Bad Brains Banned in DC Tabbed by: Stephen Brown Standard tuning 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 plas 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-- If you have any questions about this tab, e-mail me at teeb56@hotmail.com