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George Thorogood and The Destroyers

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  			BAD TO THE BONE 
As recorded by George Thorogood And The Destroyers 
(From the 1981 Album BAD TO THE BONE) 
 
Words & Music by George ThorogoodGtr I (D G D G B D) - 'Overdrive Electric with slide' 
 
Intro 
  Q.=100 
 12/8 
  Gtr I 
  E E E E E E    q  E Q.   E E E E E E    q  E Q.   E E E E E E 
|--------------|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0------------| 
|---0---5-0-3/-|-0-----------0---5-0-3/-|-0-----------0---5-0-3/---| 
|---0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/---| 
|---0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/-|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3/---| 
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------| 
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------| 
 
 
  q  E Q.   E E E E E S  S    Q.   +E   Q   Q  E E E E 
|-0-----------0------------||-0----(0)-15\--0-----------| 
|-0-----------0---5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)-15\--0----5-0-3/-| 
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3/-| 
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-||-0----(0)---------0-5-0-3/-| 
|--------------------------||---------------------------| 
|--------------------------||---------------------------| 
 
 
           ~~~~~~~ 
  E  H     E  +Q   E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q   E E E E 
|-0-------------------------|---------12------------0--------| 
|-0-11s===12-(12)----5-0-3/-|-0-11s12----12---------0-5-0-3/-| 
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-11s12-------12-12\--0-5-0-3/-| 
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3/-|-0----------------12\--0-5-0-3/-| 
|---------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 
 
                             Verse 1 
           ~~~~~~~ 
  E  H     E  +Q   E E E E    q  E Q.   H.        Wx6 
|-0------------------------||-0-----------------|--------| 
|-0-11s===12-(12)----5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------| 
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------| 
|-0-11s===12-(12)--0-5-0-3-||-0-----------------|--------| 
|--------------------------||-------------------|--------| 
|--------------------------||-------------------|--------| 
 
 
                                                 Verse 2 
  H.      Q  E E E E     q  E Q.   Q  E E E E  6x q  E Q.   H.        Wx5 
|--------------------||------------------------||-0-----------------|--------| 
|------------0-5-0-3-||o-0------------0-5-0-3-o||-0-----------------|--------| 
|------------0-5-0-3-||--0------------0-5-0-3--||-0-----------------|--------| 
|------------0-5-0-3-||--0------------0-5-0-3--||-0-----------------|--------| 
|--------------------||o----------------------o||-------------------|--------| 
|--------------------||------------------------||-------------------|--------| 
|- Riff 1          --||- Riff 2              --| 
 
Riff 1 
Riff 2 x4 
 
 
  q  E Q.   E E E E E S  S 
|-0-----------0------------| 
|-0-----------0---5-0-3s12-| 
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-| 
|-0-----------0-0-5-0-3s12-| 
|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------| 
|-Riff 3 
 
                           Guitar Solo 
  H.      +Q   E E E   E    Q.   +E   Q   Q  E E E E 
|-0-------(0)--------/12-||-0----(0)-12\-------------| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-/12-||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-/12-||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-----||-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-| 
|------------------------||--------------------------| 
|------------------------||--------------------------| 
              end Riff 3-| 
 
        ~~~~~~~ 
  E  E  E  +Q.    Q   E E E a E 
|-------------------------------| 
|-0-------------------0---0-----| 
|-0-11s12-(12)---12\--0-3-0-----| 
|-0-11s12-(12)---12\--0-3-0-3s4-| 
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------| 
 
 
  E  E  E  E  E  E  Q   E  E E E   E  Q   Q   E Q  E  E E E 
|---------12---------------------|---/3--/3--/3-0-----------| 
|------------12------------------|-0-/3--/3--/3-0--0--------| 
|-0-11s12-------12-12\--0----0-3-|-0-/3--/3--/3-0--0----0-3-| 
|-0-11s12----------12\--0-/3-0-3-|-0-----------------/3-0---| 
|--------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------------|--------------------------| 
 
 
                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
  E E E  Q   E Q  E E E  E   E  H     E  Q   E  E  E  E 
|--------------------------|-0--------------------------| 
|-0------------0--0--------|-0--------------------------| 
|-0-2s3-/3--/3-0--0-3-0-/3-|-0-11s===12-12--12-12-12-12-| 
|-0-2s3-/3--/3-0--0-3-0-/3-|-0-11s===12-12--12-12-12-12-| 
|--------------------------|----------------------------| 
|--------------------------|----------------------------| 
 
