Badfish Tab

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Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author nonpoint42 [a] 240.
2 contributors total, last edit on Nov 27, 2020
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Tuning: Standard
 
[Intro]
  A                        Bm
e|-----------------------|-2--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|
B|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-3--3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|
G|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-4--4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-|
D|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-4--4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-|
A|0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-|-2--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|
 
   G                       A
e|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
B|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
G|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0--0-0--0-3-0-3-0-|
E|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
                       notice that part ^   ^
 
   A                       Bm
e|-----------------------|-2--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|
 
 
   G                       A
e|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
B|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--------------------|
G|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--------------------|
D|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--------------------|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------------------|
E|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
                           let it ring
 
 
[Verse chords]
 
   A   Bm  G  A5  D  E
e|-9----7-----------------------------------|
B|-10---7--8—10---7--9----------------------|
G|-9----7--7--9---7--9----------------------|
D|---------9------7--9----------------------|
A|-------------------7----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse]
A                         Bm
When you grab a hold of me
     G                       A5
Tell me I will never be set free
                    Bm
But I'm a parasite,
       G                          A
Creep and crawl I step into the night
               D
Two pints of booze,
         G                      A  [fill 1]
Tell me are you a bad fish too? (are you a badfish too?)
 
 
[Bridge]
D                           A
Ain't got no money to spend
D                           A
I know the night will never end
D                   A
Lord knows I'm weak
          D                       E
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
 
 
[Verse 2]
A                         Bm
Baby you're a big blue whale
G                                  A5
Grab the reef when all duck diving fails
                           Bm
I swim, but I wish I never learned
G                             A  [fill 2]
The water's too polluted with germs
                                    D
I dive deep when it's ten feet over head
G                                A  [fill 1]
Grab the reef from underneath my bed. (underneath my bed but)
 
 
[Bridge 2]
D                           A
Ain't got not quarrels with God.
D                          A
Ain't got no time to grow old.
D                   A
Lord knows I'm weak.
          D                       E
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
 
 
[Instrumental]
(Play intro)
 
[Solo]
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-4h6-----4h6----4br-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-------2-4—1h2p1--------------------------|
D|--2h4-----------2h4-----------------------|
A|--------------------2-2p0—--2/4~~~~~~~~---|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|---------------2p1------------------------|
D|----2h4-4----4-----2/4--------------------|
A|--4---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
e|--5---------------------------------------|
B|-----7------------------------------------|
G|--------6—4\2--4-2------------------------|
D|----------------[fill-4]------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
(Play Bridge 2 again to end the song)
 
 
Now I'll tab out all the fills I mentioned earlier
 
[Fill 1]
  (are you a badfish too?)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--2h3p2-----------------------------------|
G|--------2-----2h4-4-----------------------|
D|----------2h4-----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Fill 2]
...too polluted with germs
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------2h3p2---2h3p2------|
G|-------------------------------------2----|
D|---------------------------------------2--|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Fill 3]
   (underneath my bed but)
e|-------------------5----------------------|
B|---------------5-7---7p5------------------|
G|----------2-4/6---------6-----------------|
D|-------2h4---------------7/9-7------------|
A|--0h2h4----------------------let-ring-----|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Fill 4]
(Use a slide and slide it up the neck from the second fret to the 14th. It happens at the
time as the last note of the solo.)
 
 
************************************
 
| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| br   Bend release
| p    Pull-off
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
 
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18 comments
josh...
the order of the intro is A Bm G A
+7
kcos20
Bm doesnt include the 2nd fret on the E string..only the e string..0_0...good otherwise though.
+3
mattkleff
Bm is a bar chord, but you're not supposed to play the low E, idiot
+3