• Song:

    Bad Father Bad Son

  • Artist:

    Von Benzo

Tab done by - Mrlarsson92
Please send me an E-mail if you have any feedback :)
(Simon_larsson_92@hotmail.com)

Tuning: Half-Step Down

Chords used:
[Am]    x02210
[Fmaj]  x03210
[Asus/D]xx0230 (its not the whole world if you play it like this: [Asus] x00230)
[G]     320003

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Intro: [Am][Fmaj][Asus4/D][G]
  Verse: [Am][Fmaj][Asus4/D][G]
  Chorus:[Fmaj][Am][G][Am] x3  then the 4th time: [G]...
  Solo: [Am][Fmaj][Asus4/D][G]
  Bridge: [Am][Fmaj][Asus/D][G] (picking the chords. And make sure you get the bass 
tones at the right place and rythm)

There's also a small interlude before the Chorus, which can be played like this to make 
it sound similar with only one guitar:
   Am...
e|---------------------------------|
B|----------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
G|--2---2-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| (and then the first chord in the Chorus
D|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|  comes a little bit early, wich is called a syncope)
A|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------------------------|

Intro:

Am Fmaj Asus4/D G x2

Verse 1:

Am Fmaj Asus4/D G
  No fire now, No smoke

Am (x02210@1)   Fmaj (133211@1)   Asus4/D     G (320003@1) Bloody fingers and I'm feeling soaked

Am  Fmaj  Asus4/D G
  Bad father gets Bad son

Am (x02210@1)Fmaj (133211@1)Asus4/D G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1) Bad everything Bad no one    ...Interlude

Chorus:

Fmaj    Am
  'Cuz I need the fire

G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1) And I need the smoke

Fmaj    Am
  My face in a smirk

G (320003@1)       Am (x02210@1) 'Cuz life is a joke

Fmaj (133211@1)    Am (x02210@1) The sun seems to shine

G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1) On everyone I know

G (320003@1) So why am I in the shadows
          Am (x02210@1)name="chord_133211@1">Fmaj Asus4/D Gx2 (320003@1)  Cuz I choke

Verse 2:

Life takes love
  Breaks almost everyone
  I've tasted the color of sunshine
  Lives will destroy
  Kill all the joy
  I'm sorry but
  I was just a boy    ...Interlude

Chorus:

And I need the fire
  And I need the smoke
  My face in a smirk
  'Cuz life is a joke
  The sun seems to shine
  On everyone I know
  So why am I in the shadows
  'Cuz I'm a joke

Solo: (the rythm guitar plays the verse riff)

Bridge: (Pick the verse riff)

No fire now
  Life takes somethin' away
  Bloody fingers yet
  I have nothin' to say
  No diving gray?
  Will take the pain away
  Hope I make it clear
  Hope I get free some day   ...Interlude

Chorus:

'Cuz I need the fire
  And I need the smoke
  My face in a smirk
  'Cuz life is a joke
  The sun seems to shine
  On everyone I know
  So why am I in the shadows
  Cuz I choke

Outro:

Am Fmaj Asus4/D G x4  ...Am
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