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
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