Scorpions – Bad Boys Running Wild tab

Band:  Scorpions
Album: Love At First Sting
Song:  Bad Boys Running Wild

Copyright (c)  (Harvest) (1984)
Version 1.0 - (10/07/06)

Transcribed By: Steve
Email:          stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
                         p  - pre bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - harmonic

Tuning E A D G B E

 Intro

 With delay         h h     h       h h|-12\-/5-6-8p6p5------------------------------------------------||----------------8-6p5------------------------------------------||----------------------4-5-7p5p4-2p0-------------------0-----0--||------------------------------------2p0-0-2---------2-----0----||--------------------------------------------3p2p0-3-----2------||---------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------||---------------||-----0-----0---||---2-----0-----||-3-----2-------||---------------|

 Guitar 1  E   C B  G   D C   E   C B  G   D C[-------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------|[-----5-4------7-55-----5-4------7-55-|[-2---5-4--5---7-55-2---5-4--5---7-55-|[-2---3-2--5---5-33-2---3-2--5---5-33-|[-0-x------3-x------0-x------3-x------|
[Guitar 2                     pick scrape[-------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------|[-2----------------(2)----------------|[-2----------------(2)-----------\-\--|[-0----------------(0)------------\-\-|

 Guitar 1  E   C B  G   D C   E   C B  G   D C[-------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------|[-----5-4------7-55-----5-4------7-55-|[-2---5-4--5---7-55-2---5-4--5---7-55-|[-2---3-2--5---5-33-2---3-2--5---5-33-|[-0-x------3-x------0-x------3-x------|
[Guitar 2. trem dive      pull upon trem                [-------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------|[-----------------------------<9>-----|[-2-2--------------(2)----------------|[-2-2--------------(2)----------------|[-0-0--------------(0)----------------|

 Main Riff

 
[-------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------|[-----5-44-----7-55-----5-44-----7-55-|[-2---5-44-5---7-55-2---5-44-5---7-55-|[-2---3-22-5---5-33-2---3-22-5---5-33-|[-0-x------3-x------0-x------3-x------| Rpt 2 X

 Lead fill

  ph  phph phph  |----------------||----------------||-2b--2b2br2r2p0-||----------------||----------------||----------------|

 Verse

|----------------3-2-2-2------------------------------||-------------3--3-3-3-3-----1-1-1-----------1--------||-------4-4-4-2--2-------2---2-2-2-0-2-----0----------||-2---2-2-2-2-0----------2---------2-2---2-------0----||-2---2-2----------------0-x-----------3-------2------||-0-x-0-0------------------------------------------3p-|

|----------------3-----00--------------------------------||-------------3--3---3----3------1-1-1-----------1-------||-------4-4-4-2--2-2-------2-2---2-2-2-0-2-----0-------0-||-2---2-2-2-2-0--------------2---------2-2---2-------0---||-2---2-2--------------------0-x-----------3-------2-----||-0-x-0-0------------------------------------------------|

 Bridge              [------PM------]|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-5----(5)--------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3----(3)------------5-5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-------------3-3-3-3-----------------------------|

 Rpt Main Riff

|----------------3--3-2------------------------------||-------------3--3--3-3-------7bp5----------1--------||-------4-4-4-2--2------2---5-7bp5--------0----------||-2---2-2-2-2-0---------2---7------7\---2-------0----||-2---2-2---------------0-x-----------3-------2------||-0-x-0-0-----------------------------------------3p-|

|----------------3-----00--------------------------------||-------------3--3---3----3------1-1-1-----------1-------||-------4-4-4-2--2-2-------2-2---2-2-2-0-2-----0-------0-||-2---2-2-2-2-0--------------2---------2-2---2-------0---||-2---2-2--------------------0-x-----------3-------2-----||-0-x-0-0------------------------------------------------|

 Bridge              [------PM------]|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-5----(5)--------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3----(3)------------5-5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-------------3-3-3-3-----------------------------|

 Chorus

                   [------PM-------]|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-9-7-9\7/9------------------------------------------||-9-7-9\7/9-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-7-5-7\5/7---7-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-----------x-5-3-x----------------------------------| Rpt

 Lead fill

 phphphphphph~~~|----------------||----------------||----------------||----------------||-3-22-1p0-------||----------3-----|

 Rpt Main Riff

  ph~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------||-15fb----------12b--12----------14-12------||---------------12b-----15-14p12-14-12------||---------------------------------------14\-||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|

 2nd Verse                                                       ~~|----------------3-----00--------------------------------||-------------3--3---3----3------1-1-1-----------1-------||-------4-4-4-2--2-2-------2-2---2-2-2-0-2-----0---------||-2---2-2-2-2-0--------------2---------2-2---2-------0---||-2---2-2--------------------0-x-----------3-------2-----||-0-x-0-0----------------------------------------------3-|

