Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Based on:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KciRaANKmo

When applicable, the C G Bb chord changes occur on the last
three strums of the above patterns. The muted strums are all
lightly palm muted G chords.

This song is really played using Open G tuning, however if you
just want to strum the chords, the chord fingerings below, which
are used in this song (ignore the chord charts above), are exactly 
the same if you use standard tuning or Open G tuning.

Chords:
Bb XX333X (Really a Bb/F)
C  XX555X (Really a C/G)
G  XX000X (Really a G/D)

[Intro]
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[Verse]
             
  Now on the d

              
ay I was born,

 
   the nurses 

all gathered '

round
             
  And they gaz

              
ed in wide won

     
der,   at the 

joy they had f

ound
             
  The head nur

             
se spoke up,  

 said "Leave t

his one alone.

"
             
  She could te

              
ll right away,

             
   that I was 

              
bad to the bon

     
e

[Chorus]
             
  Bad to the b

       
one
             
  Bad to the b

       
one
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  Bad to the b

       
one

[Verse]
             
  I broke a th

              
ousand hearts,

 
   before I me

t you
             
  I'll break a

              
 thousand more

      
 baby,  before

 I am through
             
  I wanna be y

              
ours pretty ba

    
by,   yours an

d yours alone
             
  I'm here to 

              
tell ya honey,

        
           tha

              
t I'm bad to t

           
he bone

[Chorus]
             
  Bad to the b

       
one
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  Bad to the b

       
one

[Guitar Solo]
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[Verse]
         
  I make a ric

             
h woman beg,  

 I'll make a g

ood woman stea

l
             
  I'll make an

              
 old woman blu

    
sh,   and make

 a young girl 

squeal
             
  I wanna be y

              
ours pretty ba

    
by,   yours an

d yours alone
             
  I'm here to 

              
tell ya honey,

        
           tha

              
t I'm bad to t

           
he bone

[Chorus]
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  Bad to the b

       
one

[Sax Solo]
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[Guitar Solo]
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[Verse 4]
             
  Now when I w

              
alk the street

   
s,   kings and

 queens step a

side
             
  Every woman 

        
I meet,   they

 all stay sati

sfied
             
  I wanna tell

              
 ya pretty bab

   
y,   what I se

e I make my ow

n
             
  And I'm here

              
 to tell ya ho

        
ney,          

              
 that I'm bad 

               
to the bone

[Chorus]
             
  Bad to the b

       
one
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  B-B-B-B-Bad

   
             
  Woah bad to 

            
the bone

[Outro]
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