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/ Bad Brains / Rock for Light (1983) / Banned in D.C. guitar tab

Bad Brains - Banned in DC
Tabbed By: Emery_Rocks
Email: Emery_Rocks@punkmusic.com

The x's and pm's are both palm mutes, I just like the x's better for the bar chords


Intro
e|----------------------------
B|----------------------------
G|----------------------------
D|-7-7-7777-7----777777777777-  Just play the D palm muted for a while,
A|-5-5-5555-5----555555555555-  then play it open the last time
E|----------------------------
		 pm..........

Another guitar plays this in the background
e|-3--x-x-5---
B|-3--x-x-7---
G|-4--x-x-7---
D|-5--x-x-7---
A|-5--x-x-5---
E|-3----------

Verse 1
e|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|------------------7-7-7777-7-7777-
D|-7-7-7777-9-10-9--7-7-7777-7-7777- x4
A|-7-7-7777-9-10-9--5-5-5555-5-5555-
E|-5-5-5555-7--8-7------------------

e|----------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------
G|-10-10--10-10-10-10---------------------------------- x2
D|-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-11-12-12-121212-12-12-121212-
A|--8--8---8--8--8--8-10-11-12-12-121212-12-12-121212-
E|---------------------8--9-10-10-101010-10-10-101010-

e|-------------------
B|-------------------
G|------------------- The second time, end with this,
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12- and do it seven more times after.
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-
E|--9/10-10-10-10-10-


Verse 2
e|-----------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------
G|-7-7-7777-8-10-12-12-121212-12-12-121212- x4
D|-7-7-7777-8-10-12-12-121212-12-12-121212-
A|-5-5-5555-7--8-10-10-101010-10-10-101010-
E|-----------------------------------------

e|-----------------------------------------
B|-11-11-11111111-10-----------------------
G|-10-10-10101010--9-10-12-7-77777-7-77777- x2, and end the D the same way as the first time,
D|--8--8--8-8-8-8--7-10-12-7-77777-7-77777-	but without the slideform the 9, and only twice.
A|--------------------8-10-5-55555-5-55555-
E|-----------------------------------------

Bridge
e|-x-x-6--x-x-6---x-x-5---x-x-3---x-x-3--x-x-3------------------     This is also done in the
B|-x-x-6--x-x-6---x-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-3--x-x-3------------------     background while another
G|-x-x-7--x-x-7---x-x-6---x-x-5---x-x-4--x-x-4------------------ x6  guitar solos.
D|-x-x-8--x-x-8---x-x-7---x-x-5---x-x-5--x-x-5------------------
A|-x-x-8--x-x-8---x-x-7---x-x-3---x-x-5--x-x-5--5-5-7-7-8-8-7-5-
E|-x-x-6--x-x-6---x-x-5-----------x-x-3--x-x-3------------------

This solo isn't perfect, but it's pretty close

Solo
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------15----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-14-15-17----17-15-14-14h15p14--------------14-15-15p14---14-15-17-19-19p17-
D|-------------------------------17~~-15h17-17------------17------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---16-18p16-18b(20)-18b-18-15b16-15-18b20r18p15-----15b16-18-15b16-18-15b16-18-15b16-18-
G|-19--------------------------------------------17---------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|15b16-18-15b16-18--15------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------141514----------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------1715-17b20-17-15------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------1717----------------15---15-17------
E|---------------------------------------------------15h17h18-17h18---18-----------
			               pm......................
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-14h15p14-----14h15p14-----14h15p14-----14h15p14------14h15-14h15-14h15--
D|----------17-----------17-----------17-----------17----------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|-------------------------------------15-16b18-16b18r16-15-------------------------
B|-15h16h18-15h16h18-15h16h18-15h16h18----------------------18-15-16b18-16b-16b-16b-
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After the solo, do the bridge line twice, and end with this the second time

e|-4-3--
B|-4-3--
G|-5-4--  kind of bend these chords, then hit the G a few more times
D|-6-5--
A|-6-5--
E|-4-3--


Bad Brains albums
1991 Spirit Electricity
1989 Quickness
1986 I Against I
1983 Rock for Light
1982 Bad Brains
Rock for Light tabs
02Attitude tabbass tab
03Right Brigade tabbass tab
06Banned in D.C. tabbass tab
07Supertouch tabbass tab
13Sailin' On tabbass tab
14Rock for Light tabbass tab
16At the Movies tabbass tab
20Jam tabbass tab

 

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