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Guitar6String  Tabwww.ultimate-guitar.com2011/03/16 23:43:41

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YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME - Bon Jovi
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Tabbed by: Daniel Walden
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: E A D G B E  (although bon jovi use a semitone down live)

NB: Ritchie uses a harmonizer throughout most of the song which plays a higher 
    part, this is what he plays.

Intro

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9^-^9~--7-9^-7---------9^-^9-7--9^p7------9^-^9~-7-9^-7---------9^-^9~~\--|
D|----------------9---7-9--------------h9~-----------------9---7-9-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
                                                          !! !!!!
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------xx-/8~\/~\/\/~\----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------xx-/8~\/~\/\/~\----------|
D|---------1-1--------------1-1--------------1-1----xx-/8~\/~\/\/~\----------|
A|-3---1-3-----3-1--3---1-3-----3~---3---1-3-----3--xx-----------------------|
E|---3----------------3----------------3-------------------------------------|
  Pm_______________________          _____________

Verse

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------1-1--------------1-1--------------1-1--------------1*-1*----------|
A|-3---1-3-----3-1--3---1-3-----3*~--3---1-3-----3-1--3---1-3-------3*-------|
E|---3----------------3----------------3----------------3--------------------|
  Pm_______________________          ________________________

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------1-1--------------1-1--------------1-1--------------1*-1*----------|
A|-3---1-3-----3-1--3---1-3-----3*~--3---1-3-----3-1--3---1-3-------3*-------|
E|---3----------------3----------------3----------------3--------------------|
  Pm_______________________          ________________________

Pre-Chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------xx/8~\/~\/\/~\----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------xx/8~\/~\/\/~\-------xx10--10-12-12-12-12-------------------------|
D|-3-------xx/8~\/~\/\/~\---3---xx10--10-12-12-12-12-------------------------|
A|-3-------xx---------------3---xx8---8--10-10-10-10-------------------------|
E|-1------------------------1----------------------------x\------------------|

Chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--------5--------------8\-5---5--------5--------------8\-5---------------|
D|-5--6--8--5---6-----8----8\-5---5--6--8--5---6-----8----8\-5----6--8-------|
A|-3--6--8--3----6-----8---6\-3---3--6--8--3----6-----8---6\-3----6--8-------|
E|----4--6-----4--4--6--6------------4--6-----4--4--6--6----------4--6-------|

(Bridge)
(Verse)
(Pre-Chorus)
(Chorus)


Solo

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9^-(slow release)\---/7~-\---5-/-7-/-8-/-10-/-12-/-15-/-17~---------------|
D|------------------------------x---x---x---x----x----x----x-----------------|
A|------------------------------3-/-5-/-6-/-8--/-10-/-13-/-15~---------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10h13-10h13-<<10h13-<<10h13-<<10h13-<<10h13--13^----15^--17^---\----------|
G|-------------<<------<<------<<------<<------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                  oooOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH................
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|---6-3-6---6-3-6---3-6-3---3-6-3-------------------------------------------|
  Pm______________________________


Middle

  shot thru the heart, and your to blame darlin' you give love a bad name
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------xxx-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------xxx-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------xxx-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------xxx-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------xxx-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------xxx-|

  i play my part, and you play your game, you give love a bad name (bad name)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------<<<<<<< E|--------------------------------------------------------<<<<<<<
(Chorus)


Outro (until fade)

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-9^-^9~--7-9^-7---------9^-^9-7--9^-7------|
D|----------------9---7-9---------------9~---|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

| ^9 prebend 9
| 9^ bend 9
| << pick slide
| Pm palm mute
| *  pinched harmonic
| !  whammy bar
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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