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E 
|-------------------------------12-----| 
|----------------------------12----12--| 
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------| 
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
 
 
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E 
|-------------------------------12----|-------------------------12----------| 
|----------------------------12----12-|----------------------12----12-------| 
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------12-12-| 
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------| 
|-12-12-12----------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
 
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E 
|-------------------------12-----------| 
|-12-12----------------12----12--------| 
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------12-12--| 
|-------12-12-12-12-12----------12-12--| 
|----------12----12--------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
 
 
   E  E  E       E       E  E  E  E  E  E  E E 
|--------------------------------------------0-| 
|--------------------------------------------0-| 
|-12-12-11b11.5-11b11.5-12-12-12-12-12-12\-0-0-| 
|-12-12-11b11.5-11b11.5-12-12-12-12-12-12\-0-0-| 
|----------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------| 
 
 
  Q.   +E   E  E Q.   E E   E   H.      +Q   E E E E 
|-0----(0)-----0-0--------/12-|-0-------(0)-----------|| 
|-0----(0)-----0-0----0---/12-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--|| 
|-0----(0)--4--0-0----0-0-/12-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--|| 
|-0----(0)-(4)-0-0----0-0-----|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--|| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|| 
 
 
 Verse 3 
  q  E Q.   H.        Wx5 
|-0-----------------|--------| 
|-0-----------------|--------| 
|-0-----------------|--------| 
|-0-----------------|--------| 
|-------------------|--------| 
|-------------------|--------| 
 
Riff 1 
Riff 2 x3 
Riff 3 
 
 Sax Solo 
||--0-------(0)-----------|| 
||o-0-------(0)----5-0-3-o|| 
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--|| 
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--|| 
||o----------------------o|| 
||------------------------|| 
 
 
  E a E E E E E E E E E E E   E  E  a  S  S  S S +Q   +Q   E E E  E 
|-0-----3---3-3-3-5-5-------|-0-15s13s15-------------------5--------| 
|-0-1s3---3-3-3-3-3-3-5-0-3-|-0-15s13s15s13-11---------------5-0-/3-| 
|-0-------3-----------5-0-3-|-0----------------0-(0)--(0)----5-0-/3-| 
|-0-------------------5-0-3-|------------------0-(0)--(0)----5-0-/3-| 
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------| 
 
 
    H.      +Q   E E E E     Q.   +E   Q   Q.   E E E 
||--0-------(0)-----------||-0----(0)-12\--0----------| 
||o-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-o||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-| 
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||-0----(0)-12\--0----5-0-3-| 
||--0-------(0)--0-5-0-3--||-0----(0)------0----5-0-3-| 
||o----------------------o||--------------------------| 
||------------------------||--------------------------| 
 
 
                         Guitar Solo 2 
                                           ~ 
  H.      +Q   E E E E    E a E E a Q  a E Q  E E E E 
|-0-------(0)----------||-0---4s5-4s5--4s5-5----------| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0-3-------------------------| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0-------------------0-5-0S3-| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0---------------------------| 
|----------------------||-----------------------------| 
|----------------------||-----------------------------| 
 
 
  E a Q  a Q  E Q  E E E E 
|------------------0--------| 
|------------------0-5-0-3--| 
|-0----------------0-5-0-3--| 
|---4s5--4s5--5S3----5-0-3--| 
|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------| 
 
 
  E Q  Q.   Q  E E E E     E E E E E E Q.   E E E 
|----------------------||--------------------------|| 
|-0-2s=3---------------||o-------------0----------o|| 
|-0-2s=3----0--0-5-0-3-||--0-----3-0-3-0----5-0-3--|| 
|-0-2s=3----0--0-5-0-3-||--0-3-0-3-0-3-0----5-0-3--|| 
|----------------------||o---3-0------------------o|| 
|----------------------||--------------------------|| 
 
 
  E E E E E E     Q  E E E E 
|-----------------------------| 
|-0---------------------------| 
|-0---------------0--0-5-0S3--| 
|-0---------------0--0-5-0S3--| 
|---------0-3b3.5-0-----------| 
|---0-0S4---------------------| 
 