                                          ph phphphphph|----------------3-----00--------------------------------||-------------3--3---3----3------1-1-1-------------------||-------4-4-4-2--2-2-------2-2---2-2-2-0-2---------------||-2---2-2-2-2-0--------------2---------2-2---0-2-5-4-----||-2---2-2--------------------0-x-----------3-------------||-0-x-0-0--------------------------------------------3---|

 Rpt Bridge
 Rpt Chorus with lead fills

    h h ph  h h ph  h h ph~~~|----------------------------||-------8-------8-------8----||----------------------------||-7-8-9---7-8-9---7-8-9------||----------------------------||----------------------------|

   ~~~~~~            ~~~|--------------------------||-14b--------------12b--\--||-14b---14brp12----12b--\--||---------------14---------||--------------------------||--------------------------|
         ~~~~~|-12--------------------------12-----------------------||-15b---------15p12-----12-15----15-12-------14p12-----||-------------------14b----------------14-12-14p12-14b-||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|

  ph ph ph ph ph|-------------------||-------------------||-------------------||-------------------||-14-13-12-10-12b-r-||-------------------|

   ~~~~~~~~~|-17fb------17fbrp15-----------------||--------------------17--------------||-----------------------16-15-14-12--||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|


 Guitar 1[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-5---------------------------(5)-----------------------------------|[-3---------------------------(3)-----------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-12----------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  [------PM------]ph|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--pullup-on trem-rest finger over 7th fret to--\-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------create harmonic--------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Backing for guitar solo|-----------------------------------------------------||--------------3----(0)-------------------------------||--------------2----(0)----2----(0)--------0----------||-2----(0)-----0----(0)----2----(0)------2------0-----||-2----(0)-----------------0----(0)----3------2-------||-0----(0)----------------------------------------3p--|

|-----------------------------------------------------||--------------3----(0)-------------------------------||--------------2----(0)----2----(0)--------0----------||-2----(0)-----0----(0)----2----(0)------2------0-----||-2----(0)-----------------0----(0)----3------2-------||-0----(0)--------------------------------------------|

[------PM------]|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-5----(5)--------------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3----(3)------------5-5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-------------3-3-3-3-----------------------------|



 Guitar solo               ph h     h     phh     h     phh     h     ph~~|----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||---------------4-4p2p0-------2-4p2p0-------4-4p2p0-------2---\--||-----------------------4p2p0---------4p2p0---------4p2p0--------||----------------------------------------------------------------||-0--trem dive---------------------------------------------------|


  t         t        t       ph~ph                       ~~~|---------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------12----14b--12-14b-\-||-12p2-4p2-12p2-4p2-12p2-4p2-9--12\-xxx-----------12----14b--12-14b-\-||-------------------------------------------12-14----14---------------||---------------------------------------/14---------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
     h|--------------------------------------12--------------------------||-------12----12----12----12-15bp12-------12-----12-11-10----------||-12-14----14b---14b---14b----------14b------14b----------12-10-12-||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                             ~~~~|----------14-15-17b-------------------------------||-10-/-15b---------------12-----------------12b--\-||--------------------15b-----11-12----------12b--\-||----------------------------------13-14-----------||----------------------------------------13--------||--------------------------------------------------|
    h     h     h   h     h     h     h       h h     h     h|---------------------------------------------------------------12\--||-----------------------------------------------------------8p7-12\--||-4-4p2p0-------2p0-------4p2p0-------------0-2-4p2p0-7p5p4----------||---------4p2p0-----4p2p0-------4p2p0--------------------------------||-------------------------------------4p2p0--------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Rpt 2nd Chorus with lead fills



 Guitar 1[----------------------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------------------|[-5---------------------------(5)--------------------------------|[-3---------------------------(3)--------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[----------------------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------------------|[-5---------------------------(5)----------------------/9-7/9\7\-|[-3---------------------------(3)----------------------/7-5/7\5\-|[----------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt 


 Last time Guitar 1[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[-5---------------------------(5)----------------------/9-7/9\7/9\-|[-3---------------------------(3)----------------------/7-5/7\5/7\-|[---------------------------------------------------------------0--|
[Guitar 2[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[-5---------------------------(5)----------------------/9-7/9\7/9\-|[-3---------------------------(3)----------------------/7-5/7\5/7\-|[---------------------------------------------------------------0--| 

 Lead fill

|----------------------------------------------------10----10--10-12\-||-----------------------------8p7-8/10-8-10/12-10-12----12------------||-----------------7---7-9-7-9-----------------------------------------||---5---5-7-5-7/9---9-------------------------------------------------||-7---7---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|





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