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Arctic Monkeys - The Bad Thing Chords

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The Bad Thing Chords

(ver. 2)
Arctic Monkeys
[Chords]

(Guitar 1)
 Em    Bm    Am     G    F#    Dm
|-0-| |-2-| |-0-| |-3-| |-2-| |-1-|
|-0-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |-2-| |-3-|
|-0-| |-4-| |-2-| |-0-| |-3-| |-2-|
|-2-| |-4-| |-2-| |-0-| |-4-| |-0-|
|-2-| |-2-| |-0-| |-2-| |-4-| |---|
|-0-| |---| |---| |-3-| |-2-| |---|

(Guitar 2)
(Plays Am and Dm on bridge; Em, Bm, G and F# are optional)
 Em    Bm    Am     G    F#    Dm
|-7-| |-7-| |-5-| |-3-| |-2-| |-5-|
|-8-| |-7-| |-5-| |-3-| |-2-| |-6-|
|-9-| |-8-| |-6-| |-4-| |-3-| |-7-|
|-9-| |-9-| |-7-| |-5-| |-4-| |-7-|
|-7-| |-9-| |-7-| |-5-| |-4-| |-5-|
|---| |-7-| |-5-| |-3-| |-2-| |---|

[Chorus]
Em        Bm
  Do the bad thing
Am             G       F#
  Take off your wedding ring
Em                Bm
 But it wont make it that much easier
Am                     G F#
 It might make it worse

(Guitar 2)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--9--7--4----2--4--7--9--7--4--2----4--|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9----9--7--4--7----9--7--4--2--4--7--9--7--4--2----0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
Dm
The night's like a whirlwind
                               Am
Somebody's girlfriend is talking to me
                                                   Dm
But it's alright , she's saying that he's not that he's gonna slap me
                          Am
Or try to attack me, he's not the jealous type
Dm                             Am
And I only need to get half an excuse and I'm away,
Dm                                 Am
But when there's no excuses that's much easier to say,

(Guitar 2)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--0~----------| (x2)
A|-------3--0~--|
E|--------------|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--------2-0----------------| (x2)
A|--0-2-3-------3--0---------|
E|---------------------------|

[Bridge]
              Dm                      Am
I've been before and all these capers makers to the floor
            Dm                            Am
Then to ignore, she's talking but I'm not entirely sure

[Solo]
(Guitar 1)
Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am G F#

(Guitar 2)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|---555-----555------------------5---------|
G|-------7-5-----7-5--------5-7-5---5-------|
D|--------------------7-5-7-----------------|  (2x)
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|---5--------------------------------------|
B|------5--8--5--8--5-----------------------|
G|---------------------5-7-9----------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------|
B|---8-10-8-10-12-10-8-10-8-10-8-10-7-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
Em        Bm
  Do the bad thing
Am             G       F#
  Take off your wedding ring
Em                Bm
 But it wont make it that much easier
Am                     G F#
 It might make it worse

(Guitar 2)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--9--7--4----2--4--7--9--7--4--2----4--|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9----9--7--4--7----9--7--4--2--4--7--9--7--4--2----0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
(guitar 1 plays only this chord in this part)
Dm 
Somebody's partner is talking to me
But I don't that is what she isn't
She murmurs things to confirm the tragedy is true
And I knew how could she not she could have anyone she wants
And I'm struggling to think of an immediate response

(Guitar 2 plays this from the fourth verse)
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--------2-0----------------| (x2)
A|--0-2-3-------3--0---------|
E|---------------------------|

[Bridge]
               Dm
Like I don't mind
                 Am                                    Dm
Be a big mistake for you to wait and help me waste your time
                   Am
Really love it's fine, said really love it's fine

[Solo]
(Guitar 1)
Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am G F#

(Guitar 2)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|---555-----555------------------5---------|
G|-------7-5-----7-5--------5-7-5---5-------|
D|--------------------7-5-7-----------------|  (2x)
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|---5--------------------------------------|
B|------5--8--5--8--5-----------------------|
G|---------------------5-7-9----------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------|
B|---8-10-8-10-12-10-8-10-8-10-8-10-7-------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

[Last Chorus]
           Em                                    Bm
And the first time it occurred that there was something to destroy
Am                           G              F#
I knew before the invitation that there was this ploy
        Em                        Bm
Oh but she carried on suggesting I struggled to refuse
    Am
She said it's the red wine this time
    G               F#     Em
But that is no excuse

(Guitar 2)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--9(TP)---7(TP)---4(TP)-----------2(TP)---0(TP)---|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--9(TP)-----------7(TP)---4(TP)---5(TP)-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|-----3-----------2-----------0-|
B|-----3-----------2-----------0-|
G|-----3-----------2-----------0-|
D|-----5-----------4-----------2-|
A|-----5-----------4-----------2-|
E|-----3-----------2-----------0-            
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