The Cult - Bad Fun guitar tab
Bad fun
the cult - electric 1987
transcribed by pedro sousa (pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt)
the solo is really just a guess because he uses a whawha and it all sounds like one big blob of notes, some parts of it are ok though, my advice is improvise, if you play it live no one will remember the original solo anyway so have fun!
/ - slide
~ - vibratto
h - hammer on
p - pull off
(5) - grace note (slides)
º - artificial harmonic
b - b
brp - bend release pull off
riff 1
e----------------------------------
b----------------------------------
g---3-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-3-0-5----
d----------------------------------
a----------------------------------
E----------------------------------
when the drums kick in back it up with (F5)/G5 G5 G5 G5
riff 2
|---x2---------| |--x2---|
e-----|-----------------|------------------------------------
b-----|-----------------|------------------------------------
g--0--|-----------------|-----5----5--5-5--5-----------------
d--5~-|--5--3--5--------|-----5----5--5-5--5---5--3--5-------
a--5~-|--5--3--5----3-1-|-----3----3--3-3--3---5--3--5-------
E--3~-|--3--1--3--1-----|----------------------3--1--3-------
*
* when he repeats this he sometimes only plays the open string
verse1
bad fun sister time to go
life's too short on with the show
get your kicks on the razor's edge
atomic bomb overhead
set controls for the sun
bad fun baby just begun
rhythm licka rumblin' train
hit those skins explode my brain
chorus: riff 1 with(G5 G5 G5 F5 | C5 C5 C5 Bb5)
spirit like a rumblin' train
spirit of the thundering rain
vibrations got you on the run
electric child on bad fun
verse2
mayhem children take no lip
rev your engine from the hip
night time she is calling you
ghetto star you'll go far
dress up in your fancy clothes
set good times to overload
rhythm like a rumblin' train
hit those skins explode my brain
chorus
solo:
G5 |----several times|
e----------------------------º---------------------------
b--5b--5b--5b----3-6p3--6br--3-º------------15-18p15-----
g--5b--5b--5b--5---------------3-------17b---------------
d--------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 G5 x2
|---x2---------| |----x5--------|
e--18b-18brp15-15---|------------------|--18b-----20b--|-----------
b--------------18b--|------15-18b-15---|---------------|-18b~~~~---
g-------------------|--17b-------------|---------------|--vibratto-
d-------------------|------------------|---------------|--w/ whammy
a-------------------|------------------|---------------|---bar-----
E-------------------|------------------|---------------|-----------
pick slide
chorus
G5 F5 G5 x2
end
comment suggestion corrections words of gratitude welcome at pedro.sousa@mail.teleweb.pt
