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Bad Seed Guitar Tablature
"Bad Seed"
written by Hetfield, Ulrich, and Hammett
as performed on ReLoad


tune all guitars dropped D down 1/2 step (dropped Db)

coughing and drum intro
1)
eb-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb-------------------------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-------
Ab--5-3-0--------5-3-0--------5-3-0--------5-3-0-------0-0-0-0-------
Db--------5-3-0--------5-3-0--------5-3-0--------5-3-0-0-0-0-0-3~~3~~
intro riff


2)
Db----0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-0-------------3-3-3-3-5--6-6
Ab----0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-0-------------3-3-3-3-5--6-6
Db--3p0-0-0-0-0-5p0-3h5-3p0-0-0-0-0-0-5p0-3h5-3p0-3-3-3-3-5--6-6
     pm........             .........             ..............


3)
Db----0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0
Ab----0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0
Db--3p0-0-0-0h2h3-0-0-0-0h2h3-0-0-0
     pm....       .....       .....      
verse
"Come clean, fess up."


4a) James
Db--5-3----------5-3---------7
Ab------5-3----------5-3-----5
Db----------7-5----------7-5--

4b) Kirk
Db--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7
Ab--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7
Db--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7
bridge
"Ladies and gentilmen"


5a) James
Db--3-3-3-3-0----------------3-3-3-3-0----------------3-3-3-3-5------------
Ab--3-3-3-3-0----------------3-3-3-3-0----------------3-3-3-3-5------------
Db--3-3-3-3-0-0h5p0-3h5-3p0--3-3-3-3-0-0h5p0-3h5-3p0--3-3-3-3-5-5p0-3h5-3p0

5b) Kirk
eb------------5~~~~~~~~~~--------------10~~~~~~~~~~-------------5~~~~~~----
Bb--------------------------------------------------------------4----------
Gb-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--3-3-3-3------------------3-3-3-3------------------3-3-3-3--------------
Ab--3-3-3-3------------------3-3-3-3------------------3-3-3-3--------------
Db--3-3-3-3------------------3-3-3-3------------------3-3-3-3--------------
Chorus
"Swing the noose again."


6)
Db--0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6
Ab--0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6
Eb--0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6
"Choking on a bad seed" (about 2:00)
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