• Song:

    Bad That Is Beautiful

  • Artist:

    The Littlest Man Band

  • Album:

    Better Book Ends

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

As far as I could tell, this band didn't have any correct tabs. Anywhere.

This song is fingerpicked on an acoustic in standard tuning


MAIN RIFF: This is played for most of the song. Difficult at first, but you get the hang 
it after awhile.
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------7----7---------------------------------|
G|-4---6p4---4-----------9---------------4p0----------9--|
D|-6-6----6---6---8----8-8-------2-----2-----2--4-6---9--|
A|----7-----7--7----9-7-----9-7----3----------3-5-7------|
E|-------------------------------5---5--5-----------0----|
Repeat this through the intro and the verse until "practice makes perfect..."

The chords used here are:

A (x02220@1)  C#m (x13321@4)   F# (244322@1) Am0 (x02210@1)    4      2     0
2     5      2     1
2     6      3     2
2     6      4     2
0     4      4     0
X     X      2     X
Pluck the bottom note of the chord once then strum the rest of the chord twice, except 
the Am at the end. Listen to it to figure it out.

APractice (x02220@1)makes perfect is what they all say

    C#m (x13321@4)                                  F#But (244322@1)no amount of practice will be able to stop you

                         A (x02220@1)                       AmFrom (x02210@1)turning everything bad that is beautiful

Back to the main riff until "smashing it to pieces..."

ASmashing (x02220@1)it to pieces may make you feel better

    C#m (x13321@4)                                  F#But (244322@1)no amount of smashing will be able to stop you

                        A (x02220@1)                     AmFrom (x02210@1)feeling something bad that is beautiful


For the skat part, keep playing the main riff for 8 measures (the song is in 6/8)

Then play the second half of the main riff for 8
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|---------4p0----------9--|
D|-2-----2-----2--4-6---9--|
A|---3----------3-5-7------|
E|-5---5--5-----------0----|

Then for the rest of the song repeat
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-------9--|
D|-4-6---9--|
A|-5-7------|
E|-----0----|
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