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                             BANNED IN D.C - BAD BRAINS
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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 D#5
G#5e|-----------------------------------------------|
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    D#5   E(note: this  Eis low)
you, you cant touch me.
G5I, im bD5anneD#5d in EDC
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:
C5you, you G5cant G#5toucAh me.
C5I, im bG5anneG#5d in ADC
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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Banned In Dc

by Bad Brains

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C#5

D#5

G#5

F#5

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

BANNED IN D.C - BAD BRAINS

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 D#5

G#5

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)

/ //////

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 D#5 E E

(note: this is low)

you, you cant touch me.

G5 D5 D#5 E

I, im banned in DC

E5 E5

DC....

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 G#5 A

you, you cant touch me.

C5 G5 G#5 A

I, im banned in DC

A5 A5

DC....

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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