BAD COMPANY - "bad company" Tablature

From: Steve Throne [sthrone@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 1997 6:20 PM

Song: 'Bad Company'
Artist: by Bad Company
Source: from the album 'Bad Company'
(I love saying that ;-) )

OK, here¹s my attempt at tabbing Bad Company. It¹s kinda tough since
it¹s mostly bass and piano but what the hell! I¹ll give it a shot.
It¹s really sketchy right now but it might at least be a start....then
again, maybe not! If anyone figures out the bass line, please send it
to me!!

Intro Piano Riff - Play quite a few times

[F#] [C#] [D#]
E------------------
B--11----6-----8---
G--11----6-----8---
D--11----6-----8---
A------------------
E------------------

Piano during verse

[A#]Comp[C#]a[D#]ny [F#]Always [F]on [C#]the [D#]run
E----------------------------------------------------
B--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
G--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
D--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

[A#]Dest[C#]i[D#]ny [F#]Ooooh [F]is the[C#]ris[D#]ing
E----------------------------------------------------
B--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
G--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
D--3-----6-----8------11---11-----10------6------8---
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

suuuunnnnnnn........
E------------------------
B--6--x--6--x--6----8----
G--6--x--6--x--6----8----
D--6--x--6--x--6----8----
A------------------------
E------------------------

Repeat this verse riff as many times as necessary

Note* For all these piano parts you may want to just play just the D and
G strings.

Chorus - I think this actually is a guitar, not a piano!! These chords
may not be right, but they seem to fit pretty well.

[D#] [F#] [G#]Baaaaaaaadddd [A#]Company
E--------------------------------------
B--------------4-----------------6-----
G--8-x---------5-----------------7-----
D--8-x--4-x----6-----------------8-----
A--6-x--4-x----6-----------------8-----
E-------2-x----4-----------------6-----

I won¹t [D#]de... yy[C#] yyy[D#]
E-----------------------------------------
B---------8--------6--------8-------------
G---------8--------6--------8-------------
D---------8--------6--------8------8-8----
A---------6--------4--------6------6-6----
E-----------------------------------------

[F#]Badddd Bad [G#] Com...
E-------------------------------
B--2---------------4------------
G--3---------------5------------
D--4---------------6------------
A--4---------------6------------
E--2---------------4------------

- For all these chorus chords, you will have to do some picking and
strumming which I didn¹t tab out completely.

day I [D#]die ii[C#] iii[D#]
E-----------------------------------------
B---------8--------6--------8-------------
G---------8--------6--------8-------------
D---------8--------6--------8-------------
A---------6--------4--------6-------------
E-----------------------------------------

It also sounds good to slide from that C# to the D#

Play the intro piano riff once then back into the verse

After the 2nd chorus is this part which I tabbed out below. This leads
into the solo.

E----------------------------------------------------
B---8/6---6-----11--10---6--4------11--10---6--------
G---8/6---6-----11--10---6--5------11--10---6--------
D---8/6---6-----11--10---6--6------11--10---6--------
A---6/4---4------9---8---4--6-------9---8---4--------
E---------------------------4------------------------

Solo

D# pentatonic minor

E---------------------------------------------------
B-------------------14------------------------------
G--------11-13b(15)----(15)r13p11----11-------------
D--13~~~---------------------------------13~~~------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------


E-----------------------14b(15)-(15)r14---11--11~~~-
B--------------------11-----------------------------
G----------11---------------------------------------
D--11--13------13~~~--------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------


E----------------------------------------
B-(15)r14p11-------------11--------------
G------------13-11----13----13-11--------
D---------------------------------13~~~--
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

E--------14----------14-16-16--
B-----14----16-14-16-----------
G-/15--------------------------
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

E--16b(18)-16b(18)-16b(18)-16b(18)---14-------------
B----------------------------------------16~~~------
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

E--------14----------------14-------
B--14-16------16~----14h16----16~~\-
G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------

E------14b(15)----14-11--------------------------------
B--11-------------------14-11-------11-14--11--14b(13)-
G--------------------------------13--------------------
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------


That's pretty much it. Hope this sounds ok. The way I like to play it
is to set my amp for a fair amount of distortion. For the piano part, I
like to use the rhythym pickup but I back the volume off to about 3 and
sometimes back off on the tone also. Then for the chorus, I just flip
to the treble pickup with max volume and distortion. Good Luck!

Steve Throne
st94h3xt@post.drexel.edu
or
sthrone@earthlink.net