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Bad Blood

Bright Eyes

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This song is off the compilation CD by Bright Eyes and the Album Leaf, along with Hungry a Holiday. It also appears on Noise Floor. Im a very big fan of both artists and im yet see a tab of this which sounds correct. I've never bothered to tab anything out for people before but i reckon this sounds great for solo acoustic guitar and other people like it. This is one of my all time favourite songs, its truly beautiful and i think its underrated. I think with the release of noise floor its getting a bit more recognition is good. I kind of discovered this by accident. I've been playing a lot in open tuning in the couple of weeks and i came across Jimmy's (the guy who is the album leaf) tab for another great song, which uses open D tuning and im pretty sure i can hear it in a few Anyway i heard Jimmy actually wrote the lyrics to Bad Blood and he probably did the guitar as well. I tried working it out in standard tuning a while ago, got the basic intro bit down but didnt sound right, it sounded really incomplete. It sounds much much fuller in open D the chords for the chorus really make it much more of a song. Ive checked it with the and its about 1.5 steps out, but my guitar is a little flat i think so i play it capo 2 for vocals. This really isnt definitive, just some guidelines. There's heaps of extra notes and you can throw in with open tuning without having to change much which makes it great to play. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bad Blood Tuning: D A D F# A D (part one) D -----0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----------| A -9-----9-----9---7-----7-----7---0-----0-----0---0-----0-5---7---| F# ---0---------------0---------------0---------------0----(0)-(0)--| D -----------------------------------------------------------------| A -9-----------9---7-----------7---5-----------5---5-------5---7---| D -----------------------------------------------------------------| D -----0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----------| A -9-----9-----9---7-----7-----7---0-----0-----0---0-----0-5---7---| F# ---0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0---0-| D -----------------------------------------------------------------| A -9-----------9---7-----------7---5-----------5---5-------5---7---| D -----------------------------------------------------------------| (part two) D -----0-------7-------0-------7-------0-------0-------0-------------| A -9-----9-------9-7-----7-------7-5-----0-------0-------0-5---7---9-| F# ---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---0---| D -------------------------------------------------------------------| A -9-------9-------7-------7-------5-------5---5---5-------5---7---9-| D -------------------------------------------------------------------| D -----0-------7-------0-------7-------0-------0-------0-------------| A -9-----9-------9-7-----7-------7-5-----0-------0-------0-5---7---9-| F# ---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---0---| D -------------------------------------------------------------------| A -9-------9-------7-------7-------5-------5---5---5-------5---7---9-| D -------------------------------------------------------------------| lead into chorus D -0-0- A -5-4- F# -0-0- D -0-0- A -5-4- D -X-X- chorus - It's hard to hear what's happening hear, most likely he's picking out these chords and theres heaps of stuff in the background. I just strum it and it sounds fine. D -0---------------0---------------7---------5-4---0-----------------| A -2---------------7---------------0---------------5-----------------| F# -0---------------7---------------0---------------5-----------------| D -0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----------------| A -2---------------X---------------0---------------X-----------------| D -X-----------(2/)7---------------0---------------5-----------------| D -0---------------0---------------0---------------X-----------------| A -2---------------7---------------5---------------4h5---4-----------| F# -0---------------7---------------5---------------0-------0---------| D -0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----------------| A -2---------------X---------------X---------------X-----------------| D -X-----------(2/)7---------------5---------------5-----------------| end on D -0- A -2- F# -0- D -0- A -2- D -X- it kinda alternates between part one and two. i play part one before each verse and for first few lines of each verse then change to part two for the rest of the lines, into the chorus. (verse one) no news, that's good news that someone's gonna break see things change, i've been changing every day it's peaceful, the pitch black when the last light on goes out i'm stranded in my bed, so I think about the bad luck, the bad blood that may have come between two good souls, that's one hell of an offering (chorus one) so take these gifts that have been given, yes and ended up with an alphabet but some words are too wrong to define now the whole world is waking up, a ribbon cut for the opening yeah we all knew that day would arrive (verse two) up all night, all upset, outside's growing light no breakfast, just not much of an appetite so be cool and believe in the things you haven't learned because you lost and it's gone but it will return (chorus two) now it's all laid out in front of you and that's half murdered the mystery are you still too shy to describe? now the whole world is waking up, a ribbon cut for the opening yes, finally the day has arrived (chorus three) so seek and rejoice, fill your hands with something tangible and fly your love like a flag and destroy the desire for that which is impossible and accept what you get with a smile enjoy :p
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