------------------|-------------------|

   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   Q  Q     E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   +E  E E E
G|------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-6-6----------4---|-6-6----6--6\--|--------------0-2-|------------3-4-5-|
E|----------6-6---6-|---------------|-2-2------2-2-----|-4-4----(4)-------|

   E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   E Q  E
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------||
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------||
A|-6-6----(6)---4---|-6-6----------4---|-6-6----------4---|-6-6-----------||
E|------------6---6-|----------6-6---6-|----------6-6---6-|----------2--2-||

  [Chorus]
   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   E E E E   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   E Q  E
G|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
D|----------3-3-4-5-|-6-6--------6---|------------------|---------------|
A|-4-4--------------|----------6---6-|-6-6------6-6---6-|-6-6-----------|
E|------------------|----------------|--------------6---|----------2--2-|

   H    S E. S E.   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   +E  E E E
G|----------------|------------------|--------------6---|--------------6----|
D|--------6--6-6--|-4-4--------------|------------8---8-|------------8---8--|
A|----------------|----------2-3-4-5-|-6-6----(6)-------|-6-6----(6)--------|
E|-4--------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|

                                         [Outro]
   E Q.   S S E E E   E Q.   S S E E E    E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   S S E E E
G|--------------6---|--------------6---||--------------6---|--------------6----|
D|----------8-8---8-|----------8-8---8-||------------8---8-|----------8-8---8--|
A|-6-6--------------|-6-6--------------||-6-6----(6)-------|-6-6---------------|
E|------------------|------------------||------------------|-------------------|

   E Q.   +E  E E E   E Q.   S S E E E
G|--------------6---|--------------6---|
D|------------8---8-|----------8-8---8-|
A|-6-6----(6)-------|-6-6--------------|
E|------------------|------------------|

     E Q  E +E  E E E   E Q  E +E  E E E   3x
G||-------8-(8)---6---|------8-(8)---6-----||
D||o------------8---8-|------------8---8--o||
A||o-6-6--------------|-6-6---------------o||
E||-------------------|--------------------||

     E Q  E S S E E E   E Q  E +E  E E E  3x E Q  E +E  E E E
G||-------------------|------8-(8)---6----||------8-(8)---6----*|
D||o------------------|------------8---8-o||------------8---8--*|
A||o-6-6----------4---|-6-6--------------o||-6-6---------------*|
E||-------6---6-6---4-|-------------------||-------------------*|
[Lyrics] Company, always on the run Destiny is the rising sun Oh, I was born 6-gun in my hand Behind the gun I'll make my final stand That's why they call me Bad company And I can't deny Bad company 'Til the day I die Oh, 'til the day I die 'Til the day I die Rebel souls, deserters we are called Chose a gun and threw away the Son Now these towns, they all know our name 6-gun sound is our claim to fame I can hear them say Bad company And I won't deny Bad, bad company 'Til the day I die, oh, yeah 'Til the day I die, Hey Bad company I can't deny Bad company 'Til the day I die And I say it's bad company, oh yeah yeah Bad company 'Til the day I die Tell me that you are not a thief Oh but I am bad company It's the way I play dirty for dirty Oh, somebody double-crossed me Double-cross, double-cross ************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | (n) - note tied to previous | / - Slide up | \ - slide down | s - legato slide | x - muted note ||-3-| - triplet ************************************