 
                                              ~~~~~~~~ 
    E E E E E E Q  E E E E         E  H       E   +Q   E E E E 
||--------------------------||-||--0-------/(12)-(12)-----------|| 
||o------------------------o||-||o-0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3-o|| 
||--0-----------0--0-5-0-3--||-||--0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3--|| 
||--0-----------0--0-5-0-3--||-||--0-11s=====12--(12)--0-5-0-3--|| 
||o---------0-3-0----------o||-||o-----------------------------o|| 
||----0-0S3-----------------||-||-------------------------------|| 
 
 
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
                |---4:3---| 
   E.  S  S  S  E  E  E   E  Q   E E E E 
|-12--24-22-22-22-22-19\-12-15\----------| 
|-12-----------------19\-12-15\--0-5-0-3-| 
|--------------------------------0-5-0-3-| 
|--------------------------------0-------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
 
 
          ~~~~~ 
    |--4:3---|      |--3--| 
    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  S  E. E E E E 
|-/21----21-21-21\-19-17-15s14-15\---------| 
|------------------19-17-15s14-15\-0-5-0-3-| 
|-----21---------------------------0-5-0-3-| 
|------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------| 
 
 
         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                        ~~~~~~~~ 
               |--4:3---|                   |--3--|  |-2:3-| 
  E   E  S  S  E  E  E  E  Q   E E E E   E  E  E  E  E  E  Q     E  E E E E E 
|-0-----21----21----21----19\----------|-0----21----21----21\---15\-0-----0-0-| 
|-0--------------------20-19\--0-5-0-3-|-0----------------------15\-0-0-5-0-0-| 
|-0--------21----21------------0-5-0-3-|-0-21----21----21-21\---------0-5-----| 
|-0-/17--------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
|---/17--------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
 
 
  E E E E E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E E E E E 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| 
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| 
|-----------0-------------||---------------------------|| 
|-----------0-------------||---------------------------|| 
|-------------------------||o-------------------------o|| 
|-------------------------||---------------------------|| 
 
 
  Q.   +E   Q   Q  E E E E   H.      +Q   E E E E   
|-0----(0)-15\--0----------|-0-------(0)----------| 
|-0----(0)-15\--0----5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-| 
|-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-| 
|-0----(0)------0--0-5-0-3-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-| 
|--------------------------|----------------------| 
|--------------------------|----------------------| 
 
 Verse 4 
  q  E Q.   H.       Wx5 
|-0---------------||----------------| 
|-0---------------||----------------| 
|-0---------------||----------------| 
|-0---------------||----------------| 
|-----------------||----------------| 
|-----------------||----------------| 
 
Riff 1 
Riff 2 x5 
 
 
                         Outro 
  H.      +Q   E E E E    Q.   +E   E   E  Q.   E E E 
|-0-------(0)----------||--------------12\-0-----------| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)---------0----5-0-3\-| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)-12\-----0----5-0-3\-| 
|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-||-0----(0)-12\----------5-0-3\-| 
|----------------------||------------------------------| 
|----------------------||------------------------------| 
 
 
  E  E E E E E E E E E E E   E  E  E  E  E   E   Q   E E E E 
|------3-3-3-3-5-----------|---------12----------------------| 
|-0-/3---3-3-3---0---5-0-3-|-0----------12-------------5-0-3-| 
|-0------0-0-0-----0-5-0-3-|-0-11s12-------(12)-12\--0-5-0-3-| 
|-0------------------5-0-3-|-0-11s12------------12\--0-5-0-3-| 
|--------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|--------------------------|---------------------------------| 
 
 
              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
  E  H     E  Q   E  Q   E 
|-0-------------------------| 
|-0----------12--12-12--12--| 
|-0-11s===12-12--12-12--12--| 
|-0-11s===12------------12--| 
|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------| 
 
 
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
   Q   E  Q   E  Q   E  Q   E    Q   E  Q   E  Q   E  Q   E 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-12-----|----------------------12-----| 
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-| 
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-| 
|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-|-12--12-12--12-12--12-----12-| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
 
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
   Q   E  Q   E  E  E  E  E  E  E 
|---------------------12-----------| 
|------------------12-12-12--------| 
|-12--12-12--12-12----------12-----| 
|-12--12-12--12-12-------------12--| 
|-12--12-12--12-12-----------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
 
 
   Q   E  Q   E  Q.  Q  S S   H.      +Q   E E E E    H.      +Q   E E E E 
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5--3---|-0-------(0)----5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)----5-0-3-| 
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5--3p0-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-| 
|-12--12-12--12-12s==5------|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3/-|-0-------(0)--0-5-0-3-| 
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
 
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Ontario Canada  
 

    	

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