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BAD BOY
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 1)
Words and Music by Larry Williams
Arranged by The Beatles
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=142
C N.C. C
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E E W
|--------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---8----10b12-10pb12-8----8-|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----10----------------10---|-10-----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q E E E E W Q Q E E E E
|--8---8---8--8----8-|----------------------------|--8---8---8--8----8-|
|--8---8---8--8----8-|----------------------------|--8---8---8--8----8-|
|--9---9---9--9----9-|----------------------------|--9---9---9--9----9-|
|-10--10--10-10---10-|----------------------------|-10--10--10-10---10-|
|-10--10--10-10---10-|----------------------------|-10--10--10-10---10-|
|--8---8---8--8----8-|----------------------------|--8---8---8--8----8-|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
N.C. C
E E E E E E E E W
|----------------------||--------------------------|
|---11-11p8-11-11-11---||o-------------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------------|
|----------------------||o-------------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||--------------------------|
|----------------------||o-------------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------------|
|----------------------||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|----6--6-3--6--6--6---||---8--8-11-12--8--8--8--8-|
W E E E E Q Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------8----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------8-10-10b12----------|
|-------------------------|----10----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-|-10-10-10-10-10----10-12-10-|
|--8--8-11-12--8--8--8--8-|--8--8-11-12--8-----8--8--8-|
E +E E E +H W
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10pb12r(10)--8------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------10-(10)----------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10------10--10-10--10--10-12-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|--8-------8--11-12---8---8--8--8-|--8--8-11-12--8--8--8--8-|
W E E +E S +S E E +Q
|-------------------------|-----8-(8)---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------10pb11r(10)--8------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------8-(8)-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-|-10-10-10--10----------10-10-12--10--|
|--8--8-11-12--8--8--8--8-|--8--8-11--12-----------8--8--8---8--|
F
|----3-----|
Q Q Q E +E Q W
|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------8----------10pb12r(10)--8----|-----------------|
|-10---------10----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-10-10---10----10-10------10--12-10-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|
|--8--8---11----12--8-------8---8--8-|-1-1-4-5-1-1-1-1-|
|---3---| |---3---|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----8---8---8---8---8---|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-3-3---3---3-3-3---5---3-|
|-1-1-4-5-1-1-1-1-|-1-1---4---5-1-1---1---1-|
C
H H W
|-8-------8-------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|-1-1-4-5-1-1-1-1-|--8--8-11-12--8--8--8--8-|
W E Q E +Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----11-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------10pb11r(10)-----8----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-|-10-10-10-10------10--10-12-10-|
|--8--8-11-12--8--8--8--8-|--8--8-11-12-------8---8--8--8-|
H Q Q GW
|-----------------------8----|----------------|
|----------------------------|----------------|
|-------------10b12----------|----------------|
|-10-------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q
|----------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------|-4----4-(4)--4--|
|----------------------------|-5----5-(5)--5--|
|-10-10-10-10-10----10-12-10-|-5----5-(5)--5--|
|--8--8-11-12--8-----8--8--8-|-3----3-(3)--3--|
To Coda
F C7
H Q Q E E Q H
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|-------------1b1.5--|-------------|
|--------------------|-3-----------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q E E Q H
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-1-----------|
|-2----2-(2)--2------|-3-----------|
|-3----3-(3)--3------|-2-----------|
|-3----3-(3)--3------|-3-----------|
|-1----1-(1)--1------|-------------|
Guitar Solo
1. 2.
W G E. S E E +H G C Q Q E Q E
|---------------||------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------------o||------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------||------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------||------------------------||--1-----1--------1-------|
|--------------o||-10--12---13-(13)-------||--------------3--------3-|
|---------------||--8---8----8--(8)-------||-------------------------|
|
| H E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------||------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------------o||------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------||------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------||------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------5-5-5-o||------------------5-5-5-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|--------3-3-3--||------------------3-3-3-||--8--8-11-12--8--8--8--8-|
Q E +E E E E E Q H Q
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------1----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--3b5-----3pb5r(3)--1----------|--1-----3b5----------------|
|-----------------------3-----3-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10---10-10----10--10-10-12-10-|-10-10-10---10-10-10-12-10-|
|--8----8-11----12---8--8--8--8-|--8--8-11---12--8--8--8--8-|
E +E E E E a E E E FQ Q Q Q
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-4---4---4---4---|
|--------------------------3--5-|-----------------|
|--3pb5r(3)--1-----1-3s=5-------|-----------------|
|---------------3---------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-10----10--10-10-10---10-12-10-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|
|--8-----8--11-12--8----8--8--8-|-1-1-4-5-1-1-1-1-|
C
|---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q
|---------------------|----------8--------------------|
|-4---4---4---4---4---|--4b6--------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------10b12-----|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3---5---3-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-12----10--|
|-1-1-4-5-1-1---1---1-|--8----8-11-12--8--8--8-----8--|
G
|-3--|
E Q E S S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E E E
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--8---------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----10----10--8h10p8-----8----|----------------------------------|
|---------------------10----10-|-8h10-10-10-8h10-(10)-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-4----------4-----(4)--------4----|
|------------------------------|-5----------5-----(5)--------5----|
|-10-10-10-10-10------10-12-10-|-5----------5-----(5)--------5----|
|--8--8-11-12--8-------8--8--8-|-3----------3-----(3)--------3----|
FE. S E E +E E S S E a C7E. S E S S +S S E a E E
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------8---------|-------------------------------|
|-8--8-8-8-(8)---10-8----|-------------------------------|
|---------------------11-|-6s8----8-8-6s8-(8)-8-8-6s8-8--|
|
| Q. E +Q Q E E Q H
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|---1---------------------------|
|-2------2-(2)----2------|---3---------------------------|
|-3------3-(3)----3------|---2---------------------------|
|-3------3-(3)----3------|---3---------------------------|
|-1------1-(1)----1------|-------------------------------|
Outro
Q=60
D.S. al Coda &
G C7
E E E E E E E E H Q Q +W
|-------------------||----------0--|--(0)----*|
|-------------------||----------1--|--(1)----*|
|-------------------||----------0--|--(0)----*|
|-------------------||----------2--|--(2)----*|
|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||----------3--|--(3)----*|
|-8\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------------|---------*|
|
| E E E E E E E E H Q Q +W
|-------------------||-------------|---------*|
|-------------------||-------------|---------*|
|-------------------||----------9--|--(9)----*|
|-------------------||---------10--|-(10)----*|
|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||---------10--|-(10)----*|
|----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||----------8--|--(8)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths