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Bad To The Bone Chords by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Bad To The Bone chords by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Difficulty: Beginner
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Based on:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KciRaANKmo

When applicable, the C G Bb chord changes occur on the last
three strums of the above patterns.

This song is really played using Open G tuning, however if you
just want to strum the chords, the chord fingerings below, which
are used in this song, are exactly the same if you use standard
tuning or Open G tuning.

Chords:
Bb XX333X (Really a Bb/F)
C  XX555X (Really a C/G)
G  XX000X (Really a G/D)
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Intro:
|    G  C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|

Verse:
G
  Now on the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round
G
  And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found
G
  The head nurse spoke up, said "Leave this one alone."
G                                                       G C G Bb
  She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone

Chorus:
G                 G C G Bb
  Bad to the bone
G                 G C G Bb
  Bad to the bone
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G                 G C G Bb
  Bad to the bone

Verse:
G
  I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you
G
  I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through
G
  I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
G                            G C G Bb G                          G C G Bb
  I'm here to tell ya honey,            that I'm bad to the bone

Chorus:
G                 G C G Bb
  Bad to the bone
G           G C G Bb
  B-B-B-Bad
G           G C G Bb
  B-B-B-Bad
G           G C G Bb
  B-B-B-Bad
G                 G C G Bb
  Bad to the bone

Guitar Solo:
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|

Verse:
G N.C.                     G
  I make a rich woman beg,   I'll make a good woman steal
G
  I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young girl squeal
G
  I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
G                            G C G Bb G                          G C G Bb
  I'm here to tell ya honey,            that I'm bad to the bone

Chorus:
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G                 G C G Bb
  Bad to the bone

Sax Solo:
|G            |G            |G            |G            |
|G            |G            |G            |G            |
|G            |G            |G            |G            |

Guitar Solo:
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|

Verse 4:
G
  Now when I walk the streets, kings and queens step aside
G
  Every woman I meet, they all stay satisfied
G
  I wanna tell ya pretty baby, what I see I make my own
G                               G C G Bb G                          G C G Bb
  And I'm here to tell ya honey,           that I'm bad to the bone

Chorus:
G                 G C G Bb
  Bad to the bone
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G             G C G Bb
  B-B-B-B-Bad
G                      G C G Bb
  Woah bad to the bone

Outro:
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|
|G      C G Bb|G      C G Bb|G            |G            |

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