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Im Bad Im Mationwide Bass Tab

by Zz Top
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ZZ Top - I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 1979
Standard Tuning
note alot of repeating
and some rests

h is hammer
~ let note ring

intro
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--0h1-0h1~-0h1--2-3-3-3-3--3-3-3----|
E|--------------------------------------------------3--|

G|-|r|----------5-3--|
D|-|e|----------3-1--|
A|-|s|---------------|
E|-|t|---------------|

:10, 2:35 play 4X's
G|---------------------|
D|----------------1-3--|
A|-3-3--3-3-3-1--------|
E|--------------3------|

verses  :20, :58, 2:45
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------1-3----------------1-2-3-3--3-3-3--------|
A|-3-3--3-3-3-1-------3-3--3-3-3-1------------------0-1-2--|
E|--------------3------------------3-----------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------1-3----------------1-3----------------1-2--|
A|-3-3--3-3-3-1-------3-3--3-3-3-1-------3-3--3-3-3-1--------|
E|--------------3------------------3------------------3------|

G|--------------------------------------|
D|-3-3--3-3-3----------------------1-2--|
A|------------0-1-2-3-3--3-3-3-1--------|
E|-------------------------------3------|

chorus  :38, 1:16, 3:03
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3~-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------1------------------1-2-|
A|-------------0-1--------------0-1-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3~-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|
E|--------------------------------------------------3------------------3-----|

G|-----------------------------------------------|r|-----5-3--|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------1-3--|e|-----3-1--|
A|-------------0-1-3--------3-3-3-3-3-3-1--------|s|----------|
E|-------------------1~~------------------3------|t|----------|

guitar solo  1:36  play 3 times
G|----------------------|
D|-----------------1-3--|
A|-3-3--3--3-3-1--------|
E|---------------3------|

G|---------------------|
D|----3---3~-----------|
A|-3----------0--1--2--|
E|---------------------|

 play 3 X's
G|----------------------|
D|-----------------1-3--|
A|-3-3--3--3-3-1--------|
E|---------------3------|

G|---------------------|
D|----3---3~-----------|
A|-3----------0--1--2--|
E|---------------------|
  play 3X's
G|----------------------|
D|-----------------1-3--|
A|-3-3--3--3-3-1--------|
E|---------------3------|

G|---------------------|
D|----3---3~-----------|
A|-3----------0--1--2--|
E|---------------------|

2:05  play 8X's
G|---------------------|
D|----------------1-3--|
A|-3-3--3-3-3-1--------|
E|--------------3------|

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------1-3---3--3~---------------------|
A|-3-3--3-3-3-1-------3----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------3---------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|r|-----5-3--|
D|--------------------------------|e|-----3-1--|
A|-0h1-0h1~-0h1-2-3-3--3-3-3-3----|s|----------|
E|-----------------------------3--|t|----------|

3:20
G|-|r|------5-3--|
D|-|e|------3-1--|
A|-|s|-----------|
E|-|t|-----------|

outro  3:20
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-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--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-1---------------1--------------|
E|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2--|

play 3X's
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-1---------------1--------------|
E|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2--|

play 7X's
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-1---------------1--------------|
E|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2--|

play 7X's
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-1---------------1--------------|
E|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2--|

play 3X's
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-1---------------1--------------|
E|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2--|

play 3X's
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-1---------------1--------------|
E|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2--|

  play 3X's
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|  fade out
A|-3-1---------------1--------------|
E|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2--|
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aig91 wrote on August 22 2007, 02:46 pm

It's a very good tab, I gave it 5 stars. One thing I noticed though, there's a typo in the title "I'm Bad I'm Nationwide." No worries though :)

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WildIrish wrote on August 22 2007, 03:15 pm

yeah sorry about that it was late lol thanks for your rateing let me know if thairs ne tabing mess ups... keep it real

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