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Bad Father Bad Son

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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                             Bad Father, Bad Son - Von Benzo
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Tuning: Half-Step Down
This tab is the only one so far on the web for this song, and the same goes
for the lyrics. It's my first tab, so give me some feedback if there's any
mistakes.
Chords used:
[Am] x02210
[C?] x355x0
[D]  xx0232
[G]  320003
[C]  x30210
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  Intro: [Am][C?][D][G]
  Verse: [Am][C?][D][G]
  Chorus: [C?][Am][G][Am][C]
  Solo: [Am][C?][D][G]
  There's a small bridge between the Chorus and the Verse which goes like
  this
e|--0---0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1---0---3---1--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2---2---2---2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2---2---2---2--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--x---x---x---x--------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
   Am  C?          D  G  
  No fire now, No smoke
       Am  C?                     D  G  
  Bloody fingers and I'm feeling soaked
    Am  C?             D  G  
  Bad father gets Bad son
    Am  C?            D  G  
  Bad everything Bad no one
Chorus:
       C?                Am  
  'Cuz I need the fire
  And GI need the Amsmoke
     C?           Am  
  My face in a smirk
  'Cuz Glife is a Amjoke
      C?           Am  
  The sun seems to shine
  On Geveryone I Amknow
  So Cwhy am I in the shadows
  Cuz I Amchoke
Verse:
  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
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: 
  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
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

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Bad Father Bad Son

by Von Benzo

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

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

Bad Father, Bad Son - Von Benzo

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

Tuning: Half-Step Down

This tab is the only one so far on the web for this song, and the same goes

for the lyrics. It's my first tab, so give me some feedback if there's any

mistakes.

Chords used:

[] x02210

[?] x355x0

[] xx0232

[] 320003

[] x30210

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

Am C D G

Intro: [][?][][]

Am C D G

Verse: [][?][][]

C Am G Am C

Chorus: [?][][][][]

Am C D G

Solo: [][?][][]

There's a small bridge between the Chorus and the Verse which goes like

this

e|--0---0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|

B|--1---0---3---1--------------------------------------------------------|

G|--2---2---2---2--------------------------------------------------------|

D|--2---2---2---2--------------------------------------------------------|

A|--0---0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|

E|--x---x---x---x--------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

Am C D G

No fire now, No smoke

Am C D G

Bloody fingers and I'm feeling soaked

Am C D G

Bad father gets Bad son

Am C D G

Bad everything Bad no one

Chorus:

C Am

'Cuz I need the fire

G Am

And I need the smoke

C Am

My face in a smirk

G Am

'Cuz life is a joke

C Am

The sun seems to shine

G Am

On everyone I know

So why am I in the shadows

Cuz I choke

Verse:

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

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:

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

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

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