You Give Love a Bad Name

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Choice of octaves.

 5    5    5   -5   -4   -4   -4 5  5
 8    8    8   -9   -8   -8   -8 8  8
Shot thru the heart and you’re to blame

-4   4     5   5   -4 4 -3”-3” 4  -3” 
-8   7     8   8   -8 7 -6 -6  7  -6
Dar-lin’, you give   love   a bad name
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Play twice:
2    -2   -3”    -3”  2  -2   -3”  4
5     6   -6     -6   5   6   -6   7
An    an- gel’s smile is what you sell
You paint your  smile     on your lips

 4    4     4   4     4   -3”
 7    7     7   7     7   -6
You  pro- mised me   hea- ven
      Blood-   red  nails on

 -3” 4   -3   -3”    -3”
 -6  7   -7   -6     -6
Then put me through hell
Your   fin-  ger    tips

2  -2   -3”-2   -3” -2 -2  -2   -3” 4
5   6    -6 6   -6   6  6   6   -6  7
  Chains  of   love got a  hold on  me
A school boy’s dream,  you act  so shy

 4     4   4     4    4   -3”
 7     7   7     7    7   -6
When pass-ion’s  a   pri- son
Your  ver- y   first kiss was

 -3” 4      -3 -3”   -3”
 -6  7      -7 -6    -6
You can’t   break   free
You first kiss good-bye

-4 4 -3” -3”  -3” -4  5   4
-8 7 -6  -6   -6  -8  8   7
   Oh,  you’re a load-ed gun

-4 4 -3” -4     -4   5   4  -4
-8 7 -6  -8     -8   8   7  -8
   Oh,  there’s no-where to run

-4 -4  -4   4   4   -4   5   5  5   5
-8 -8  -8   7   7   -8   8   8  8   8
No-one can save me, the dam-age is done
 
 5    5    5   -5   -4   -4   -4 5  5
 8    8    8   -9   -8   -8   -8 8  8
Shot thru the heart and you’re to blame

 5   5   -4 4 -3”-3” 4   -3”   4   -3”
 8   8   -8 7 -6 -6  7   -6    7   -6
You give   love   a bad name, bad name

5  5   5   -5  -5  -5   6   -4 5  5
8  8   8   -9  -9  -9   9   -8 8  8
I play my part and you play your game

 5   5   -4 4 -3”-3” 4   -3”   4   -3”
 8   8   -8 7 -6 -6  7   -6    7   -6
You give   love   a bad name, bad name

5    5   5   -4 5 -3” 4   -3”
8    8   8   -8 8 -6  7   -6
Oh, you give love  a bad name
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Play twice:
 5    5    5   -5   -4   -4   -4 5  5
 8    8    8   -9   -8   -8   -8 8  8
Shot thru the heart and you’re to blame

 5   5   -4 4 -3”-3” 4   -3”   4   -3”
 8   8   -8 7 -6 -6  7   -6    7   -6
You give   love   a bad name, bad name

5  5   5   -5  -5  -5   6   -4 5  5
8  8   8   -9  -9  -9   9   -8 8  8
I play my part and you play your game

 5   5   -4 4 -3”-3” 4   -3”   4   -3”
 8   8   -8 7 -6 -6  7   -6    7   -6
You give   love   a bad name, bad name
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Repeat and fade:
 5   5   -4 4 -3”  5   5   -4 5 -3” 4   -3”
 8   8   -8 7 -6   8   8   -8 8 -6  7   -6
You give   love,  you give love  a bad name

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