Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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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