Badge Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Chords

Esus2

Am9

Cmaj7

Cadd9

G/B

G6/B

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TITLE:  Badge
ARTIST: Cream (Eric Clapton & George Harrison)
ALBUM:  "Goodbye" (1969)
 
[Chords]
Esus2  022452
Em     022453
Am9    575557
 
                Alternatives
                -------------
Cmaj7  x32000   Cadd9  x32030
G/B    x20003   G6/B   x20030
G      320003   G6     320030
 
 
[Intro]
    Am         D            Am         D
e|------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------------------|
D|------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----3--7--3/5-5-5-5-5--|----3--7--3/5-5-5-5-5-------|
E|--5---------------------3/5--------------------0-3-4-|
 
[Verse 1]
Am                   D                     Esus2  Em  Esus2  Em
  Thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car
Am                D                        Esus2  Em  Esus2  Em
  Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far
C                            Am                       Bm     Am9
  And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table
 
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--0-3-4-|
 
[Verse 2]
Am                  D                    Esus2  Em  Esus2  Em
  I told you not to wander 'round in the dark
Am                     D                            Esus2  Em  Esus2  Em
  I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park
C                           Am                       Bm     Am9
  Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel
 
[Riff]
e|--------|---------|-------|-----|---------| (x2)
B|--------|-------0-|-----0-|---0-|-----3---|
G|------2-|-----0---|-------|-----|---2---2-|
D|--0-4---|---2-----|---0---|-----|-0-------|
A|--------|-3-------|-2-----|-----|---------|
E|--------|---------|-------|-3---|---------|
 
[Bridge]
(w/Riff)
       Cmaj7         G/B       G    D
Yes, I told you that the light goes up and down
          Cmaj7      G/B       G     D
Don't you notice how the wheel goes 'round?
          Cmaj7       G/B      G  D
And you'd better pick yourself up from the ground
  Cmaj7               G/B     G     D
Before they bring the curtain down
       Cmaj7               G/B     G     D
Yes, before they bring the curtain down, wooo
 
[Solo]
Cmaj7  G/B  G  D  Cmaj7  G/B  G  D
Oooo                             get up, get up, get up
Cmaj7  G/B  G  D  Cmaj7  G/B  G  D
                                 Yeah, yeah, yeah
Cmaj7  G/B  G  D  Cmaj7  G/B  G  D
                                 Yeah, yeah, yeah
Cmaj7  G/B  G  D
 
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--0-3-4-|
 
[Verse 3]
Am                 D                          Esus2  Em  Esus2  Em
   Talkin' 'bout a girl that looks quite like you
Am                    D                   Esus2  Em  Esus2  Em
  She didn't have the time to wait in the queue
C                    Am                          Bm      Am9
  She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle
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8 comments

the Am9 is perfectlycorrect! I've not seen anyone pick up on that.Slide into it at 5th fret like a Cmaj7th at XX5557 as Mr. Borrowed Brain just said as the last chord on each line of the verses,Thanks

At the end of the bridge it never sounded right the way tabbed. The correct way is to arpeggio the D starting at the high E open, to D on B string and an A on the G string

The Intro is open 6th String to 3rd Fret back to open to Am C Em D and repeat and Am(add9) should be XX5557 a Cmaj+B