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                             BANNED IN D.C - BAD BRAINS
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Tabbed by: Joe Sherrin
Song: Banned In DC
Artist: Bad Brains
Album: Bad Brains
Tuning: Standard

Havent seen any guitar tabs for this, just bass tabs, so i sat down at busted one out.

- I made a little chord diagram cus he uses different E's. Also when theres a "5" next 
the chord that means its a power chord.

Also, almost every time an E5 is played, instead of just strumming it he slides from D#5 
now and then. i didnt write these D#'s in but listen to the track to see what im 
about... he does the same slidy thing on the A's in the 2nd verse.

CHORD DIAGRAM:
  E5  E  B5 C#5 D5 G5 Eb5 
Ab5
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-9--1-----6---7-----8--------------------------|
D|-9--2--9--6---7--5--8---4--6-------------------|
A|-7--2--9--4---5--5--6---4--6-------------------|
E|----0--7---------3------2--4-------------------|

Intro:(gunna do the intro in parts to make it easier to understand)
1) (weired strumming so listen to the song before playing)
E5/ //////
2) Just bass; bass does some crazy stuff on E
3) Drums enter with snare roll.
4) E (let ring) E5 (let ring)

Main riff and 1st verse:
B5 C#5/D5/C#5/D5 E5

1st chorus: (not sure if lyrics are right)
G5       D5  Eb5  E (note: this E is low)
you, you cant touch me.
G5     D5  Eb5  E
I, im banned in DC
E5  E5
DC....C

verse 2: (same as verse 1 but higher, so instead of playing normal F#'s play them 
on the 9th fret etc)
E5 F#5/G5/F#5/G5 A5

chorus 2:
C5       G5  Ab5  A
you, you cant touch me.
C5     G5  Ab5  A
I, im banned in DC
A5  A5
DC....C

bridge: (heavy PM)
C/C/B/D/A/A/A/A

1st guitar plays this for ages and then 2nd guitar busts out a solo but im no good at 
solos cus i hate writing out tab on the internet...but the solo starts on the 16th fret of 
g string so make up your own

thats all
cheers

any corrections? leave me a comment
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