Bad Habit Bass

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                               Bad Habit - The Kooks
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Tabbed by: Cepperly
E-mail: cepperly@charter.net
 
Tuning:  Standard
 
4 Measures: Oh-Oh-Oh-uh
4 Measures: Baby got her head down.  Baby got her head down, to the ground.
4 Measures: Looking for a stranger, looking for a stranger to love.
 
    Cm                                             Cm
G|------------------------|----------------------|--------------|------------|
D|------------------------|----------------------|--------------|------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------|--------------|------------|
E|--8---------------------|----------------------|-8------------|------------|
You got to dot your i's and cross your t's.  You got to let go and come with me
 
   F                       D#                      Cm
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------|------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------|------------|
A|-6---------------------|-8-----------6---------|-------------|------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--8----------|------------|
Looking for a stranger,   looking for a stranger to love.       [snare fill]
 
[Chorus]
(3x) Cm         D#     A#            G#         Cm         D#     A#     G#
G||-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|------------||
D||o----------------|----------------6--------|-----------------|-----------o||
A||o------------6---|-------------------------|------------6----|--------8--o||
E||---8-------------|--6----------------------|-8---------------|-6----------||
You say you want it, but you can't get it in. You got yourself, a bad habit girl.
Oh look at you, walking up and down the hall, I say please, stay with me.
You say you want it, but you can't get it in. You got yourself, a bad habit girl.
 
     Cm        D#     A#            G#         Cm         D#     A#
G|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|------------|
D|-----------------|----------------6--------|-----------------|------------|
A|------------6----|-------------------------|------------6----|------------|
E|---8-------------|--6----------------------|-8---------------|-6----------|
Oh look at you, walking up and down the hall, I say please, oh man, oh man, oh man,
 
1 Measure: Rest
you know I wish I had it all
 
   Cm
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
                                      Baby got her head down.
 
   Cm                                    F                  D#      Cm
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|------------------|------------------|
Baby trying to stand out in the crowd. Looking for a stranger, looking for..You know 
 
    Cm                                     Cm
G|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
you got to dot your i's and cross your t's. You got to let go and come with me
 
   F                   D#                  Cm
G|-------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
D|-------------------|------------------|-------------|------------|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|-------------|------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|--8----------|------------|
Looking for a stranger, looking for a stranger to love. [snare fill]
 
[Chorus]
(2x)  Cm        D#     A#            G#         Cm         D#     A#     G#
G||-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|------------||
D||o----------------|----------------6--------|-----------------|-----------o||
A||o------------6---|-------------------------|------------6----|--------8--o||
E||---8-------------|--6----------------------|-8---------------|-6----------||
You say you want it, but you can't get it in. You got yourself, a bad habit girl.
Oh look at you, walking up and down the hall, I say please, stay with me
 
    Cm         D#      A#       G#        Cm         D#      A#       G#
G|------------3-7-5-|------------------|------------3-7-5-|----------------|
D|--------3-5-------|--5--5-6-5-3-5----|--------3-5-------|--5--5-6-5-3-5--|
A|--3-5-6-----------|------------------|--3-5-6-----------|----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
You say you want it, but you can't get it in. You got yourself, a bad habit girl.
 
    Cm         D#      A#       G#        Cm         D#      A#
G|------------3-7-5-|------------------|------------3-7-5-|----------------|
D|--------3-5-------|--5--5-6-5-3-5----|--------3-5-------|----------------|
A|--3-5-6-----------|------------------|--3-5-6-----------|----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
Oh look at you, walking up and down the hall, I say please, oh man, oh man, oh man,
 
1 Measure:  rest
you know I wish I had it all
 
[Break]
(2x) Cm         D#      A#       G#        Cm         D#      A#     G#
G||-----------3--7-5-|--3---------------|----------3---7-5-|--3-------------||
D||o--------5--5-----|-----5-6-5-3-5----|--------5---5-----|-----5-6-5-3-5-o||
A||o--3-5-6----------|------------------|--3-5-6-----------|---------------o||
E||------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
                                          (last time)...you know I wish I had it all
7 Measures: Oh-Oh-Oh-uh
1 Measure: Snare fill
 
[Chorus]
    Cm         D#      A#       G#         Cm         D#     A#     G#
G||-----------3--7-5-|--3---------------|----------3---7-5-|--3-------------|
D||o--------5--5-----|-----5-6-5-3-5----|--------5---5-----|-----5-6-5-3-5-o|
A||o--3-5-6----------|------------------|--3-5-6-----------|---------------o|
E||------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
You say you want it, but you can't get it in. You got yourself, a bad habit girl.
 
    Cm         D#      A#       G#         Cm         D#     A#
G||-----------3--7-5-|--3---------------|----------3---7-5-|--3-------------|
D||o--------5--5-----|-----5-6-5-3-5----|--------5---5-----|-----5-6-5-3-5-o|
A||o--3-5-6----------|------------------|--3-5-6-----------|---------------o|
E||------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
Oh look at you, walking up and down the hall, I say please, oh man, oh man, oh man,
 
     Cm        D#      A#       G#         Cm         D#     A#
G||-----------3--7-5-|--3---------------|----------3---7-5-|--3-------------|
D||o--------5--5-----|-----5-6-5-3-5----|--------5---5-----|-----5-6-5-3-5-o|
A||o--3-5-6----------|------------------|--3-5-6-----------|---------------o|
E||------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
You cant get it, it's a, a bad habit such a, a bad habit such a bad bad habit 
 
1 Measure: rest
it's a, a bad habit.
 
1 Measure: rest
 
Outro
   Cm
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
 
   Cm
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
 
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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